ANNA GARSKI
651-206-2449 // [email protected] // annagarski.com
EDUCATION
2016
MFA Painting and MA History and Theory of Contemporary Art, San Francisco Art
Institute, San Francisco, CA
2012
BA magna cum laude, Studio Art and Women’s Studies, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2016-17
Adjunct Faculty, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN (Co-Instructor, The Women’s Art
Institute, Summer, 2016, reoccurring appointment)
2016
Teaching Assistant, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (Painting: Content Disruption,
Spring, 2016)
2016
After School Program Advisor, Lovin’ the Skin I’m In, Equity Alliance, Westwood Middle School,
Blaine, MN (Fall, 2016)
2016
Classroom Partnerships Programing Part-time Facilitator, Equity Alliance Woodbury, MN (Fall,
2016)
2015
Teaching Assistant, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (Art Since 1945, Fall, 2015)
2015
Guest Teaching Assistant, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (Senior Review Seminar,
Spring, 2015)
2014
Course-Dedicated Tutor, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (Feminism in the 21st
Century, Spring, 2014)
2013
Teaching Assistant, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN (The Women’s Art Institute, Summer,
2013)
2013
Gallery Assistant Internship, Form + Content Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2012
Teaching Assistant, Assistant Mentorship Program, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN (Acrylic
Painting, Fall 2012)
2011
Teaching Assistant, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, St. Catherine University, Minneapolis
MN (The Women’s Art Institute, Summer, 2011)
AWARDS
2013
Helen B. Lemmer Memorial Award, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
2012
Catherine G. Murphy Friends of the Gallery Award, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
2012
Women’s Studies Collaborative Leadership Award, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
2011-12
Taskforce Working to Eliminate Violence Against Women Exhibition and Grant Project,
St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
2011-12
Peter Lupori Studio Art Scholarship, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
2011
Women’s Studies Research and Creative Award, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2017
Vision + Vocation: St. Catherine Alumnae Invitational Exhibition, The Catherine G. Murphy Gallery,
St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
2016
Girl Power: Omne Trium Perfectum, Querétaro, Mexico
2016
The Women’s Art Institute 2016 Exhibition, Quarter Gallery, The University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN
2016
WARM Guerrillas: Feminist Visions, The Grain Belt Bottling House Gallery, North East
Minneapolis, MN
2015
2015
2014
Departed, Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA
I Have Nothing To Say and I’m Saying It, The Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Precioussentimentalcoyconcealingwithholdingnarcissisticobsessive, The Diego Rivera Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
2014
Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain, The Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014
Liminal, Form + Content Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2014
How to Be a Feminist Artist: Investigations by Alumnae of the Women’s Art Institute, Catherine G.
Murphy Gallery, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
2013
Fearless, Creative, Energy: The Women’s Art Institute 2013 Exhibition, The Whittier Gallery,
Minneapolis, MN
2012
Internal External: Senior Juried Exhibition, The Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, St. Catherine
University, St. Paul, MN
2012
Task Force Working to Eliminate Violence Against Women Exhibition: The Phoenix Trilogy, Solo
Exhibition, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
2011
Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities Undergraduate Showcase, Hopkins Center for the Arts,
Hopkins, MN
2011
The Women’s Art Institute Teaching Assistant 2011 Exhibition, Two-Person Exhibition,
Concourse Gallery, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
PERFORMANCES
2016
Endless Scopophobia II, Kunsthaus Tacheles, SAFEhouse Arts, San Francisco, CA
2014
Spit, Swallow, Choke, Precioussentimentalcoyconcealingwithholdingnarcissisticobsessive,
The Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013
WE ALL DIE AT THE END, Presented by Peaches Christ, The Hypnodrome, San Francisco, CA
CONFERENCES, LECTURES, & PUBLIC PROGRAMMING
2016
“Study Group 2: Visibility On Our Minds,” an examination of bell hooks’ Art On My Mind, presented
by The Women’s Art Institute, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN, December 3, 2016
2016
“Study Group 1: Creativity and Oppression On Our Minds,” an examination of bell hooks’ Art On My
Mind, presented by The Women’s Art Institute, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN, November 19,
2016
2016
“Art On Our Minds: A bell hooks Listening Experience”, presented by The Women’s Art Institute,
St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN, November 9, 2016
2016
MA Thesis Symposium, “Oppositional Reflections: Carrie Mae Weems and Narcissister Reclaim the
Mirror,” San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2015
East Metro Integration District Summer Camp, “The Subversive Power of Collage,” Mound, MN
2014
The Women’s Art Institute, visiting artist, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
2012
Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities Women’s Studies Conference, “The Phoenix Trilogy: The
Creation and Completion of the Taskforce Working to Eliminate Violence Against Women Artist’s
Grant,” Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2017
Steering Committee, The Women’s Art Institute Art Sale for Scholarships, St. Catherine University,
March, 2013
2016
Faculty Search Student Review Committee—Assistant Professor, Painting, San Francisco Art
Institute, San Francisco, CA, Spring 2016
2013
Steering Committee, The Women’s Art Institute Art Sale for Scholarships, St. Catherine University,
March, 2013
2010-2011 Jury Assistant, Design and Layout Production Assistant, and Exhibition Coordinator, Ariston Arts
and Literary Publication, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
PUBLICATIONS & PUBLISHED ARTWORK
2015
Patricia Olson and Elizabeth Erickson, The Interviews: How To Be A Feminist Artist, The Catherine
G. Murphy Gallery, St. Catherine University, 2015
2014
Mary Abbe, “Women’s Art Work,” StarTribune, February 27, 2014
2012
Anna Garski, “Gabrielle Civil’s Swallow the Fish: Black Feminist Performance Art Practice,” The
Women’s Art Institute Newsletter, Fall 2012
2012
Anna Garski, “Karen Klein’s Broken Circle: Children of Divorce,” The Women’s Art Institute
Newsletter, Fall 2012
2012
Melissa Kaelin, “Student Art on Domestic Abuse Featured in Coeur De Catherine,” St. Catherine
University News, April 2, 2012
REFERENCES—upon request