
Ann Piper P.O. Box 1226 Emporia,
KS 66801 USA
620.342.6226
piperand@emporia.edu
Education
1998 MFA, Painting - New Mexico
State University, Las Cruces, NM, (summa cum laude)
1993 BFA, Studio - Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD,
(cum laude)
Experience
2005-present Associate Professor,
Drawing and Painting
Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
1998-2005 Assistant Professor, Drawing and Painting
Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
1997-98 Teaching Assistant, 2-D Design (instructor of record)
1996-98 Teaching Assistant, Drawing I and II (instructor of record)
Exhibitions
2005
Northern National Painting Competition,
Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI
Figures: Paintings and Drawings Invitational Exhibition, Lawrence Art
Center, Lawrence, KS
2004
The Fine Art of Living Well, National
Juried Exhibition Erman B. White Gallery, El Dorado, KS
Roswell Artist-in Residence Invitational Exhibition, Santa Fe Community
College, Santa Fe, NM
Devised Images: The Paintings of Ann Piper, The Mulvane Museum, Topeka,
KS
Northern National Painting Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander,
WI
Ann Piper: Recent Work Studio Exhibition Roswell Artist-in-Residence
Program, Roswell, NM
Stillness in the Din, Erman B. White Gallery, Butler Co. Community College,
El Dorado, KS
As I See Myself, Invitational Exhibition, The Kentucky Museum of Arts
and Design, Louisville, KY
2003
Ann Piper and Aaron Brown, Norman
R. Eppink Gallery, Emporia, KS
Ann Piper Solo Exhibition, The Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS
Halpert Biennial National Juried Exhibition, Turchin Center for the
Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
4th Annual National Exhibition, Kauffman Gallery-Huber Art Center, Shippensburg,
PA
2002
Ann Piper Solo Exhibition, Wichita
Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
The Dirty Dozen +1, Invitational Exhibition, CityArts, Wichita, KS
Emporia State Faculty Exhibition, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg,
KS
The Perception of Appearance: A Decade of American Contemporary Figurative
Drawing, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Abundance, Invitational Exhibition, The Columbian Museum and Art Center,
Wamego, KS
Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show 2002, Cambridge Art Association,
Cambridge, MA, Lisa Dennison / Chief Curator, Guggenheim Museum, juror
58th Juried Exhibition Regional Show, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City,
IA
Kevin Sharp, juror
Canvas, Paper, Clay, Glass Invitational Exhibition, Strecker-Nelson
Gallery, Manhattan, KS
5th National Juried Competition, Gallery West, Alexandria, VA
2001
Figures and Forms, Invitational
Exhibition, Urban Designs Gallery, Manhattan, KS
Scene / Unseen, National Art Exhibit, Runnels Gallery, Eastern New Mexico
State University, Portales, NM, Larry Giacoletti / Associate Registrar,
Whitney Museum of American Art, juror
Recent Work Showcase 2001, National Juried Exhibition, Limner Gallery,
New York, NY
ANA 30, National Juried Exhibition, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT,
Peter Schjedahl, juror
Seventh Annual International Exhibition of Women’s Art, SOHO20
Gallery, New York, NY, Larissa Harris / Assistant Curator, P.S.1 Contemporary
Art Center, juror
14th Annual Northern National Art Competition, LRC Gallery, Nicolet
College, Rhinelander, WI, Edward Paschke, Juror
11th Annual Faces of Woman Juried Art Exhibit, Las Vegas Arts Council,
Las Vegas, NM
Works On Paper Invitational Drawing Exhibition, McPherson College, McPherson,
KS
3rd Annual National All Media Exhibition, Touchstone Gallery, Washington,
DC,
Stephen B. Phillips / Associate Curator, Phillips Collection, juror
57th Juried Exhibition Regional Show, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City,
IA, Dr. Henry Adams / Curator, Cleveland Museum of Art, juror
2000
Andrea Piper: Paintings, Emporia
Arts Council, Emporia, KS
ANA 29 National Juried Exhibition, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT,
Lucy Lippard, juror
13th Annual Northern National Painting Competition, LRC Gallery, Nicolet
College, Rhinelander, WI, Betsy Damon, juror
A Human Presence Invitational Exhibition, The Columbian Museum and Art
Center, Wamego, KS
10th Annual Faces of Woman Juried Art Exhibit, Las Vegas Arts Council,
Las Vegas, NM
Andrea Piper: Paintings and Drawings, Community College of Southern
Nevada, North Las Vegas, NV
1999
Scene/Unseen, National Art Exhibit,
Runnels Gallery, Eastern New Mexico State University, Portales, NM,
William T. Wiley, juror
Paintings by Andrea Piper, Union Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan,
KS
Cleavage: An Exhibition on the Breast, Jonson Gallery, University of
New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
5 Ways of Seeing: Studios Midwest 1999 Visiting Artists’ Exhibition,
Ford Center for the Fine Arts, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
12th Annual Northern National Painting Competition, LRC Gallery, Nicolet
College, Rhinelander, WI, Christopher Brown, juror
Drawing from the Masters Drawing Exhibition, City Hall Courtyard Galleries,
Baltimore, MD
Expectation / Realization, Erman B. White Gallery, Butler Co. Community
College, El Dorado, KS
1998
Andrea Piper: Recent Drawings and
Paintings, Gilson Memorial Gallery, Emporia State University, Emporia,
KS
New Mexico Emerging Artists Invitational, New Mexico State Fairgrounds,
Albuquerque, NM
MFA Thesis Exhibition, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Women’s Invitational Art Show, Kent Museum, Las Cruces, NM
Arte Sin Limites: Exposicion Binacional Fronteriza, Museo de Arte del
INBA, Juarez, Mexico
Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art and Culture, Las Cruces, NM
Chamizal National Memorial, El Paso, TX
1997
Scene / Unseen, National Art Exhibit,
Runnels Gallery, Eastern New Mexico State University, Portales, NM,
Lucy Lippard, juror
Grants and Awards
2004 White and Ellis Drilling Second
Place Award / Warren Rosser, juror, The Fine Art of Living Well National
Competition,
Patron Award / Katherine Sherwood,
juror
2004 Northern National Art Competition
2003 Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program Grant
2002 Emporia State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Annual Award for Excellence in Scholarship
Artist-in-Residence Grant, Weir Farm, Ridgefield, CT
Equal Merit Award, 5th National Juried Competition, Gallery West
Honorable Mention Award / Kevin Sharp, juror
58th Juried Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center
Kansas Arts Commission Fellowship Award - 2D Visual Art
2001 Best of Show, 11th Annual Faces of Woman
Merit Award / Dr. Henry Adams, juror
57th Juried Exhibition , Sioux City Art Center
2000 Best of Show, 10th Annual Faces of Woman
Glenn R. Bradshaw Award / Betsy Damon, juror
13th Annual Northern National Painting Competition
1999 Merit Award / Christopher Brown, juror
12th Annual Northern National Painting Competition
Best of Show Award / William T. Wiley, juror
Scene / Unseen National Art Exhibit
Artist-in-Residence, Studios Midwest, Galesburg, IL
1998 The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, NMSU Chapter
NMSU College of Arts and Sciences Award / New Mexico State University
1997 Best of Show / Lucy Lippard, juror
Scene / Unseen National Art Exhibit
Publications
North, Bill. ...to build up a rich
collection…, Selected Works From the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum
of Art. Mahattan, Kansas: The Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art,
Kansas State University, 2003. pp. 120-121.
Brown, Clint and Cheryl McLean. Drawing from Life. Wadsworth / Thompson
Learning, 2003.
Lundin, Norman. The Perception of Appearance: A Decade of American Contemporary
Figurative Drawing. Seattle, Washington: Frye Art Museum, 2002. pg.
52.
Flint Hills Review, Emporia, Kansas: Emporia State University Press,
2003. Cover image.
Josslin, Victoria. “ Intimate Encounters: Contemporary Figure
Drawing.” American Arts Quarterly Summer 2002: p. 18.
Collections
Mulvane Museum, Washburn University,
Topeka, KS
Emprise Bank Corporation, Wichita, KS
Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, NM
Marianna Kistler Beach Museum, Manhattan, KS
Antonya Nelson, Author, Las Cruces, NM
Howard Tullman, President of Kendall College, Evanston, IL
Professional Service
Emporia State University
2005 Scholarship Committee, Grievance Committee, University Faculty
Senate Representative
2004 ON LEAVE - Spring
Scholarship Committee – Department of Art
Grievance Committee – Department of Art
2003 ON LEAVE – Fall
NASAD Committee, Academic Appeal Committee
2002 NASAD Committee
Ethnic / Gender Studies Steering Committee
Chair - Departmental Faculty Recognition Committee
Academic Appeal Committee
University Faculty Research and Creativity Committee (spring only)
2001 NASAD Committee, University Faculty Research and Creativity Committee,
Ethnic / Gender Studies Steering Committee, University Faculty Senate
Representative / Faculty Affairs Committee (spring only)
2000 University Faculty Senate Representative / Faculty Affairs Committee,
Ethnic / Gender Studies Steering Committee, University Faculty Research
and Creativity Committee, Faculty Advisor, Alpha Rho Theta Student Art
Club (spring only)
1999 University Faculty Research and Creativity Committee, Ethnic /
Gender Studies Steering Committee, University Faculty Senate Representative
/ Faculty Affairs Committee, Faculty Advisor, Alpha Rho Theta Student
Art Club
Chair - Departmental Faculty Recognition Committee
Chair - Visual Communications Position Search Committee
Scholarship Committee - Department of Art, Academic
Standards Committee - Department of Art, Glass Position Search Committee
1998 Faculty Advisor, Alpha Rho Theta Student Art Club
Curriculum Committee - Department of Art
Other Activities
2004 Gallery Talk, Mulvane Museum,
Topeka, KS
2003 Visiting Artist Graduate Critique, New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, NM
Visiting Artist Lecture, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
2002 Assistant Curator, Emporia State University Drawing Show
2000 Visiting Artist Lecture, El Paso Community College, El Paso, TX
Michael Tilford Conference on Diversity and Multiculturalism,
Actualizing Multiculturalism in the Classroom, KU Medical Center, Kansas
City, MO
1999 Juror, Student Art Exhibition, Butler County Community College,
El Dorado, KS
Juror, Annual Student Comprehensive Show, Kansas State University, Manhattan,
KS
Visiting Artist Lecture, Life Drawing Class, Kansas State University,
Manhattan, KS
Gallery Talk, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Visiting Artist Lecture, Arts Center, Galesburg, IL
1998 Visiting Artist Lecture, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces,
NM