A Selection of Solo, Juried, Invitational and Curated Exhibitions:
2023
Ice Shanty, Project with Zea Mays Print Studio, Brattleboro Art Museum, Brattleboro, VT
2022
Wild Life, Center for the Arts Eagle, Rock, Los Angeles, CA
Paper Boats Flotilla, Gallery of Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice , Italy
2021
Marking Lives Covid, Broad Institute, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Im/Migration, Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA
Exquisite Corpse, International Printing Museum, Carson, CA
2019
Fragments: Collaging the Material World, Chandler Art Gallery, Cambridge, MA (Curator)
Sweet Earth/Bitter Earth, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial, Jewett Art Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
2018
Prints as Sculpture, Chandler Art Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Secret Gardens, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
2017
From the Hand, Gelb Gallery, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA (Solo Exhibition)
The Birds, The Bees, Curiosities and Books!!, RSM Gallery, Bentley University, Waltham, MA (Solo Exhibition)
Wondrous Strangeness: Abrazos Press 10th Anniversary Exhibition, NAVE ANNEX, Somerville, MA (Curator)
The Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial, Lunder Arts Center, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Selected Professional Experiences:
2009–Present
Proprietor and lead teacher at ABRAZOS PRESS, a teaching and professional studio, Somerville, MA. Woodcut, polyester plate lithography, mixed media printmaking, artist books
2022, 2019, 2017
Printmaking Workshops at Zea Mays Studio, Florence, MA
2019
Mixed Media Printmaking Workshop, Fynsk Graphic Studio, Odense, Denmark
2017
Master classes in Polyester Plate lithography: Grafik Workshop, Næstved, Denmark; Fyns Grafik Studio, Odense, Denmark
Tour Leader to Denmark
Art, Craft, Design, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2017–1998, 1995, 1985–92
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA (Artists’ Books, Papermaking, Printmaking, Introduction to Fibers, Sculptural Papermaking)
2016
Book making workshop at the Jose Joaquin Tejada Academy of Fine Arts, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Artist Residencies:
2010
Graphic Workshop, Nestved, Denmark: Residence and workshop
Clo’ Ceardlann, County Donegal, Ireland: Residence and workshop
Publications:
2023
The Hand magazine, Issues 39, 35, 31, Decorah, Iowa
2022
Woodblock Index: woodblocks carved by Annie Silverman 1999–2021, ABRAZOS PRESS, Somerville, MA. Limited Edition Book
2022–2019
Pressing Matters Magazine: Issues 20, 19, 17, 9, Bristol, England
2016
EX libris Exchange: an International Collaborative Project, French Cultural Center, Boston, MA and Mediatheque Strausbourg, France
Education:
1985
B.F.A. Degree with Departmental Honors in Fibers/3-D Fine Arts, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
1978
Ed.M. Degree, Tufts University, Medford, MA
1974
B.A. Degree, Clark University, Worcester, MA
Annie Silverman’s prints and unique books are in the collections of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design Library, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, The Boston Athenaeum, Boston MA, The Boston Public Library, Boston MA, the corporate collection of the Moriki Paper Company, Yokohama, Japan, DDJ Management, Wellesley, MA, and in private collections in both North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia. She is the proprietor of ABRAZOS PRESS, a teaching and professional studio in Somerville, MA.