Ana Fernandez
ana@anafernandez.com

b.Corpus Christi, TX

Education
MFA 2004 UCLA
BFA 2000 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Solo Exhibitions
2012 Artists Looking at Art Series, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
2012 L2kontemporary Los Angeles, CA
2012 Contemporary Artists Series: Ana Fernandez, Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio, TX
2012 Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX
2011 Ana Fernandez, Curated by Arturo Almeida, Joan Grona Contemporary Art, San Antonio, TX
2010 Texas, 2nd FLR Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 Texas, Winslow Garage, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Selected Works, MorYork Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Project Room, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Group Exhibitions
2012 Seven Minutes In Heaven, The Fox Motel, San Antonio,TX
2012 Ana Fernandez, Curator, "Animals Who Wear Make-Up: Linda Arredondo and S.C.Giesey III", Joan Grona Contemporary Art, San Antonio, TX
2012 BLUESTOCKINGS, Studio One Zero Three, San Antonio,TX
2011 Drawn Out Death, Curated by Angel Quesada & Rolando Reyna, Talento Bilingue de Houston, Houston, TX
2011 Ana Fernandez, Curator, "Hither and Thither: Darrell Roberts and Candace Briceño", Joan Grona Contemporary Art, San Antonio, TX
2011 100 Palabras, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio,TX
2010 Las Mujeres de Aztlan, Centro Cultural Aztlan, San Antonio, TX
2010 Sonny Smith: 100 Records, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
2009 Exquisite City: City of Cardboard, Chicago Tourism Center, Chicago, IL
2008 Exquisite City: City of Cardboard, The Viaduct Theater, Chicago, IL
2007 Pilsen Chamber of Commerce Art Auction , The National Museum of Mexican Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
2007 Small Works, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, IL
2007 Material & Light, mn gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 i feel good, i feel great, i feel wonderful, L2Kontemporary,Chinatown, Los Angeles CA
2006 LA Libertine Society Presents: The Nature of Excess, L2Kontemporary,Chinatown, Los Angeles CA
2004 Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) ARSG, Los Angeles, CA
2004 SUPERSONIC, Group Show, Art Center, Pasadena, CA
2004 MFA Thesis Exhibition, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Gallery Two, Group Painting Show, Chicago, IL
2001 Art Windows Marshall Fields, Water Tower Place, Chicago, IL
2000 Gallery Two, Group Painting Show, Chicago, IL

Professional Affiliations
UCLA Alumni Association
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Alumni Association
American Watercolor Society

Flat Files & Slide Registries
2007-present The Drawing Center, New York, NY

Bibliography
2013 “Tal palo tal astilla: Three artists explore cultural boundaries”, Marcia Perales, The Paisano, Feburary 26, 2013
2013 “Review: De Tal Palo Tal Astilla”, Haydeé Muñoz De La Rocha, San Antonio, Texas. ART Magazine, January 2013
2012 “Institute of Chili films spot for Fox Telecolombia Latin America”, Jessica Elizarrias, San Antonio Express News, September 26, 2012
2012 “Eat and Greet”, Wendi Kimura, Artpace Blog, September 25, 2012
2012 “Fill Up In King William”, Paula Disbrowe, Southern Living, September 2012
2012 “A Night With Ana and Jenn Working at the Institute of Chili Food Truck”, Robert Rivard, The Rivard Report, July 6, 2012
2012 “The Institute of Chili” in San Antonio, a new generation of “chili queens” Adán Medrano August 24, 2012
2012 “Ana Fernandez: Painter as chili queen”, Scott Andrews, San Antonio Current, June 27, 2012
2012 “PechaKucha VI: Ladies, Pick Your Bull Carefully”, Sarah Fisch, May 26, 2012
2012 “Real Estates and Other Fictions”, Bryan Parker, Pop Press International, May 28, 2012
2012 “In eerie paintings by Ana Fernandez, a house isn’t just a house”, Luke Quinton, Austin American- Statesman, May 23, 2012
2012 “Ana Fernandez, Chili Queens”, Donna J. Tuttle, San Antonio Business Journal, May 18-24, 2012
2012 “Wheeling and Dealing”, Jessica Elizarrias, San Antonio Express News, March 25, 2012
2011 "Hither and Thither: A Curatorial Juxtaposition of Environment vs. Aesthetics", Gabriel Diego Delgado, La Prensa, September 4, 2011
2011 "Interview: Ana Fernandez", Darrell Roberts, www.ourartcriticism.com, June 22, 2011
2011 "Critique: Paintings by Ana Fernandez create hybrid of South Texas culture and surrealism", Lenora Weakley, UTSA Today, March 9, 2011
2011 "No Place Like Home", Kristian Jaime, San Antonio Museum Examiner, February 10, 2011
2011 "Pranking Persepctive", Scott Andrews, San Antonio Current ARTS, February 9, 2011
2011 "Lady Driver", Sarah Fisch, Plaza de Armas Culture/Features, February 3, 2011
2011 "UTSA and Joan Grona Gallery present exhibit of paintings by Ana Fernandez", Lenora Weakley, UTSA Today, February 2, 2011
2011 "Little houses that make big statements", Elda Silva,San Antonio Express News Arts, February 1, 2011
2010 "The Bewitching Art of Ana Fernandez", Gilberto Zamora ,Prove & Confusion, June 4, 2010
2010 "Who’s Got Next: The Work of Ana Fernandez", N. Reyna Amaya, Gozamos, June 3, 2010
2004 Peter Frank, “Art Pick of the Week”, LA Weekly, October 15-21, Vol.26 No. 47
2004 “Supersonic”, Exhibition catalog. Wind Tunnel, Pasadena, CA
2002 “New American Paintings” Open Studios Press, Editors Pick.