Anya Kielar
B. 1978
Selected Works
Hypnotists
2023 · foam
Dreamer
2023 · foam
Artist
2023 · foam
The Charmer
2022 · painted fabric
The Designer
2022 · painted fabric
The Queen
2022 · fabric
Muse
2021 · paint
The Actress
2020 · paint
The Look
2019 · paint
Biography
Anya Kielar (b. 1978, New York, NY) received her MFA from Columbia University, New York, NY in 2005 and a BFA from The Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY in 2002. Kielar has had recent solo and two-person exhibitions at Document Gallery, Chicago, IL (2023); Pioneer Works, New York, NY (2022); Livie Fine Art, Zurich, Switzerland (2022); and Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY (2021). Her work has been included in recent group exhibitions at Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL (2024); Angers Musée des Beaux-Arts, Angers, France (2023); Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY (2023); and Kasmin, New York, NY (2022). Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Aishti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon; the Christian Dior Art Collection, Paris; the Dikeou Collection, Denver; the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA; the New Century Art Foundation, Singapore; the Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL; the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY; and the Zabludowicz Collection, London. Kielar lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Exhibitions
Labor of love
13 January – 4 March 2023
Anya Kielar: The Muses
6 November 2021 – 8 January 2022
Upstairs Gallery: 10 Years
12 September – 28 October 2018
Upstairs Gallery: Gallery Artist Show
28 February – 27 March 2016
The Crystal Palace
28 June – 16 August 2014
Anya Kielar: WOMEN
9 September – 21 October 2012
Summer Whites Curated by Eddie Martinez and Sam Moyer
24 June – 29 July 2011
Anya Kielar: FACE
25 February – 4 April 2010
Art Fairs
Felix La 2026
28 February – 3 March 2026 ·
Art Basel Miami Beach 2024
4 – 8 December 2024 ·
Kiaf Art Fair Seoul 2022
2 – 6 September 2022 ·
The Armory Show 2021
9 – 12 September 2021 ·
NADA Miami 2019
5 – 8 December 2019 ·
NADA Miami 2013
5 – 8 December 2013 ·
NADA New York 2012
4 – 7 May 2012 ·
December Ovr 2020
1 – 1 January 1970 ·