Anna Glantz
Anna Glantz (born 1989) is an American contemporary painter whose work combines psychological tension with a formal sensitivity to color and composition. Based in Los Angeles, Glantz has exhibited internationally in London, New York, Berlin, Oslo, and Los Angeles. Her paintings, often defined by a melancholic and deliberate tone, explore the limits of figuration and the psychological possibilities embedded in formal decision-making.
Early life and education
Anna Glantz was born in 1989 in Concord, Massachusetts. She received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Art from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2011 and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Painting from Columbia University in 2014. In 2009, she studied Film and Media Studies at the University of Copenhagen, an experience that would later inform her measured sense of pacing and structure within painting.[1][non-primary source needed]
Career and work
Across exhibitions such as Baby Grand (2020), Cement Answers (2022), and Lichens (2023), Glantz has developed an increasingly refined vocabulary that builds cumulatively from one series to the next. Her compositions balance ambiguity and structure, using subtle shifts in hue and scale to create atmospheres that feel both deliberate and unstable. Critics have noted her ability to distill complex emotional registers through formal means rather than explicit narrative content.[2]
Selected solo exhibitions
- 2025: Knowing what you know, Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, CA[1][non-primary source needed]
- 2023: Lichens, The Approach, London, UK[1][non-primary source needed]
- 2022: Cement Answers, Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, CA[1][non-primary source needed]
- 2020: Baby Grand, The Approach, London, UK[1][non-primary source needed]
- 2019: Cyclops, Foxy Production, New York, NY[1][non-primary source needed]
- 2018: Anna Glantz, PAGE (NYC), New York, NY[1][non-primary source needed]
- 2016: Stones for Sandman, 11R, New York, NY[1][non-primary source needed]
- 2015: Horse in the Road, Topless, Rockaway Beach, NY[1][non-primary source needed]
Selected group exhibitions
- 2025: Surface Streets, Marian Goodman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA[1][non-primary source needed]
- 2024: Trespass sweetly urged, Tanya Leighton, Berlin, Germany[1][non-primary source needed]
- 2022: A Minor Constellation, Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, CA[1][non-primary source needed]
- 2021: Therein / Thereof / Thereto, Standard (Oslo), Oslo, Norway[1][non-primary source needed]
- 2020: A Love Letter to a Nightmare, Petzel Gallery, New York, NY[1][non-primary source needed]
- 2019: Portraits, Foxy Production, New York, NY[1][non-primary source needed]
- 2016: Intimisms, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY[1][non-primary source needed]
Awards
- 2016: Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grant[1][non-primary source needed]
- 2013: Andrew Fisher Fellowship[1][non-primary source needed]
- 2012: Dong Kingman Fellowship[1][non-primary source needed]
- 2011: Hoyt Scholarship[1][non-primary source needed]
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