Anne Meredith Terpstra

Anne Terpstra (b. SF, 1986) is an abstract painter, printmaker and photographer based in San Francisco. Anne’s work across mediums is rooted in abstract expressionist traditions and her current work in oil painting and cyanotype is heavily influenced by her background in printmaking, which inspires attention to layering and a subtractive connection to painting.

Anne investigates movement, evanescence, and resilience in her process, both as a painter and photographer. For Anne, creating art is a revolt, a kind of rebellion against the transitory nature of life. Her work consistently pushes the boundaries and blurs the lines between artistic mediums. Some of her most prominent influences include expressionists Robert Rauschenburg and Lee Krasner.

In looking at her paintings, we are struck by the immediacy of the paint, but also of a whole past life under the work. She is inspired by the tactility of the paint itself, and often starts with more paint than a palette knife or brush can comfortably hold, thereby creating a challenge which demands a physical response to the materials themselves. She states, “My interest lies in how a picture emerges this way and in creating images in which presence and absence appear inextricably link...

Bachelor of Arts, 2013, San Francisco State University

Dual emphasis in Printmaking and Photography

Additional Studies in Cinema, Literature, and Exhibition Design.

Recent Exhibitions:

Reflection Listening, Etcetera, 795 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 2024 (solo show)

New Paintings, Hôtel Biron, 45 Rose Street, San Francisco, CA 2024 (solo show)

Blue, Carl Hansen & Son, 111 Rhode Island St #3, San Francisco, CA. A Rotating Series of Paintings in Prussian blue. 2023

Alternative, Chung 24 Gallery, 4071 24th Street, San Francisco. 2022 ( group show)

New Work, Paintings, Gallery 60SIX, 12 Elgin Park, San Francisco, CA, 2021 (solo show)

New Collection, Showroom Kneedler-Fauchère, San Francisco Design Center, 101 Henry Adams Street, SF, CA, 2020/21

Group Show, Gallery 60SIX, 455A Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA. 2018

Paintings and Cyanotypes, Gamble + Design, 85 Carl Street, San Francisco, CA. 2018 (solo show)

Blueprints, Vesuvio, 255 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA, May, 2016 (solo show)

Passage 2, Capturing Movement, Gallery 60SIX, 66 Elgin Park, San Francisco, CA, August, 2015

21st Annual Artists Warehouse Sale, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Building A, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA, 2014

Zoom, Paintings and Cyanotypes, Showing with Jenny Bloomfield, Gallery 60SIX, 66 Elgin Park, San Francisco, CA, 2012 (Two perso...