ANN WEST
ABOUT ANN WEST
Ann West
b. 1943
On her road trips throughout the western states, Ann West finds herself mesmerized by the limitless horizons and wide open landscapes she encounters. Her paintings evoke the contemplative expanses of these journeys, offering us a respite from the cluttered chaos of urban life.
Ann often refers to her own photographs as she paints, freely mixing elements drawn from various landscapes and paring down the barren scenes to their most essential elements. Her paintings are subtly rendered in a rich palette that mirrors the countless hues of earth and sky she identifies in the deserts and canyons of our wild countryside.
Ann West received a bachelor’s degree in Fine Art from San Jose State University and is currently working from her studio at the Sanchez Art Center in Pacifica.
EDUCATION
B.A. Fine Arts, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Graduate Studies, Art, Metro University, Denver, CO
Graduate Studies, Art, University of California, Berkeley Extension, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Marking Time,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2011 “Off in the Distance,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2008 “Unbound,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2003 “The Dakota Series,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 “Open Air,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2017 “Peaks and Valleys” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2016 “Same, Same, But Different 5.0,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2015 “A Place,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2011 “Here and There,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2010 “California,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2009 “First Annual 50/50 Show,” Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2007 “Treasures,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2007 “Paperwork,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2006 “Horizon,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
RESIDENCY
2005 “Vermont Studio Center”, Johnson, VT