{{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=January 2026}} {{primary sources|date=January 2026}} {{Orphan|date=January 2026}} }} {{Short description|American contemporary painter (born 1989)}} '''Anna Glantz''' (born 1989) is an American contemporary painter whose work combines psychological tension with a formal sensitivity to color and composition. Based in Los Angeles, Glantz has exhibited internationally in London, New York, Berlin, Oslo, and Los Angeles. Her paintings, often defined by a melancholic and deliberate tone, explore the limits of figuration and the psychological possibilities embedded in formal decision-making.
== Early life and education == Anna Glantz was born in 1989 in Concord, Massachusetts. She received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Art from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2011 and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Painting from Columbia University in 2014. In 2009, she studied Film and Media Studies at the University of Copenhagen, an experience that would later inform her measured sense of pacing and structure within painting.<ref name="CV">{{cite web |title=Anna Glantz CV |url=https://chris-sharp.com/artist/anna-glantz |access-date=22 October 2025}}</ref>
== Career and work == Across exhibitions such as ''Baby Grand'' (2020), ''Cement Answers'' (2022), and ''Lichens'' (2023), Glantz has developed an increasingly refined vocabulary that builds cumulatively from one series to the next. Her compositions balance ambiguity and structure, using subtle shifts in hue and scale to create atmospheres that feel both deliberate and unstable. Critics have noted her ability to distill complex emotional registers through formal means rather than explicit narrative content.<ref name="organthing.com">{{cite web |title=Anna Glantz – Lichens at The Approach, East London |url=https://organthing.com/2023/11/09/organ-thing-anna-glantz-has-a-new-exhibition-of-paintings-at-the-approach-east-london-didnt-realise-it-until-the-morning-after-but-this-just-might-be-one-of-the-finest-exhibitions-of-paintings-i/ |website=The Organ |date=9 November 2023 |access-date=22 October 2025}}</ref>
== Selected solo exhibitions == * 2025: ''Knowing what you know'', Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, CA<ref name="CV" /> * 2023: ''Lichens'', The Approach, London, UK<ref name="CV" /> * 2022: ''Cement Answers'', Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, CA<ref name="CV" /> * 2020: ''Baby Grand'', The Approach, London, UK<ref name="CV" /> * 2019: ''Cyclops'', Foxy Production, New York, NY<ref name="CV" /> * 2018: ''Anna Glantz'', PAGE (NYC), New York, NY<ref name="CV" /> * 2016: ''Stones for Sandman'', 11R, New York, NY<ref name="CV" /> * 2015: ''Horse in the Road'', Topless, Rockaway Beach, NY<ref name="CV" />
== Selected group exhibitions == * 2025: ''Surface Streets'', Marian Goodman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA<ref name="CV" /> * 2024: ''Trespass sweetly urged'', Tanya Leighton, Berlin, Germany<ref name="CV" /> * 2022: ''A Minor Constellation'', Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, CA<ref name="CV" /> * 2021: ''Therein / Thereof / Thereto'', Standard (Oslo), Oslo, Norway<ref name="CV" /> * 2020: ''A Love Letter to a Nightmare'', Petzel Gallery, New York, NY<ref name="CV" /> * 2019: ''Portraits'', Foxy Production, New York, NY<ref name="CV" /> * 2016: ''Intimisms'', James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY<ref name="CV" />
== Awards == * 2016: Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grant<ref name="CV" /> * 2013: Andrew Fisher Fellowship<ref name="CV" /> * 2012: Dong Kingman Fellowship<ref name="CV" /> * 2011: Hoyt Scholarship<ref name="CV" />
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== External links == * [https://chris-sharp.com/artist/anna-glantz Chris Sharp Gallery – Anna Glantz] * [https://theapproach.co.uk/artists/anna-glantz The Approach – Anna Glantz]
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