ANA V. FLEMING
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(b. 1994) Ana is an artist and educator currently based out of central Illinois.
Check out her artist interview series, The Familiar Realm, co-hosted by Katie Neece, on YouTube + Instagram (@thefamilarrealm).
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2021 M.F.A. in Studio Art (Painting + Drawing), University of Notre Dame
2017 B.A. in English (Honors with High Distinction), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MEMBERSHIPS + RESIDENCIES
2022 - Present Member, College Art Association
2022 - Present Member, FATE - Foundations in Art, Theory, and Education
2019 Kylemore Abbey Global Center Graduate Artist Residency, Dublin & Connemara, Ireland
https://kylemore.nd.edu/news-stories/news/kylemore-abbey-residency/
2017 - 2019 Emerging Artist Collective member, Peoria, IL
SELECTED EXHIBITION RECORD (*denotes solo exhibition)
2024 *until the darkness, Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, IL
2023 Members & Friends, Galesburg Community Arts Center, Galesburg, IL
2023 GALEX 56, Galesburg Community Arts Center, Galesburg, IL (nationally competitive)
Juror: Claire Ashley
2023 Color Field: Blue, dodomu gallery, Brooklyn, New York [Online Exhibition]
https://www.dodomugallery.com/exhibitions/colorfieldblue
2022 JUICEBOX, Fresh Salad Art, Hybrid Online + Gallery Exhibit, RuptureXIBIT, Hampton Wick, London, UK
2022 *The days no longer recognize us, Foster Gallery, FUMC, Peoria, Illinois
2021 Y-Art Sale for Charity II - Proceeds to LULA Peoria, Project 1612, Peoria, IL
2021 Deep Within, Gristle Art Gallery, Brooklyn, New York [Online Exhibition]
https://www.gristleartgallery.com/deep-within.html
2021 Out the Other Side (Faculty Exhibition), Heuser Art Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2021 Into the Chthulucene: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN
2020 New Perspectives in Drawing + Painting, St. Louis Artists' Guild, MO [Online Exhibition] (Juror: Justin Henry Miller)
https://www.stlouisartistsguild.org/new-perspectives-in-drawing-and-painting
2020 Y-Art Sale for Charity I - Proceeds to Peoria Guild of Black Artists, Project 1612, Peoria, IL
2020 Art in the Time of Quarantine, The Art Center Highland Park, IL [Online Exhibition]
https://theartcenterhp.org/art-in-the-time-of-quarantine
2020 Convergences, Solarium Gallery, The Graduate School, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (Juried)
2020 In the Wake Of (2nd Year MFA Show), A/AH/D Gallery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2019 Immersion, Kylemore Abbey Global Center, Connemara, Ireland
2019 Selected Works, Happy Gallery, Chicago, IL
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv7bufjHULZ/
2019 Piece of Mind, Peoria Public Library, Main Branch Gallery, Peoria, IL
2018 New Faces (First Year MFA Show), A/AH/D Gallery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2018 Unseen Voices, Foster Gallery for Christianity and the Fine Arts, Peoria, IL
2018 *Into the Chthulucene, Ear in the Envelope, Peoria, IL
2018 *Featured Artist, One World Cafe, Peoria, IL
2018 Nefelibata, Union Street Gallery, Indiana University, Kokomo, IN
2018 The Paint Room, Center Gallery, Studios on Sheridan, Peoria, IL
2018 February Flowers, Persimmon Lofts, Peoria, IL
2017 Resident Show, featuring resident artists of the Studios on Sheridan,
Center Gallery, Sunbeam Building, Peoria, IL
2017 Ignite Peoria 2017, Peoria Civic Center, Peoria, IL
2017 Figuration, UIUC Life Drawing Club, [co][lab], Urbana, IL
2016 *Internal Complexions, Junction City Shopping Center, Peoria, IL
TEACHING + PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023-Present Director of Community Engagement, Galesburg Community Arts Center, Galesburg, IL
Fall 2023 Instructor: Drawing Studio (Online), Ball State University, Muncie, IN (Remote)
2022-2023 Assistant Teaching Professor of Art, Foundations + Drawing, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Fall 2022, Drawing Studio; Drawing: The Figure; Drawing: Intermediate Figure; Drawing: Narrative + Metaphor
Spring 2023, Drawing Studio; Drawing: The Figure; Drawing: Experimental Figure; Painting: Introduction
2022 Adjunct Faculty, Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL
Summer 2022, ART120: Drawing 1
Spring 2022, ART111: Two-Dimensional Design
2021-2022 Affiliate (Adjunct) Faculty, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Drawing Studio I-II
Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Intermediate + Advanced Drawing
2019-2021 Instructor of Record, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Fall 2019 - Spring 2021, Drawing I (both in-person + hybrid instruction)
2019 Teaching Assistant, Drawing I, Spring 2019, under Martin Lam Nguyen, C.S.C., University of Notre Dame
2018 Teaching Assistant, Painting I, Fall 2018, under Maria Tomasula, University of Notre Dame
COMMUNITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023 - Present Instructor/Educator, Galesburg Community Arts Center, Galesburg, IL
2022 Lecturer + Instructor, Art Around the World, Illinois Humanities Grant; Peoria Art Guild; Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria, IL
2021 Artist-Educator, Snite Summer Apprenticeship Program, July 2021, Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN
2019 Drawing Instructor, High School Art Day, Spring 2019, University of Notre Dame
2018 Figure Drawing Instructor, Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN
2018 Figure Drawing Instructor, Nude Attitude, Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, IL
2017-2018 First Friday Participant & Demonstrator, Peoria, IL
2017-2018 Volunteer "Exploratory" Instructor (Pen + Ink; Lettering), Washington Gifted Middle School, Peoria, IL
AWARDS + NOMINATIONS
2021 Striving for Excellence in Teaching Certificate, Kaneb Center for Teaching + Learning, University of Notre Dame
2020 Graduate Student Research Award, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, University of Notre Dame
2020 Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship Nominee, University of Notre Dame
2018 - 2021 Full tuition waiver and graduate stipend, Dept. of Art, Art History, and Design, University of Notre Dame
2019 Graduate Student Professional Development Award, University of Notre Dame
2017 Stevick Foundation - Excellence in Humanities/FAA Research, Outstanding, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2017 Donald Smalley Thesis Award, Dept. of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2016 Raymond Seng Scholarship, Dept. of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2016 E. Veda Streitmatter & Arlys Conrad Scholarship, Dept. of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
NEWS + PUBLICATIONS
2022 (As author) “Strange & Sessile Liveliness: Vegetal Possibility in Art, Speculative Fiction, and Philosophy”
Hyphen Journal, Issue 3: Ecologies, Spring 2022, University of Westminster, UK, CREAM
http://hy-phen.space/journal/issue-3-1/strange-and-sessile-liveliness/
2021 - present Co-founder and co-host of video podcast The Familiar Realm (@thefamilarrealm), alongside Katie Neece
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdi_zadNWej_loDkbwfXxUw
2021 (As Author) “Into the Chthulucene” by Ana V. Fleming, MFA Graduate Thesis Paper, University
of Notre Dame, Department of Art, Art History, + Design, Hesburgh Library
https://onesearch.library.nd.edu/permalink/f/tgve9/ndu_aleph006013086
2021 (As subject) "MFA students present final thesis projects in Snite museum" by Maggie Eastland, The Observer
read article
2019 (As subject) "Kylemore Abbey Residency," A/AH/D Website, University of Notre Dame
PRESENTATIONS + CURATORIAL
2023 Artist Talk, After School Matters Program, in partnership with the Chicago Mosaic School (Instructor: Cassandra Schifano),
November 4, 2023
2022 Guest Juror, Illinois Valley Community College Student Exhibition, April 23, 2022
2021 Panelist, Philosophise Like a Plant: Thinking in Transversal and Vegetal Modes, with Hanjo Berressem, Professor of American Studies
at the University of Cologne, and researcher Uriel Orlow, University of Westminster, 14 December 2021
https://cream.ac.uk/events/hyphen-journal-issue3-prelaunch/
2020 Guest Presenter: Why Graduate School?, BFA Seminar (Instructor: Lucas Korte), University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2020 Guest Presenter: Teaching Presentation (Drawing 1), Professional Practices
(Instructor: Prof. Maria Tomasula), University of Notre Dame, Fall 2020
2017 Undergraduate Research Week, English Symposium, Honors Thesis Presentation
Office of Undergraduate Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign