Statement

One spark ignites a massive blaze of crimson flames that destroy age-old ecosystems to bring new life. Fire is a natural part of the forest's vitality. It promotes species diversity, regeneration of seeds and plants, and prevents the spread of diseases. This phenomenon has shaped our landscapes since the appearance of terrestrial plants, over 400 million years ago. Our global climate is changing and with it, wildfires have increased in size and intensity making it harder for our ecosystems to recover.

Absorbing these impacted habitats over the years has embedded the following creative muses, conflict and survival, into my work. I grew up near Detroit, Michigan where vast urban decay was rampant from de-industrialization, crime, and other factors. This enhanced my sense of empathy, compassion, love for diversity and justice, and reverence for the natural world. Residing in Colorado for over a decade and observing its fire cycle directly, provides an abundance of impassioned visual stimulus for my creative practice.

With brittle, powdery tools and fragile paper surfaces, I draw scenes in which calamity has occurred, such as scorched forests, and when hope arises, as plants and animals re-inhabit the forest. With my drawings, I remember the forgotten and reveal the hidden. Perceiving life with heightened senses and empathy compels me to capture its inherent features, “imperfections,” and all. Every angle, tiny detail, value, or hue, are important parts of the whole. 

On our 4.5 billion year-old revolving planet the only constant is change, at times accelerated by the species that inhabit it. With change comes loss and adaptation. My artwork documents this dichotomy, its ecological and social impact, offering a visual language to assist in coping with these transformations.

CV

EDUCATION

2005          

Masters of Fine Art: Painting, Washington University School of Art, St. Louis, MO

2002          

Bachelor of Science: Fine Art and Geology, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

2001           

Yale University School of Art: Norfolk Session, Nominated by Skidmore faculty and selected by Yale University’s Norfolk program; worked with art professionals in drawing, painting, printmaking, and photography.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2013-Present 

Drawing Instructor, Denver Art Museum, Drop-In Drawing, Untitled: Framed and Fake Out, Artful Aging Symposium, Drawn to Figures: Live Drawing Masters Class, Create Café, Creative Aging Convening, AAM Conference: Art and Healthy Aging

School of Botanical Art & Illustration, Creative Convening & Introduction to Charcoal Drawing, October - November 2023

Art Journaling with Adults at DPL, four courses in paper marbling, collage, colored pencil abstraction, and paper weaving with Denver Public Library offered at Hirschfeld Towers in Denver, February - March 2022

Art Students League of Denver, Atelier Workshop: Experimental Watercolor, September 2020

2010-11

Drawing Co-Coordinator, Metropolitan State University, Drawing I, II, V, VI, Life Drawing, Directed Studies

2006-10

Visiting Assistant Professor, Metropolitan State University, Drawing I, II, III, IV, V, VI, Life Drawing, and Directed Studies

2006

Instructor (Spring, Summer '06), Visiting Assistant Professor (Fall '06), Metropolitan State University, Drawing I, II, III

Instructor (Spring, '06), Red Rocks Community College, Drawing I, II, III, and Life Drawing

2005 

Teaching Assistant (Spring '05), Washington University, Color Theory and 2D Design, Instructor (Fall '05), Metropolitan State University, Drawing I

2004

Open Figure Supervisor and Instructor on Record, Washington University, Painting !

2003

Teaching Assistant, Washington University, Painting I

2001-2

Gallery Assistant, Schick Art Gallery, NY

SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS/GRANTS

2021

Ed Fund for LandMark Nature Event, created videos that documented nature tours for LandMark art exhibit, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators

2019

Award from Joy Armstrong, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art @ Colorado Springs Fine Arts, Art of the State, Arvada Art Center, CO

2017

Juror's First Choice Award, 34th Annual All Colorado Art Show, Curtis Center for the Arts, CO, Curator Tim Vacca

2013

Third Place, Own an Original, Littleton Museum, Juror: Margaretta Gilboy

Best Big Show About Colorado Art, 2013, Art of the State Group Show, Westword's Denver Best of Award

2010 

Best Gallery Group Show, Collective Nouns, Center for Visual Arts, Westword's Denver Best of Award

2009

Honorable Mention Award, 910 Arts Gallery, CO, Juror, Curator of the Denver Art Museum, Gwen Chanzit and Curator of the Foothills Art Center, Michale Chavez

Nominee for Best Solo Show, 910 Arts Gallery, CO

Best of Show, Littleton Art Center and Gallery, CO, Juror: Kevin Weckbach

2007

Best of Show, Space Gallery, CO, Juror: Michael Burnett and

2005

Best of Show, Core Art New Space, CO, Juror: Westword Art Critic: Michael Paglia

2004-5

Laura and William Jens Scholarship, Washington University

2003-5

School of Art Scholarship, Washington University

2002

John P. Heins Outstanding Senior Thesis Award, Skidmore College

Jesse Solomon Memorial Award, Skidmore Department of Art and Art History

1998

Congressional Arts Competition Award, presented by Michigan Congressman Sander Levin

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024

Community Spotlight: 10 Years of Drop-In Drawing, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

2023

Drawn from the Source, Arvada Center, Arvada, CO

Denver Art Museum Landscape Studio & Demo, Hamilton building, Denver, CO

2022

Natural History of Wildfire, National Museum of Science and Nature, Tokyo, Japan

AURA, Union Hall Gallery, Denver, CO

Other Voices, Other Rooms, Valkarie Gallery, Lakewood, CO

2021

LandMark, outdoor temporary public art in Belmar Park, Lakewood, CO

The Space(s) Between, GOCA Ent Center for the Arts: Marie Walsh Sharpe Gallery, Curated by Donald Fodness, Geoffrey Shamos, and Daisy McGowan

12th Annual Drawing Discourse, University of North Carolina, Asheville, Juror: Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum

2020

The Red Wood, Virtual Exhibition in response to wildfires, founded and curated by Julia Westerbeke

Heatwave (solo exhibit), Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

Pink Progression: Collaborations, Arvada Center, CO

2019

Our Planet, DAVA, Aurora, CO, curator: Viviane Le Courtois

Lights Off, Lights On, Temple Studio Gallery, Denver, CO, curators: Drew Austin, Ashley Frazier, and Michael F. Sperandeo

No Boundaries, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

Art of the State, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO, Jurors: Joy Armstrong, Daisy McGowan, and Collin Parson

2018

Fruits, Flowers, and Pits, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

Counterpoint, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

Pink Progression, Boulder Public Library Canyon Gallery, Denver Public Library Vida Ellison Gallery, and the Center for Visual Art, Boulder/Denver, CO

Altered Nature, Processus, Denver, CO

2017

Foodies, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

All Colorado Show, Curtis Art Center, Greenwood Village, CO

Art & Conflict, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada Co

Art of "Lake of Fire," Greenwood Village City Hall, CO

Matters on Paper, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

Director's Choice, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

2016

Small but MIGHTY, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

Perfect Voices, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

Looking Back/Moving Forward, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO

Drawing Never Dies, RedLine, Denver, CO

2015

Conscious and Unconscious: Subjects of the Real and Surreal, Part II, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO

Other Places, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

2014

Incite Insight, Lincoln Art Center, Fort Collins, CO

Here and There, Clara Hatton Gallery, Fort Collins, CO

Flash Point, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

From Here and There: Drawings from Colorado to Wales, Elysium Gallery, Wales, U.K.

Fire and Rain: Forces of Nature, Lincoln Art Center, Fort Collins, CO

The Grey Forest, Lakewood Cultural Center, CO

2013

Own an Original, Littleton Museum, Littleton, CO

ARTMIX: BMoCA's Annual Art Auction, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art Boulder, CO

Truth and Consequences, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

Denver Botanic Gardens: CSArt, Denver Botanic Gardens, CO

Art of the State: A Juried Exhibition of Colorado, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, Jurors: Arvada Center Exhibition Manager and Curator, Collin Parson, and Clyfford Still Museum's Director, Dean Sobel

New Beginnings, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

2012

Alumni Reunion Exhibition, Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY

2011

Touch the Earth, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

Frame of Mind: Curation of Visual Art Pioneers, Outdoor Digital Media Event at the Denver Theater District, Denver, CO, Juror: Ivar Zeile

33rd Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Heuser Art Center Gallery, Peoria IL, Juror: Robert Marx

Collective Nouns, Center for the Visual Art, Denver, CO

2010

Natural Encounters, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

MIX: CVA + ArtsDistrict on Santa Fe, Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO

Drawing Discourse: Contemporary Drawing Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina, NC, Juror: Deborah Rockman

Americas 2010 Paperworks, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, ND

2009

Art District Best of 2009 Show, 910 Arts, Denver, CO

Small Works, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

Apparition, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

Metro Biennial, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO

26th Annual All Colorado Show 2009, Depot Art Center and Gallery, Littleton, CO

Bollywood Night Auction, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

Collective Nouns, Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO

2008

Metro Biennial, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO

The Green Show, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO

2007

Nature Interrupted, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

Metaphor and Landscape, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

Juried Art Show, Space Gallery, Denver, CO

2006

Metro State Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO

Conversations and Reflections, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

Metro Biennial, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO

The Body Eclectic '06, Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, MI

The Go Figure Show, Isadore Gallery, Lancaster, PA

2005

Miniatures, Core Art New Space, Denver, CO

New Paintings, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO

XXX and Under, Schick Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY

Elysium Seven, Washington Avenue, St. Louis, MO

2004

Moreau Art Galleries, Notre Dame, IN

Your Name On A Grain of Rice, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2003

6th National Juried Art Exhibition, Baker Art Center, Liberal, KS

2002

Senior Thesis Show, Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2004

Artist Enclave at I-Park, one month, East Haddam, CT

PUBLICATIONS

2023

Denver Art Museum Blog, See Artworks by Drop-In Drawing Participants, by Anna Kaye, October 27, 2023

Denver Post, Draw! A trio of summer exhibitions will change how you think about the world’s oldest form of visual art, by Ray Rinaldi, August 14, 2023

2022

The Atlantic, The Other Climate-Change Protest, by Morgan Ome, November 20, 2022

T/LT WEST, Fire and Water: The Art and Science of the West in Crisis, prompted by Anna Kaye, October 2022

Tupelo Quarterly, Anna Kaye: Reverence, by Mary Kathryn Jabolinski, Issue TQ27, August 2022

2021

Arts Cabinet, Seeing Fire: Perspectives through Art and Science, a collaboration between The Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society and Arts Cabinet, April 2021

303 Magazine, This Art Exhibit is Transforming Lakewood and Arvada, by Casey Van Divier, May 5, 2021

5280, A COVID-19-Inspired Art Installation Takes Root in Arvada and Lakewood Parks by Spencer Campbell, April 2021

University of Colorado Boulder, Environmental Futures Conversations: Anna Kaye & Emilie Luckett, March 10,

BRAVO, In Exploration of LandMark, Winter/Spring 2021

2020

303 Magazine, Denver Artists to Watch in 2021, by Casey Van Divier, December 9, 2020

Denver Post, Wildfire create mass destruction and mass regeneration. Denver art exhibit explores both., by Ray Mark Rinaldi, September 21, 2020

Arvada Press, Pink Progression uses social momentum for artistic exploration, by Clarke Reader, September 14, 2020

Westword, Art Attack: Fourteen Ways to See Art This Weekend, by Susan Froyd, September 2, 2020

On & Off the Wall, Connect with Creative Community, September/October 2020

Denver Post, Pink Progression is keeping the spirit of the Women’s March alive hats and all, by Ray Mark Rinaldi, August 30, 2020

5280, Inside ‘Pink Progression: Collaborations’ at the Arvada Center, by Jessica LaRusso, June 29, 2020

DARIA: Denver Art Review Inquiry & Analysis, Dearly Disillusioned, by Mary Voelz Chandler, April 3, 2020

1of1Magazine, Lights Out Lights On, by Raymundo Munoz, February 15, 2020

Westword, In Dearly Disillusioned, Denver Artists Offer a Fresh Take on Women’s Suffrage, by Cori Anderson, January 16, 2020

2019

Sentinel Colorado, Gravity: Art focusing on the planet draws wonder at DAVA, by Grant Stringer, September 25, 2019

VoyageDenver, Life and Work with Anna Kaye, October 7, 2019

Westword, Review: Arvada Triennial Shows Off the Art of the State, by Michael Paglia, February 6, 2019

2018

Mountain Living Magazine, Portraits of Hope, by Laura Beausire, August 2018

Denver Post, More than 50 artists remember landmark Women’s March with “Pink Progression” on Santa Fe, by Ray Rinaldi, June 22, 2018

Westword, Review: CVA's Pink Progression Is a Must-See Show, by Michael Paglia, June 6, 2018

Daily Camera, Boulder library launches 'Pink Progression' art exhibit inspired by Women's March, by Sydney Worth, February 2018

5280 Denver's Mile High Magazine, New Exhibitions Celebrate Unity & Empowerment Through Art, by Rejena Carmichael, February 2018

Westword, 100 Colorado Creates 4.0: Anna Kaye, by Susan Froyd, February 5, 2018  

2017

Westword, Mark Your Fall/Winter Calendar for These Ten Colorado Art Events, by Susan Froyd, November 2017

5280 Home, 5 Colorado Artists To Collect Now, by Karah Kemmerly, October/November 2017

Denver Art Museum, On & Off the Wall, by Carleen Brice, September/October 2017

2016

One Good Eye, The top 10 (plus a few more) exhibits of 2016 in Colorado, by Ray Rinaldi, December 22

Westword, After Forty Years, the Arvada Center is Moving Forward, by Michael Paglia, October 12

Denver Post, Redline Gallery show examines drawing in their various materials, processes, by Ray Rinaldi, July 29

Westword, Reading Between the Lines at Redline's Drawing Never Dies, by Michael Paglia, August 19

2015

Westword, Life Gets Real - and Surreal - at the Arvada Art Center, by Michael Paglia, August 19

Boulder Weekly, Blurred Lines, by Sam Routheir, August 6

Denver Art Museum Field Guide and Plaza Activity Handout, drawing prompt included in the DAM field guide publication and activity handout. 

2014

Denver Post, Denver Exhibits fan the enduring flames of Western art, by Ray Rinaldi, September 28

I Am News (Great Britian), Elysium's 'From Here & There': An Opening Night Review, by Eleanor Bluck, July 2

2013

Westword, Fire and Wood inspire a Pairing at Sandra Phillips Gallery, by Michael Paglia, October 10

NPR, Colorado Matters, Art Inspired by Colorado Wildfire Rises from the Ashes, by Ryan Warner, September 19, 2013

Colorado Life Magazine, Colorado Creators, by Matt Masich, Jan/Feb 2013 issue

2011

Denver Post, Kaye's works singe imagination, by Kyle MacMillan, November 18

Westword, Touch of Earth duet reflects on Colorado's wildfires and landscapes, by Michael Paglia, November 3

Denver Post, Best Bets: Forest Fires Among Exhibition's Inspiration, by Kyle MacMillan, September 29

HGTV Green Home Giveaway, HGTV Green Home 2011: Master Suite Pictures, by HGTV, April 1

Fox 31 News, HGTV Green Home Giveaway, by Shaul Turner, KDVR, 5 p.m., March 30

33rd Bradley International Print and Drawing Catalog, Heuser Art Center Gallery, Peoria, IL, March

Westword, A new exhibit at the CVA features work by Metro faculty, by Michael Paglia, January 26

2010

Denver Post, Anna Kaye's exhibit extended at Sandra Phillips, by Kyle MacMillan, October 8

Americas 2010 Paperworks Catalog, introduction by Heidi Goldberg, Northwest Art center, Minot State University, July

Denver Gallery Guide, DADA, No. 6 Summer/FAll 2010, Front Cover Art

Westword, Mix: CVA + The Artdistrict on Santa Fe, by Michael Paglia, June

2009

Westword, Anna Kaye at Sandra Phillips, by Michael Paglia, September 23

Westword, Nature Prevails, by Susan Froyd, September 10

NPR, Colorado Matters, Wildfire Inspires Art, by Ryan Warner, September 16

Colorado State University, Denver-Area Artist Explores Relationship between Forests and Wildfires to Benefit Colorado Bark Beetle Mitigation Fund, by Kimberly Sorenson, September 10

The Denver Daily News, A Smokin' Art Exhibit, by Reuters, September 14

Littleton Independent, 3D work wins best of show, by Sonya Ellingboe, August 11

In Denver Times, Teaching and doing work together in 'Collective Nouns' by Mary Chandler, April 14

Westword, MSCD Faculty Biennial puts teachers on display, by Michael Paglia, April 8

2007

Westword, Zoo Stories, by Susan Froyd, November 29

2006

Westword, Conversations Reflections, by Michael Paglia, November 16

ARTIST LECTURES, EVENTS, & CRITIQUES

2023

Artist Talk, Arvada Center, Arvada, CO

Critique Host, Art Gym, Denver, CO

2022

Roundtable Discussion Host, T/LT West, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO

Visiting Artist, University of Colorado, Denver, CO

2021

Virtual Panel Discussion, Pink Progression: In Skin, RMCAD, Lakewood, CO

Virtual Artist Talk, Café Botanique Artist Lecture Series, Denver Botanic Gardens

Virtual Artist Talk Host, LandMark, 1 hour talk addressing the artists’ processes and methods

2020

Virtual Artist Talk Host, Pink Progression, three 2 hour talks in collaboration with the Arvada Center

Guest Artist, Unversity of Colorado, Denver, CO

Visiting Artist and Critique, Metropolitan State University, Denver, CO

2018

Conversations about Art, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

Archives for Activism, Society of Rocky Mountain Archivists, University of Colorado Boulder, Norlin Libraries, CO

Panel Discussion, Pink Progression, Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO

Artist Lecture, Pink Progression, Denver Public Library, CO

2017

Panel Discussion with Art Critic Michael Paglia, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

Visiting Artist and Demo, Graland Country Day School, Denver, CO

2016

Artist Talk, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO

Visiting Artist and Demo, Community College of Aurora, CO

2015

Artist Talk, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO

Visiting Artist Lecture and Critique, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO

2014

Artist Lecture, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

Artist Lecture, Lincoln Art Center, Fort Collins, CO

2013

Artist Lecture, Graland Country Day School, Denver, CO

2011

Artist Lecture, Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood, CO

Artist Lecture, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

Guest Critic, Drawing IV, V, and VI, Metro State University, Denver, CO

Artist Lecture, Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO

2010

Artist Lecture and Critic, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

Guest Critic, Drawing IV, Metro State University, Denver, CO

2009

Artist Lecture, Center for Visual Arts, Denver, CO

2008

Guest Critic, Drawing II, Metro State University, Denver, CO

Guest Critic, The Other Side Arts, Denver, CO

2006

Artist Lecture, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

2004

Guest Critic and Lecturer, Drawing II, IV, V, VI, Metro State University, Denver, CO

Panel Discussion, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

2006-2022

Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO

EXHIBITIONS JURIED AND CURATED

2023

Crossing Borders, 40 West Art Gallery, co-organized with Pink Progression and Athena Project, Lakewood, CO

GNSI Broader SciComm Juror, GNSI annual member exhibit

2022

Pink Progression: Synergy, co-organized exhibit with Robert St. John, Regis University’s O’Sullivan Art Gallery, Denver, CO

Boulder Art Association National Juried Exhibition (selected awards), R Gallery, Boulder, CO

2021

LandMark, Arvada and Lakewood city parks, CO

2020

Pink Progression: Collaborations, Arvada Center, Denver, CO

Dearly Disillusioned, McNichols Civic Center Building, Denver, CO

2018

Pink Progression, Boulder Public Library Canyon Gallery, Denver Public Library Vida Ellison Gallery, and the Center for Visual Art (organized), Boulder/Denver, CO

2016

Colorado Community College System Art Exhibition, Denver, CO

2014

Fort Collins Studio Tour Preview Exhibition, Lincoln Art Center, CO

2013

The Square Show, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO

2010 

Lead, Auraria Library Gallery, Denver, CO

296 Unknown Assocations, Auraria Library Gallery, Denver, CO

2009

Drawing I and II Art Exhibition, Namaste Art and Event Center, Denver, CO

Alt. Draw, Auraria Library, Denver, CO

Alloy, Auraria Library, Denver, CO

2008

Launch, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO

296, Auraria Library, Denver, CO

Delineated, Auraria Library and Room 199 Arts Building, Denver, CO

2007

Art Works, Auraria Library, Denver, CO