Curriculum Vitae
Exhibitions
2024 Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL. Awakening Earth. Juried Exhibition
David Barnett Gallery, Millwaukee, WI. Abstract Visions
2022 Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA. Harmony/Entropy*
ICON Gallery, Fairfield, IA. Group Exhibition and Silent Auction
2019 Art 52, Fairfield, IA. Lost Worlds, Forgotten Words* Solo Exhibition
2018 Monmouth Museum of Art, Monmouth, NJ. 39th Annual Juried Art Exhibition
Burlington Art Center, Burlington, IA. Longing for Another Realm*
ICON Gallery, Fairfield, IA. Found in Translation
IHCC Gallery, Ottumwa, IA. Longing for Another Realm*
2017 Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL. Found in Translation
Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA. Oak Hill Juried Exhibtion
Anomaly Gallery, Ottumwa, IA. Resonance*
Oskaloosa Art Center, Oskaloosa, IA. Visible Invisible
Anomaly Gallery, Ottumwa, IA. Ethereal Tides
2016 FIGGE Art Museum, Davenport, IA. Rock Island Exhibit Juried by Julie Rodrigues Widholm director of De Paul Art Museum.
Contemporary Art Center, Peoria, IL. Small Wonder group exhibition
Borrego Art Institute, Borrego, CA. The Art of Photography
ICON: Iowa Contemporary Art Gallery, Fairfield, IA. Black and White
2015 Gallery 56, Fairfield, IA. Life Inside*
Corridor 2120, Fresno, CA. Invisible Cities
2014 ICON: Iowa Contemporary Art Gallery, Fairfield, IA.
David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
2013 Galerie Metanoia, Paris, France. International Juried Art Exhibition. Un Seul Grain de Riz
2011 Crussell Fine Art Gallery, Orange, CA. Rap-10
Teeple Hansen Gallery, Fairfield, IA. Gallery Artists
ICON: Iowa Contemporary Art Gallery, Fairfield, IA. Three Women
2010 Teeple Hansen Gallery, Fairfield, IA. Grand Reopening Show
David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
ICON: Iowa Contemporary Art Gallery, Fairfield, IA. Invitational
Teeple-Hansen Gallery, Fairfield, IA. Women’s Show
2009 ICON: Iowa Contemporary Art Gallery, Fairfield, IA. Icon Artists
Corner-House Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA. Introductions*
LACDA, Los Angeles, CA. Snap to Grid
Emerald Gallery, Fairfield, IA. Light of God
Teeple-Hansen Gallery, Fairfield, IA. Group Show
2008 Emerald Gallery, Fairfield, IA. International Juried Small Works Show
2007 Henderson Gallery, Fairfield, IA.
2001 Galleria Il Sottoportego, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy.
1999 Unity Gallery, MUM, Fairfield, IA.
* Denotes one or two person show.
Education
2010 Rajamangala University of Art and Design. Chiang Mai, Thailand. Textile Design.
2006-10 Teeple Art Institute, Fairfield, IA. Painting and Drawing
2003-05 Peralta College, Berkeley, CA. Textile/Surface Design
2002 University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. BA in Fine Art
2001 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy. Printmaking
PRINT and ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
The Burlington Hawk Eye: Abstract Art as Meditation in Action; Ananda Kesler brings "Longing for Another Realm" to the Art Center of Burlington by Bob Saar, July 5, 2018
KBUR News Radio: Diving into Another Realm by Athena Moad, July 6, 2018
The Uncarved Blog: Artist Ananda Kesler is featured in The Hawk Eye: Abstract art as meditation in action blog by Ken Chawkin, July 12, 2018
The Iowa Source: Found in Translation, Four Fairfield Women Exhibit at ICON, February, 2018
The Ottumwa Curier: Southeast Iowa Artists exhibit at Anomaly Gallery, April 27, 2017
The Ottumwa Post, Anomaly Gallery Presents Resonance, April 27, 2017
The Fairfield Weekly Reader: Three Artists to Show at Anomaly Gallery, April 27, 2017
Replinger Arts Blog: Rock Island Arts Guild Fine Art Exhibition, May 2016
The Iowa Source: Black and White Exhibit at ICON by Hal Massover, July 2016.
The Fairfield Weekly Reader: Black and White Photo Show at ICON, June 1, 2016
The Iowa Source: Artist to exhibit at FIGGE Art Museum by Merideth Seimsen, March 2016.
Fresno Bee: Corridor 2122 hosts the LUNA Art Collective for ArtHop by Donald Munro, May 2015.
MUM.edu: Artist Ananda Kesler Captures Her Inner World by Mo Ellis, November, 2015.
Painter's Bread: Ananda Kesler interviewed by Mike Rutherfurd, May 2011.
Selected Collections
Nathan and Elizabeth Schweitz
Gary and Barbara Wacknov
David and Joannie McGuiness
Jay and Susan Marcus
John and Mary Poblocki
Greg and Lael Greenstreet
Noah and Vidi Schechtmann
David and Marcia Sykes
Eva Edelstein
Kat Patterson
Charles Hall