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