Ann Chamberlin
Ann Chamberlin is a painter living and working in Mexico and Los Angeles. Her paintings are presented in the manner and scale of dollhouses, where people are caught—like deer in the headlights—in mayhem or myth. The scenes are often set up as encounters. There are marauders on the horizon, obtrusive thought bubbles stemming from handsome sailors, or written pronouncements. The style is naïve—though never innocent.
Chamberlin has exhibited continuously in the Los Angeles area since 1989, including solo shows at Jan Baum, Lora Schlesinger, and Craig Krull Gallery, and major group shows at REDCAT, the L.A. Municipal Art Gallery, and the Laguna Art Museum. Elsewhere, she has had solo exhibitions at Galeria Arte AC, Monterrey, Mexico, Mia Gallery, Seattle, and the Centro Colombo Americano, Medellín Colombia. Awards include MAA/NEA grant in painting, the California Community Foundation / Getty Trust Fund for the Arts Individual Artist grant, City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellowship, artist residency at La Muse, LaBastide Esparbairenque, France and a Fulbright Scholar award to Medellín, Colombia. She has a BFA from the Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, Mexico and an MFA from the University of Texas, Austin.