Anne Cushman

Born in Massachusetts and raised in Pennsylvania, Anne now has lived in Worthington, Ohio for the past 25 years. She has traveled extensively around the world and enjoys travel almost as much as making art. She is co-founder of Phoenix Rising Printmaking Cooperative, a non-profit studio, in Columbus where she continues to print, teach and encourage others to learn about and appreciate the medium of printmaking. When she is not actually making art, she shares her passion for it by being a Docent at the Columbus Museum of Art. While exhibiting throughout Ohio, nationally and internationally, she has been the recipient of an Ohio Arts Council grant.

Artist Statement

My medium of choice is usually Printmaking; although I sometimes work in pastel or watercolor. Printmaking offers many processes with which to experiment. The intaglio and relief methods I often employ, etching, collagraph, linocut, mezzotint and monotype permit me to develop images evolving from a technical thought process, through the physical manipulations of the plate, to the visual interpretation that culminates with a print.

I am particularly drawn to places where the geology is evident, marking layers of time and history. The vast lay of the land, the flow of rivers, the rush of the sea and the stones that surface become my focus. The images are created to evoke careful observation of a multi-faceted environment. The fluid lines and designs created in topographical maps intrigue me and are often repeated in the composition of my images.

Our land and our experience of it have been recurring themes in my artwork. Whether the image is inspired from an actual scene or from the landscape of my mind, both real and imagined environments, the objective is to present an image that serves as a catalyst to the mind and spirit in unison.

Education:

  • Pennsylvania State University, BFA
  • Slade School of Art, University College London, England
  • Philadelphia College of Art (now University of the Arts), Philadelphia PA
  • Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA

Please direct inquiries to cushjp@aol.com

Exhibition Highlights

  • Invisible Ink, Group exhibition, Ohio State University Faculty Club, Columbus, OH, 2020
  • The Art of Printmaking, solo exhibition, Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, OH, 2019-2020
  • With Careful Scrutiny, The Art of the Print, solo exhibition, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, 2019
  • Ingrained: Large Scale Woodcut Prints, Carnegie Gallery, Columbus Metropolitan Library, OH, 2019
  • Celebrating 20 years of the Phoenix Rising Printmaking Cooperative, Ohio Dominican Univ., 2018
  • The Art of Printmaking, Marcia Evans Gallery, Columbus, OH, 2018
  • Modern Impressions Traditional Methods, Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, OH, 2017
  • Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, OH, 2017
  • Seeking Nature’s Impressions, German Village Meeting Haus, Columbus, OH, 2017
  • Two Women Printmakers, Marcia Evans Gallery, Columbus, OH, 2017
  • 72nd Ohio Annual Exhibition, Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, OH, 2016
  • Current Impressions, Sunbear Studio and Gallery, Alexandria, OH, 2016
  • Winds of Change, Phoenix Rising at Columbus Cultural Arts Center, OH, 2015
  • 10th Biennial Int’l Miniature Print Competition, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT, 2015
  • Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, OH, 2015
  • 71st Ohio Annual Exhibition, Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, OH, 2015
  • Phoenix Rising Cooperative at High Road Gallery, Worthington, OH, 2014
  • 70th Ohio Annual Exhibition, Zanesville Museum of Art, OH, 2014
  • Origins of Abstraction, Carnegie Gallery, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, OH, 2014
  • Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, OH. 2014
  • 9th Annual Print Show, Dayton Painters & Sculptors Society, Dayton Printmakers Co-op, OH, 2014
  • FOOTPRINT International 2014, Competition, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT, 2014
  • Pulling Prints Together: Phoenix Rising Exhibition, Ohio State University Faculty Club, 2014
  • Origins of Abstraction, Carnegie Gallery, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, OH, 2014
  • Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, OH. 2014
  • 9th Annual Print Show, Dayton Painters & Sculptors Society, Dayton Printmakers Co-op, OH, 2014
  • FOOTPRINT International 2014, Competition, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT, 2014
  • Pulling Prints Together: Phoenix Rising Exhibition, Ohio State University Faculty Club, 2014
  • All Ohio Juried Exhibition, Zanesville Museum of Art, OH, 2013
  • Peace and Justice Juried Print Exhibition, Art Academy of Cincinnati, 2013
  • Peripheral Vision: A View from Ohio Print Cooperatives, OSU Urban Arts Space, curator, 2012
  • Phoenix Rising Exhibit celebrates Columbus Bicentennial, Ohio Art League, Columbus, 2012
  • Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, McConnell Arts Center Award, Columbus, 2012
  • Ohio Art League Fall 2012 Juried Exhibition, Mt. Vernon, OH
  • Plein Air Derby, Dragonfly Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA 2011
  • Int’l Miniature Print Competition, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT 2011 & 2007
  • DSPS Printmakers’ Exhibition, second prize, Dayton, OH, 2010
  • Collective Ink Exhibition, Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH 2009
  • Grand Tour: Prints and Pastels, solo exhibition, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH 2007
  • City Hop 2006, Columbus Landmarks Foundation, Best of Show
  • Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Patron Purchase Award, Columbus, OH   2005
  • Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Ohio Arts Council Printmaking Award, Columbus   2004
  • 18th Seoul International Prints Exchange Show, Korea, 2003