ANNA ABHAU ELLIOTT
Born: Philadelphia, PA / Lives & Works: Greensboro, NC
Education
2022 - MFA, Studio Art, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2011 - BFA, Drama, New York University
Grants/Awards/Residencies
2022
Out-of-Bounds Fellow: Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem
Maker-Creator Fellowship, Winterthur Museum (Upcoming) - Wilmington, DE
Artist-in-Residence, Peter Bullough Foundation (Upcoming) - Winchester, VA
Southern Constellations Fellowship, Elsewhere (Upcoming) - Greensboro, NC
Fulbright U. S. Student Program - Semifinalist
2021
Summer Institute Scholar: Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
2018
Community Grant: Chapman Cultural Center, Spartanburg, SC
Shortlist, 3-D Juried Finalist, ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
2017
ArtsGrow SC Grant, South Carolina Arts Commission, Columbia, SC
2016
Artist-in-Residence, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
Artist-in-Residence, West Main Artists Cooperative, Spartanburg, SC
2015
Community Grant: Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
Theater Artist-in-Residence, Hub-Bub, Spartanburg, SC
Residency, Fresh Ground Pepper, New York City/Bethlehem, PA
2013
Artist-in-Residence, Pilot Balloon Pop-Up, Lawrence, KS
Residency, Fresh Ground Pepper, New York City/Bethlehem, PA
Group Exhibitions
2021 The Shell Game, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art & Music Carolina, Winston-Salem, NC
2020 Fumes, Greensboro Project Space, Greensboro, NC
2016 Taking Tea, Art Squared at Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC
2015 AIR Exhibition, Hub-Bub Showroom, Spartanburg, SC
Collaborative Projects
BARTER BOAT (in collaboration with RADAR Art)
2019
The Momentary at Crystal Bridges, Bentonville, AR
BLINK Festival, Cincinnati, OH
Fr8 Yard, Spartanburg, SC
2018
ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI (Juried Semi-Finalist)
BreckCreate, Breckenridge, CO
Canal Convergence, Scottsdale, AZ
2017
Art on the Beltline, Atlanta, GA
Artscape, Baltimore, MD
2016
IN light IN Festival, Indianapolis, IN
Northern Spark Festival, Minneapolis, MN
COLD WAR/M UP (in collaboration with RADAR Art)
2016 Performance, Art Shanty Projects, Minneapolis, MN
UNTITLED RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT (with Speaking Down Barriers)
2018 Wofford College, Staged Reading, Spartanburg, SC
2017 Spartanburg County Public Library, Spartanburg, SC
2016 Spartanburg Little Theatre, Spartanburg, SC
Selected Performances
SEAGULLMACHINE (with The Assembly) - Actor & Devisor.
NOBODY’S WATCHING/NADIE NOS MIRA (Feature Film) - Performer.
THE RECORD (created by 600 Highwaymen) - Performer.
COMRADES OF TIME (created by Andrea Geyer) - Performer.
HOME/SICK (devised with The Assembly) - Actor & Writer.
SCRAPPY SHAKESPEARE - Actor, Producer, Administrator.
Original Plays
KEEP THIS FOR YOUR RECORDS
GHOST VARIATIONS
MY TWO IVANS
Comedy Improvisation & Sketch
2015 - 2020 Performer & Director, Sparkle City Improv Troupe, Spartanburg, SC
2015 - 2018 Performer & Sketch Writer, “The Latest Thing in Spartanburg,” Spartanburg, SC
2013 - 2015 Performer, ComedySportz, New York, NY & Philadelphia, PA
Periodicals
Murphy, Maggie. “Closed Stacks: Image Resources and the Future of Artistic Research Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic." VRA Bulletin: Vol 47: Iss. 2, Article 3, 2020. Available at: https://online.vraweb.org/index.php/vrab/article/view/195.
Rosenthal, Cindy. "Circling Up with The Assembly: A Theatre Collective Comes of Age." TDR: The Drama Review 60, no. 3 (2016): 64-95. https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/629131.
Catherine Rampell, “Hot, Sweaty, Claustrophobic? So is the Cast.” The New York Times, July 20, 2011, https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/21/theater/reviews/homesick-from-the-assembly-review.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1332304209-JvBJChqj5vtKEsCjdTBP6g
Radio/Television/Podcasts
WoodTV, ArtPrize 10 Juried Shortlist: Barter Boat, 24 Hour News 8 Daybreak, Grand Rapids, MI, September 25, 2018
Dale, Mariana, 'Barter Boat' Docked In Scottsdale Carries Traded Treasures Made From Everyday Objects, KJZZ, Scottsdale, AZ, March 2, 2018
George, Christopher and Abigail Hoffman. “Barter Boat docked at Fr8yard in Downtown Spartanburg.” Audio blog post. Spartanburg City News. April 24, 2018. Web. December 31, 2019
Smith, Amanda. “Performing Pioneers.” Audio blog post. In Residence. KHN Center. 2016. Web. December 31, 2019
Lectures, Presentations, Workshops
2021 “Cherry Grove: A Work in Progress,” Presentation, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts Summer Institute, Winston-Salem, NC.
2019 “THINK Tank,” Artist Talk, BLINK Festival, Cincinnati, OH.
2018 “Public Art Panel,” Visiting Artist Lecture Series/Canal Convergence, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ.
Born: Philadelphia, PA / Lives & Works: Greensboro, NC
Education
2022 - MFA, Studio Art, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Member
- Instructor of Record, Design I
- Head Officer, Studio Art Graduate Association
- Assistantship with Weatherspoon Art Museum (Education & curatorial focus)
2011 - BFA, Drama, New York University
- University Honors Scholar
- Selected by National Theatre Institute: Study abroad at Moscow Art Theatre (Moscow, Russia)
Grants/Awards/Residencies
2022
Out-of-Bounds Fellow: Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem
Maker-Creator Fellowship, Winterthur Museum (Upcoming) - Wilmington, DE
Artist-in-Residence, Peter Bullough Foundation (Upcoming) - Winchester, VA
Southern Constellations Fellowship, Elsewhere (Upcoming) - Greensboro, NC
Fulbright U. S. Student Program - Semifinalist
2021
Summer Institute Scholar: Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
2018
Community Grant: Chapman Cultural Center, Spartanburg, SC
Shortlist, 3-D Juried Finalist, ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
2017
ArtsGrow SC Grant, South Carolina Arts Commission, Columbia, SC
2016
Artist-in-Residence, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
Artist-in-Residence, West Main Artists Cooperative, Spartanburg, SC
2015
Community Grant: Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
Theater Artist-in-Residence, Hub-Bub, Spartanburg, SC
Residency, Fresh Ground Pepper, New York City/Bethlehem, PA
2013
Artist-in-Residence, Pilot Balloon Pop-Up, Lawrence, KS
Residency, Fresh Ground Pepper, New York City/Bethlehem, PA
Group Exhibitions
2021 The Shell Game, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art & Music Carolina, Winston-Salem, NC
2020 Fumes, Greensboro Project Space, Greensboro, NC
2016 Taking Tea, Art Squared at Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC
2015 AIR Exhibition, Hub-Bub Showroom, Spartanburg, SC
Collaborative Projects
BARTER BOAT (in collaboration with RADAR Art)
2019
The Momentary at Crystal Bridges, Bentonville, AR
BLINK Festival, Cincinnati, OH
Fr8 Yard, Spartanburg, SC
2018
ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI (Juried Semi-Finalist)
BreckCreate, Breckenridge, CO
Canal Convergence, Scottsdale, AZ
2017
Art on the Beltline, Atlanta, GA
Artscape, Baltimore, MD
2016
IN light IN Festival, Indianapolis, IN
Northern Spark Festival, Minneapolis, MN
COLD WAR/M UP (in collaboration with RADAR Art)
2016 Performance, Art Shanty Projects, Minneapolis, MN
UNTITLED RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT (with Speaking Down Barriers)
2018 Wofford College, Staged Reading, Spartanburg, SC
2017 Spartanburg County Public Library, Spartanburg, SC
2016 Spartanburg Little Theatre, Spartanburg, SC
Selected Performances
SEAGULLMACHINE (with The Assembly) - Actor & Devisor.
- LaMama E.T.C. New York, NY, 2018
- Clemente Soto Velez Center, New York, NY, 2014
NOBODY’S WATCHING/NADIE NOS MIRA (Feature Film) - Performer.
- TriBeCa Film Festival Award Winner (Guillermo Pfening, best actor) - 2017
THE RECORD (created by 600 Highwaymen) - Performer.
- The Public Theatre/Under The Radar Festival, New York, NY, 2014
- The Invisible Dog, New York, NY, 2013
COMRADES OF TIME (created by Andrea Geyer) - Performer.
- The Whitney Biennial - Arika Residency, New York, NY 2012
HOME/SICK (devised with The Assembly) - Actor & Writer.
- JACK, Full Production, New York NY, March 2017 (dir. Jess Chayes)
- The Odyssey Theatre, Full Production, Los Angeles, June 2016 (dir. Jess Chayes)
- Wesleyan University, Full Production, Middletown CT, January 2014 (dir. Jess Chayes)
- The Living Theatre, undergroundzero festival, New York City, Full Production, October 2012
- The Collapsable Hole, New York City, World Premiere, July 2011
SCRAPPY SHAKESPEARE - Actor, Producer, Administrator.
- “Much Ado About Nothing,” May & June 2019
- “Romeo and Juliet,” June 2018
- “Twelfth Night,” June 2017
- “A Midsummer Night's Dream,” June 2015
Original Plays
KEEP THIS FOR YOUR RECORDS
- International Youth Arts Festival, Full Production, London, England, July 2019
- University of South Carolina - Upstate, Full Production, June - August 2019
- Dutch Kills Theater Company, Reading, New York City, September 2014 (dir. Annie Tippe)
GHOST VARIATIONS
- Dutch Kills Theater Company, Reading, New York City, November 2015
- Fresh Ground Pepper, Reading, New York City, August 2015
- Spartanburg Little Theater, Workshop Production, June 2015
MY TWO IVANS
- Think Coffee Underground Series, Reading, New York City, December 2014
- Dark Nights with The Assembly, The New Ohio, New York City, October 2014
Comedy Improvisation & Sketch
2015 - 2020 Performer & Director, Sparkle City Improv Troupe, Spartanburg, SC
2015 - 2018 Performer & Sketch Writer, “The Latest Thing in Spartanburg,” Spartanburg, SC
2013 - 2015 Performer, ComedySportz, New York, NY & Philadelphia, PA
Periodicals
Murphy, Maggie. “Closed Stacks: Image Resources and the Future of Artistic Research Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic." VRA Bulletin: Vol 47: Iss. 2, Article 3, 2020. Available at: https://online.vraweb.org/index.php/vrab/article/view/195.
Rosenthal, Cindy. "Circling Up with The Assembly: A Theatre Collective Comes of Age." TDR: The Drama Review 60, no. 3 (2016): 64-95. https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/629131.
Catherine Rampell, “Hot, Sweaty, Claustrophobic? So is the Cast.” The New York Times, July 20, 2011, https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/21/theater/reviews/homesick-from-the-assembly-review.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1332304209-JvBJChqj5vtKEsCjdTBP6g
Radio/Television/Podcasts
WoodTV, ArtPrize 10 Juried Shortlist: Barter Boat, 24 Hour News 8 Daybreak, Grand Rapids, MI, September 25, 2018
Dale, Mariana, 'Barter Boat' Docked In Scottsdale Carries Traded Treasures Made From Everyday Objects, KJZZ, Scottsdale, AZ, March 2, 2018
George, Christopher and Abigail Hoffman. “Barter Boat docked at Fr8yard in Downtown Spartanburg.” Audio blog post. Spartanburg City News. April 24, 2018. Web. December 31, 2019
Smith, Amanda. “Performing Pioneers.” Audio blog post. In Residence. KHN Center. 2016. Web. December 31, 2019
Lectures, Presentations, Workshops
2021 “Cherry Grove: A Work in Progress,” Presentation, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts Summer Institute, Winston-Salem, NC.
2019 “THINK Tank,” Artist Talk, BLINK Festival, Cincinnati, OH.
2018 “Public Art Panel,” Visiting Artist Lecture Series/Canal Convergence, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ.
