Curriculum Vitae

B. 1976, Haifa, Israel.
Lives and works in Iowa and Mexico.

EDUCATION

2010 Rajamangala University of Art and Design. Chiang Mai, Thailand.
2006-10 Teeple Art Institute, Fairfield, IA. Painting and Drawing
2005 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

SELECTED SOLO and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2022 Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA. Harmony/Entropy

2019 Art 52, Fairfield, IA. Lost Worlds, Forgotten Words

2018 Burlingon Art Center, Burlington, IA. Longing for Another Realm

2017 Anomaly Gallery, Ottumwa, IA. Resonance

2015 Gallery 56, Fairfield, IA. Life Inside

2009 Corner-House Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA. Introductions


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024 Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL. Awakening Earth. Juried exhibition by Sergio Gomez.

Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL. Miniature Masterpieces

Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL. Connection

33 Contemporary Gallery, Palm Beach, FL. Interplay: Geometric Abstraction.

David Barnett Gallery, Millwaukee, WI. Abstract Visions

Freeform Art Gallery, Fairfield, IA. Sun Chasing and Other Adventures

Hudson River Gallery, Coralville, IA.

2022 ICON Gallery, Fairfield, IA. Group Exhibition and Silent Auction

2018 Monmouth Art Museum, Monmouth, NJ. Juried Group Exhibition

ICON Gallery, Fairfield IA. Group Exhibition

ICON Gallery, Fairfield IA. Found in Translation

2017 Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA. Oak Hill Juried Exhibition

Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL. Found in Translation

David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI. Curated: The Creative Catalyst

Oskaloosa Art Center, Oskaloosa, IA. Seen/Unseen

2016 FIGGE Art Museum, Davenport, IA. Rock Island Exhibit Juried by Julie Rodrigues Widholm

Curator for the 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

Corridor 2120, Fresno, CA. Invisible Cities
2014 ICON: Iowa Contemporary Art Gallery, Fairfield, IA.
David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
2013 Galerie Metanoia, Paris, France. Juried Art Exhibit 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
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.

GALLERY AFFILIATION

2010- 2024 David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

AWARDS and RESIDENCIES

2024 La Ceiba Grafica, Printmaking, Veracruz, Mexico

2024 La Buona Impresion, Lithography, Oaxaca, Mexico

2013 People’s Choice Awards, Galerie Metanoia, Paris, France. International Juried Exhibition

SELECTED PRESS and PUBLICATIONS

The Iowa Source: Printmaking Show Sun Chasing and Other Adventures Opens Sept. 10 at Freeform Gallery, Sept 2024

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