Anna Carll

Anna Carll was born in 1960 in Charleston, WV, into a large German-American family with five other siblings and raised in Sarasota, FL. In 1984, Carll received her BA from the University of Florida, then moved to Atlanta, GA, where she lived and worked for 16 years. Carll now makes her home in Chattanooga, TN.

Carll began her career as an illustrator and graphic designer, with a strong background in art history. In 1992, Carll began private study with the late painter Ouida Canaday who was co-founder of the Atlanta Piedmont Arts Festival. Canaday was a contemporary of the Atlanta artist, Joe Perrin. In 1999, Carll quit the graphic design industry to become a full-time painter. From that point onward she evolved as a self-taught artist. Carll’s main influences are Picasso, Matisse, Lee Krasner, Gerhard Richter & Pat Steir.

THE EROSION SERIES

The Erosion Series is about seeing the beauty in the natural event of decay and building an aesthetic around it. Like the Japanese wabi-sabi; the acceptance of transience and imperfection—I repurpose and create new life out of past work or begin anew on fresh panels or paper. Inside the studio and out, observing the natural decay of the life cycle has made me appreciate that within red...

1984  BA, College of Fine Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Painter at Large

Juried Exhibitions

2019 AVA Juried Members Show, Chattanooga, TN (abstract work)

2019 Locals Only Show, WORKSPACE, Chattanooga, TN (abstract work)

2016   AVA Juried Members Show, Chattanooga, TN (weavings)

2013   AVA Juried Members Show, Chattanooga, TN (abstract work)

2012   Positive/Negative 27, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University (abstract work)

1998   Numinous, Bender Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

1995   Artists’ Atelier of Atlanta

1995   Trinity Arts Group, Atlanta, GA

1994   Soapstone Center for the Arts, Atlanta GA

1994   Artists’ Atelier of Atlanta

 

Group Exhibitions

2018 Tempus Gallery — MAINX24, Chattanooga, TN

2018 Tempus Gallery — Chattanooga Gallery Hop, Chattanooga, TN

2017  Spring Fever X2 — Anna Carll & Paul Fontana, Area 61 Gallery, Chattanooga, TN

2016  Abstract / 3 Views, Area 61 Gallery, Chattanooga, TN

2007  River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN

1997   Bender Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

1996   Bender Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

1995   Artists’ Atelier of Atlanta

Solo Exhibitions

2019 What Remains; an exploration of the Erosion Series, Creative Arts Guild — Gallery 111, Dalton, GA

2007   Linear Rhythm, Bryant Galleries, New Orl...