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Fiber and Mixed Media Artist
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Ann Vollum
(b. Zimbabwe 1963)
AnnVollum@verizon.net https://www.annvollum.com/instagram https://www.annvollum.com/
Lives and works in South Orange, NJ
Education
BA, Architectural Studies, Newcastle University, UK
Diploma, Graphic Origination and Reproduction, London College of Printing
Represented By
Ivy Brown Gallery, 675 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014
Residency
ESKFF Fall resident at Mana Contemporary 2023
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Presenter
NJBAS, 2023, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Exhibition Highlights
2024
The Exhibition: The Newark Museum of Art Newark, NJ
Threads: juror – Nette Forné Thomas, Heidi Gallery, JSDD, Livingston NJ
Excellence in Quilts: juror – Sue Benner, Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, TX
Stay Curious: Ivy Brown at The Watermark, Brooklyn, NY
Booked 18: See/ing: Museum of Early Trades & Crafts, Madison, NJ
2023
White Columns Artist Registry
Showcase 14C: aqua art miami, stand #225, FL
Art Fair 14C Showcase: Liberty State Park, NJ
Art Fair 14C, Newark Arts Booth B7: Liberty State Park, NJ Liberty State Park, NJ
Oil and Mixed Media, Close to Home: by invitation, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
Excellence in Quilts III: Fiber Arts Now – juror – Sue Benner – Fall Issue
Viewpoints: juried exhibit – juror/ curator – Diedra Harris-Kelley,
Studio Montclair Leach Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Then and Now: juror/ curator – PE Pinkman, Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ
Portfolio Series: Local Materiality: juror/ curator – Donna Rae Kessinger,
Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Tenuous Threads, Part 2: juror – Patricia Miranda, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2023 NJ Arts Annual: Mother Nature vs Human Nature: jurors – Robert Roesch
and Suzanne Horvitz, Noyes Museum, Noyes Art Garage, Atlantic City, NJ
2022
Art Fair 14C Showcase: The Jersey City Armory, Jersey City, NJ
Tell Me More About Yourself: juror – Juno Zago, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
Resilient II: juror – Ivy Brown, Art 150 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Earth Mother: juror – Ginger Cochran, Envision Arts, virtual
2022 New Jersey Arts annual: Reemergence: jurors – Margaret M. O’Reilly and Sarah B. Vogelman,
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
ViewPoints 2022: juror Roger C. Tucker III, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ
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2021
Inspired by an Object: jurors – Virginia S. Block and Ira Wagner, Studio Montclair,
MAM, Vance Wall Art Education Center, Montclair, NJ
The Power of IV: (co-curator), West Orange Arts Council, West Orange, NJ
The Fine Art of Denim: juror – Vincent DiMattio, Monmouth University Pollak Gallery: Monmouth, NJ
Oil and Mixed Media, Close to Home: by invitation, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
2020
The Gold Standard of Textile and Fiber Art, The Textile Study Group of New York: juror – Lauren Whitley,
Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
2018
Ann Vollum: Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ (Solo Exhibition)
2014
Conversation: by invitation, Curator – Micha Hamilton, The Herb & Milly Iris Gallery at SOPAC,
South Orange, NJ (Two person Exhibition)
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Exhibitions Full List
2024
Han River Biannual: Seoul, Korea _ grand jury prize
Threads: juror – Nette Forné Thomas, Heidi Gallery, JSDD, Livingston NJ
Excellence in Quilts: juror – Sue Benner, Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, TX
Stay Curious: Ivy Brown at The Watermark, Brooklyn, NY
Booked 18: See/ing: Museum of Early Trades & Crafts, Madison, NJ
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2023
White Columns Artist Registry
Art Fair 14C Showcase: Liberty State Park, NJ
Art Fair 14C, Newark Arts Booth B7: Liberty State Park, NJ Liberty State Park, NJ
Connections: curator – Andrea McKenna, Art House Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Transformation: curator – Michelle Graves, ART150 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Oil and Mixed Media, Close to Home: by invitation, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
Excellence in Quilts III: Fiber Arts Now – juror – Sue Benner – Fall Issue
Roots: curator – TSGNY, El Barrio’s Artspace PS109, New York, NY
Viewpoints: juried exhibit – juror/ curator – Diedra Harris-Kelley,
Studio Montclair Leach Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Then and Now: juror/ curator – PE Pinkman, Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ
Portfolio Series: Local Materiality: juror/ curator – Donna Rae Kessinger,
Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Flora & Fauna: juror – Linda Streicher, Art150 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Tenuous Threads, Part 2: juror – Patricia Miranda, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2023 NJ Arts Annual: Mother Nature vs Human Nature: jurors –Robert Roesch
and Suzanne Horvitz, Noyes Museum, Noyes Art Garage, Atlantic City, NJ
Booked 17: Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, Madison, NJ
And We’re Off: Pro Arts Jersey City & SHIM Art Network, Clifton Arts Center, Clifton, NJ
2022
Portrait Show: New Providence Memorial Library, NJ
TSGNY Gallery 33: virtual
Art Fair 14C Showcase: The Jersey City Armory, Jersey City, NJ
Pro Arts Jersey City, Fall 2022 Member Showcase, SHIM Art Network: Artsy, virtual
Pro Arts Jersey City: Summer 2022 Member Showcase, SHIM Art Network: Artsy, virtual
Figuration: juror – Nicholas Rosal, Atelier Rosal, Rahway, NJ
State of the Art, 202: Leach Gallery, member’s exhibit, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ
Tell Me More About Yourself: juror – Juno Zago, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
Resilient II: juror – Ivy Brown, Art 150 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Earth Mother: juror – Ginger Cochran, Envision Arts, virtual
2022 New Jersey Arts annual: Reemergence: jurors: Margaret M. O’Reilly and Sarah B. Vogelman,
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
ViewPoints 2022: juror Roger C. Tucker III, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ
Black & White to Magnificent Color: curator – Alpana Mittal, Pro Arts, Watchung Arts Center,
Watchung, NJ
Transformation: Creative Alchemy: Fiber Arts Take Two Student Exhibition,
Creating with Courage Adventures in Fiber with Clarissa Callesen – virtual
2021
Inspired by an Object: jurors – Virginia S. Block and Ira Wagner, Studio Montclair,
MAM, Vance Wall Art Education Center, Montclair, NJ
The Power of IV, West Orange Arts Council: (co-curator), West Orange, NJ
State of The Art 2021: Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ
The Fine Art of Denim: juror – Vincent DiMattio, Monmouth University Pollak Gallery: Monmouth, NJ
Oil and Mixed Media, Bonds Beyond Time: by invitation, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
TSGNY Gallery 30 Spring: virtual
Objet Trouvé: juror: Carol Black-Lemon, West Orange Arts Council, West Orange, NJ
2020
TSGNY Gallery 28 Spring: virtual
The Gold Standard of Textile and Fiber Art, The Textile Study Group of New York: juror – Lauren Whitley,
Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
Booked 16: Gaelen Galleries:,JCC MetroWest, West Orange, NJ
Inspiring Minds: curators – Linda Beard and Jeremy Moss, SOPAC, Herb and Milly Iris Gallery,
South Orange, NJ, virtual
TSGNY Gallery 29 Fall: virtual
2019
TSGNY Gallery 26 Spring: virtual
Booked Present and Past: George Segal Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Inspiring Minds: Valley Arts, Orange, NJ
Open Orange: jurors – Nigel Freeman and Diedra Harris-Kelley, Valley Arts, Orange, NJ
TSGNY Gallery 27 Fall: virtual
2018
Booked 14: Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
Emerging Artist Showcase: Fiber Art Now, virtual
Ann Vollum: Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ (Solo Exhibition)
2017
Text Me: curators – Stephanie Damiano and Mahmoud El- Behairy, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
Booked 13: Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
Curious Creatures: curator – Larry Dell, Riker Hill Art Park, Livingston, NJ,
Open Orange: jurors – Nigel Freeman and Caro Kalb-Marr, Valley Arts, Orange, NJ
2016
Booked 13: Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
West Orange Arts Council Members’ Show: WOAC, West Orange, NJ
Open Orange: jurors – Antonio Sergio Bessa, Diedra Harris-Kelley and Naima J. Keith,
Firehouse Gallery, Orange, NJ
Into the Valley: WOAC Members Show, The Firehouse Gallery, Orange, NJ
Book Arts: Gaelen Galleries Steiner Court, JCC MetroWest, West Orange, NJ
Art of the Book: Museum of Early Trades & Crafts, Madison, NJ
2015
Booked 12: Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
2014
Booked 11: Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
Open Orange: jurors – Antonio Sergio Bessa, Diedra Harris-Kelley and Naima J. Keith,
Firehouse Gallery, Orange, NJ
At Home with the Book: The Westfield Historical Society, Westfield, NJ
Conversation: by invitation, Curator – Micha Hamilton, The Herb & Milly Iris Gallery at SOPAC,
South Orange, NJ (Two person Exhibition)
2013
Booked 10: Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
Jazz Stories: curator – Micha Hamilton, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
ABC=Art & Business Connection: Papillon 25, South Orange, NJ (Two person exhibition)
Mail Me Art: Short & Sweet: curator – Darren Di Lieto, Croft Wingates Art Gallery,
Market Harborough, Leicestershire, UK
Mail Me Art: Short & Sweet: curator – Darren Di Lieto, Framers Gallery: London, UK
Engaging Art SOMA: Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
Book Arts Roundtable Exhibit: Morristown Library, Morristown, NJ
2012
Booked 9: Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
Newark Open Doors: curator – Rupert Ravens, 77 Market Street, Newark, NJ
Preview / Post View: Artist Studio Tour: Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
The British Invasion: curator – Nancy Heins-Glaser, Stony’s, South Orange, NJ
2011
Booked 8: Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
Art at Stony’s: curator – Nancy Heins-Glaser, Stony’s, Madison, NJ
Preview / Post View: Artist Studio Tour: Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
2010
Sparkhouse Studio: South Orange, NJ
Art at Stony’s: curator – Nancy Heins-Glaser, Stony’s, South Orange, NJ
Booked 7: Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
Art of the Book: Arts Lobby Showcase, JCC MetroWest, West Orange, NJ
Creep Show: curators – Micha Hamilton and Rick Hauser, Gas Gallery, Maplewood NJ
2009
Booked 6: Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
2008
Booked 5: Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
Home: Pages from our Lives: 1978 Gallery, Maplewood, NJ
2006
Mother’s Work: Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, NY
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Press
Bookends: The Mysterious Worlds of Artists Sybil Archibald and Ann Vollum: The Four Oranges, Carol Selman
Discover Jersey Arts: With Coping Strategies and Resilience, 95 Artists Reemerge in Annual Exhibition, Ilene Dube, 11/16/2022; https://jerseyartsfeatures.com/content/2022/11/17/with-coping-strategies-and-resilience-95-artists-reemerge-in-annual-exhibition?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=f94502dd-250b-4113-8700-49036fb8651c
Meet Ann Vollum: CanvasRebel: https://canvasrebel.com/?post_types=&s=ann+vollum, Sept 19, 2022
Power of IV: https://essexnewsdaily.com/arts/100192, July 29; https://www.mypaperonline.com/the-power-of-iv-presented-by-the-west-orange-arts-council.html, Aug 1; https://www.tapinto.net/towns/west-orange/sections/arts-and-entertainment/articles/west-orange-art-council-s-the-power-of-iv-exhibit-premieres-in-august, July 28; https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2021/08/power-of-art-quadrupled-in-new-exhibit-at-essex-county-gallery.html, Aug 2; https://spotonnewjersey.com/gateway/788835/the-power-of-iv-presented-by-the-west.html
Power of IV, video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhNXBlzQylY
Objet Trouvé’ Art Exhibit Ignites Imaginations at West Orange Arts Center: Deborah Balthazar, Feb 3, 2021 https://www.tapinto.net/towns/west-orange/sections/arts-and-entertainment/articles/objet-trouve-art-exhibit-ignites-imaginations-at-west-orange-arts-center
Objet Trouve' - An exhibit of found objects curated by Carol Black-Lemon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_vHQ45qsEY
Objet Trouvé: An Exhibit of Found Objects: Review by Sean Quinn, Feb 1, 2021
https://www.westorangeartscouncil.org/post/objet-trouv%C3%A9-an-exhibit-of-found-objects-1
West Orange Patch, WOAC Exhibit Showcases Beautiful Art Made From Found Objects, Feb 1, 2021
https://patch.com/new-jersey/westorange/woac-exhibit-showcases-beautiful-art-made-found-objects-nodx
“They Come Out At Night”, Image, NY Times, Calendar, NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/nyregion/events-in-new-jersey-for-june-8-14-2014.html?_r=0
“They Come Out At Night”, Image, NY Times, Calendar, June 8, 2014, p.8
Artist Studio Tour Video 2013
“Closing reception on Saturday for ‘A Conversation’ at the Iris Gallery”: News-Record, September 11, 2014, p.40 “Dragonflies”, image for Stepping Out, News-Record, August 28, 2014, p.24 “They Come Out At Night”, Image, “Beat the heat and catch some cool art shows!”, Our Town and Around, June 2014, p.16
“A Different Kind of Bookie”: Hersh, Sarah: Matters Magazine - Summer 2014, p.22-25
SOMAtv March 2010: Meet the Artist, Book Arts Special: Produced and hosted by Nancy Heins-Glaser. This special was filmed at the Pierro Gallery in South Orange during the set up for the show Booked 7 by the Book Arts Roundtable. I talk about my book, A Walk with Crocodile: (No longer available)
Dustin’s Kaleidoscope SOMATV, YouTube: An interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3nGQq5O9_8
South Orange Patch: Sept. 11, 2009, Sept. 16, 2009, Oct. 25, 2010
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Bibliography
au-then-tic (true to one's personality, spirit, or character) 2023, Pro Arts Jersey City
Surface Design: Hunter/Gatherer: Spring 2024, p31
Fiber Art Now: Fall 2023, p61
Booked 18: Book Arts Roundtable catalogue: May 2024, p31
Alfa Art Gallery Catalog 2021: p24
Booked 17: Book Arts Roundtable catalogue: March 2023, p30, p31
Tenuous Threads: exhibition-catalogue, Atlantic Gallery, NYC
2023-nj-arts-annual- Mother Nature vs Human Nature: exhibition-catalogue, Noyes Museum of Art, Stockton University
2022-nj-arts-annual-reemergence-digital-exhibition-catalogue: p123-124, NJ State Museum, Trenton
Statements 2022: Pro Arts, p41
Transformation – Creative Alchemy: Creating with Courage with Clarissa Callesen: Fiber Arts Take Two Exhibition catalog, 2022, p16-19
Booked 16: Book Arts Roundtable catalogue, March 2020, p28
The Language of Making: Visual Voices from the Textile Study Group of New York: 2019, p190
Booked 15: Book Arts Roundtable catalogue, March 2018, p36
Booked 14: Book Arts Roundtable catalogue, March 2017, p46
Booked 13: Book Arts Roundtable catalogue, March 2016, p40
Booked 12: Book Arts Roundtable catalogue, March 2015, p46
Booked 11: Book Arts Roundtable catalogue, March 2014, p48-49
“A Conversation Art by Ann Vollum & Russell Christian, Curated by Micha Hamilton”, Hamilton, Micha: The Herb & Milly Iris Gallery at SOPAC, catalog, 2014
Booked 10: Book Arts Roundtable catalogue, March 2013, p56
Mail Me Art: Short & Sweet: Darren Di Lieto: The Little Chimp Society 2013, No. 175
500 Handmade Books Volume 2: Chen, Julie, Lark Crafts September 2013, p118
Booked 9: Book Arts Roundtable catalogue, March 2012, p39
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Collections
Ohio University, Alden Library: “Peep Show”:
Works held in private collections in the United States, England, and France
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Professional Organizations
Surface Design Association
Textile Study Group of New York, New York, NY
ProArts Jersey City, NJ
Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ
Society for Embroidered Work, UK
Fiber Art Network, CA
Textileartist.org
The Book Arts Roundtable, Madison, NJ