Anna Von Mertens

Artist Bio
View works. Anna Von Mertens, Objects (100 Emojis), 2021
Objects (100 Emojis), 2021
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Anna Von Mertens was born in Boston and currently lives and works in New Hampshire. She received her MFA from California College of the Arts, and BA from Brown University. Most recently Von Mertens exhibited a solo show in 2018 at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA); in 2023 this exhibition Measure then traveled to the University Galleries of Illinois State University and Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College. MIT Press will be publishing a book on her expanded Radcliffe project in September 2024. Other recent exhibitions include a 2013 Rijswijk Textile Biennial (Netherlands), 40 under 40: Craft Futures at the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery (Washington, DC) and the 2012 DeCordova Biennial (Lincoln, MA). Von Mertens's work is in the permanent collections of the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum (Saratoga Springs, NY), the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA), the Berkeley Art Museum (Berkeley, CA), the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery (Washington, DC) and the Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Art and Design (Providence, RI), among other institutions. 
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  • Anna Von Mertens, Girl with a Pearl Earring's aura, after Johannes Vermeer, 2009
    Girl with a Pearl Earring's aura, after Johannes Vermeer, 2009
    hand-dyed, hand-stitched cotton
    17.75 x 15.25"
  • Anna Von Mertens, Philip IV's aura, after Velázquez, 2009
    Philip IV's aura, after Velázquez, 2009
    hand-dyed, hand-stitched cotton
    80 x 38.5"
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  • Anna Von Mertens, A sunrise you might see, not unlike the one I saw yesterday (September 19, 2007 and September 19, 2082, 2008
    A sunrise you might see, not unlike the one I saw yesterday (September 19, 2007 and September 19, 2082, 2008
    hand-dyed, hand-stitched cotten
    54 x 100"
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  • Anna Von Mertens, Mental States (May), 2014
    Mental States (May), 2014
    hand-dyed cotton on wooden stretcher
    54 x 100"
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  • Anna Von Mertens, Mental States (October), 2014
    Mental States (October), 2014
    hand-dyed cotton on wooden stretcher
    54 x 100"
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  • Anna Von Mertens, Structure Within a Cube, 2016
    Structure Within a Cube, 2016
    hand-stitched cotton
    74 x 74"
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  • Anna Von Mertens, Magic, Crystal Magic Ball, Objects Grande, 2017
    Magic, Crystal Magic Ball, Objects Grande, 2017
    colored pencil on paper
    triptych 19.25 x 19.25" each framed
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  • Anna Von Mertens, mommy had a salad today (Kaja's text to Stephen telling him about her day, Jan 14, 2018), 2019
    mommy had a salad today (Kaja's text to Stephen telling him about her day, Jan 14, 2018), 2019
    colored pencil on paper
    37 x 62.75" paper
    38.75 x 64.5" framed
  • Anna Von Mertens, Objects (100 Emojis), 2021
    Objects (100 Emojis), 2021
    colored pencil on paper
    39 x 51" framed
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