ANNA ABHAU ELLIOTT
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ANNA ABHAU ELLIOTT
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.


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