Anna Tanner is an American-born oil painter and curator from Atlanta, GA, practicing in Rochester, NY. Her work reflects her upbringing amongst rigid Southern American values, shaping her lived experience as a femme lesbian woman. She paints the commodification of the female form, reclaiming agency through her queer gaze. Her references come from vintage magazines, imagery of old Hollywood, archival Playboy Club photographs, and stills of vintage showgirls.
Recipient of the Honourable Mention Student Award from the 65th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, and the Cersiani Award and Grant from The Harley School, Tanner holds a BFA from OCADU, majoring in Criticism and Curatorial Practices. Her recent Curatorial work includes her BFA thesis titled GRIT: Queer Stories from Rural America, held at Remote Gallery in Toronto, ON, and Power Play: A Girl Behind A Gun, held at Girl Fraud Gallery in Toronto, ON. Her painting work has recently been featured in White Hot Magazine and has been shown internationally in Toronto, ON, at Stackt Market, Remote Gallery, Gallery1313, Ada Slaight Gallery, OCADU at Gradex111, and at the 65th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, and in the USA in Detroit, MI, at (SCENE) Metrospace, and in Rochester, NY, at RIT’s Bevier Gallery.
