Anne Cleary

Anne Cleary creates rich nature-based paintings with oil, spray paint, gold and silver leaf that possess a fairytale-like quality derived from her childhood in the Midwestern countryside. She fluctuates between referential known realities and abstract musings on our spiritual connection to the natural world. She lives and works in Indianapolis and the northern Indiana lakes region, showing frequently in Indianapolis and Chicago, and the east coast.
Artist Statement
Imagination and intuition are my guides as I create layered worlds of
stacked landscapes consisting of flowers, lakes, oceans, rivers and woods using oils, spray paint and gold and silver leaf. My work is an emotional reaction to the natural world and my place within a complex system. Time spent in the outdoors is both grounding and energizing. Nature is the starting point of personal reflection and spiritual connection, and I feel that my paintings are channeling something that I confess I do not completely understand but I find very exciting.
Stacked landscapes connect the here to the elsewhere and are the result of noticing and observing. They are about connection and mystery, something bigger than me. I think I am always recording some essence of the wor...

Education
BA 1997 Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. Studio Art
1997, 1998 Masters Studies in Opera Performance, The Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Ma
1998 Masters in Opera Performance studies, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, Indiana

2026 International Art Project, Bloomington Indiana “Interior Spaces”
2026 City of Indianapolis Sidewalk Galleries Mural project for NCAA Men’s Final Four Tournament
2026 Indianapolis International Airport Public Art mural
2025 One of a Kind Show , December Edition Chicago
2025 The John Penrod Society Art Fair on the grounds of Newfields, Indianapolis, In
2025 The Other Art Fair by Saatchi, Chicago
2025 West Loop Contemporary Art Expo, Chicago
2024 show at Tiffany Skilling Interiors, Indianapolis, In
2024 Gift of Art Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2024 The John Penrod Society Art Fair on the grounds of Newfields, Indianapolis, In
2024 solo show Harrison Center Underground Gallery, Indianapolis, In
2024 The Other Art Fair by Saatchi, Brooklyn
2024 The Other Art Fair by Saatchi, Chicago
2023 Winter Solo Show at Afterglow Market. Carmel, In
2023 Carmel Public Library “Homestead Story” Carmel, In
2021 solo show “Bridging” at The Kuaba Gallery Carmel, In
2019 Encore Sotheby’s Visiting Artist Series Carmel, In
2017-2019 Guest Artist, recurring – Plenty Lifestyle Indianapolis, Indiana
2017 “The Lake Isle” group show, vocal performance, featured artist interview. Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, In....