Anna Stump is an artist and arts educator living in Twentynine Palms and Los Angeles. She earned her Bachelor’s degree at Occidental College and her Master of Fine Arts at San Diego State University. She was a Senior Fulbright Scholar to the Fine Arts Department at Anadolu University in Eskisehir, Turkey in 2006-2007. She taught lecture and studio art courses at San Diego City College and Grossmont College from 2003-2020.
Anna’s New York Times reviewed blog of three years, Kloe Among the Turks, examines the art scene in Southern California and Turkey, as well as issues of arts education. She has been awarded the following artist residencies: Cill Rialaig Arts Centre in County Kerry, Ireland, 2017; Centre Pompador Laboratory of Neofeminism, Northern France, 2018; Guapamacátaro Center for Art and Ecology, Michoacán, México, 2019.
Anna is the founder of the San Diego Feminist Image Group, and one half of the painting collaboration team Hill&Stump. She is co-owner of the Moonhuts, a photography and video studio in Los Angeles, and is currently developing the Desert Dairy Artist Residency and Mojaveland to serve artists and the public in the High Desert outside Joshua Tree National Park.
“My work as a painter, performance artist, and curator is intimately connected. Interest in body politics, feminism, and physicality is grounded in community building and education, which I challenge personally by cultural risk-taking. My job is to both please and provoke.”
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2020 New Work, 29 Palms Art Gallery
2018 Piñata/Drone/Bust, Athenaeum, La Jolla
2018 Nudes, Sparks Gallery, San Diego
2015 Chula Vistan, Art Produce, San Diego
2015-17 Flowerful, Hill&Stump at the Laemmle Theaters: North Hollywood, Claremont Theater and Santa Monica
2014 Exploding Tattoo, KGB Gallery, Los Angeles
2011 Sexy Jesus, La Jolla Playhouse, with Des McAnuff’s “Jesus Christ Superstar”
2011 Sexy Jesus, Art Your World Gallery, Los Angeles
2010 Greek Paintings, Rose Gallery, Francis Parker, San Diego
2007 Portraits of Turkish Women, BorelliSpace, San Diego
2007 Vestel Gallery, Eskisehir, Turkey
2007 Sanatyapim Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
2003 Paintings of Folly and Despair, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey
2001 Ocean, Garden, Sky, San Diego State University
2000 Bible Stories and Other (Self) Portraits, San Diego State University
1996 Sanatyapim Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2022 Diverted Destruction, Loft at Liz’s Gallery, curator Liz Gordon
2022 Militarized Desert, Mesa College Gallery, curator A. Moctezuma, two-person exhibition
2019 Endangered, Escondido Center for the Arts, curator Danielle Deery
2019 Historical Women of La Jolla, La Jolla Historical Society, curator Danielle Deery
2016-18 Feminism Now (FIG), San Diego, Los Angeles, and Stockholm, Sweden, curator and exhibitor
2017 Nudes, MuzeuMM Gallery, Los Angeles, curator Mat Gleason, 2-person exhibition
2016 Night Stand (FIG), Women’s Museum of California, San Diego, curator and exhibitor
2016 Bird, MuzeuMM Gallery, Los Angeles, curator Mishelle Moross
2015 Members Only, Bunny Gunner Gallery, Claremont, 3-person exhibition
2015 Terrestrial, City College Gallery, San Diego
2014 Fence, FIG at Art Produce, San Diego, curator
2014 Fast Forward, Low Gallery
2013 The PussyCat Challenge, ArtShare LA, curator
2013 Nocturne, Protea Gallery, San Diego
2013 Gift, FIG at Mesa College Gallery, San Diego, curator and exhibitor
2013 Still Life, Bliecher/Golightly Gallery, Santa Monica
2012 Large, Paintings of Wicked Adults, with Raul Guerrero and Tim Youd, ArtShare LA
2012 Inspire/Respond, FIG at Sophie’s Gallery, San Diego, curator and exhibitor
2011 Painting at the Hyde, Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, CA
2011 What Women Want, FIG at San Diego Repertory Theatre, curator and exhibitor
2011 Cannon Biennial, Carlsbad CA, juried exhibition
2010 NY/LA, Backstreet Gallery, New Rochelle, New York, two-person exhibition
2010 (T)here Magazine, Day of Art LA, published New York
2010 Autumn Lights, Pershing Square, Los Angeles, performance
2010 Juried Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum, La Jolla
2010 Clash, Art Share, Los Angeles, three-person exhibition
2009-10 Trade Show, 200 Works from California-Turkey, curator and artist
Garage Gallery, San Diego; Edgar Varela Fine Arts, Los Angeles; Isik University Gallery, Istanbul; Ziraat Bankasi, Ankara
2009 Women by Women, FIG at San Diego Art Department, curator and artist
2009 Body Narratives, New American Museum, San Diego, juried group exhibition
2009 Roark Art, Los Angeles, two-person exhibition
2008 Odunpasari: Yeni Tip Kamusal Sanat Projesi, installation, Eskisehir, Turkey
2007 Cyber Feminism Past Forward, Austrian Assoc. of Women Artists, juried
2006 Fire Engine, public sculpture, Bonita Historical Museum, Bonita, California
2005 Urban Trees II, public sculpture, Port of San Diego
2005 Home, Sweet Home, San Diego Airport Authority
2004 Household, Sushi Visual and Performing Arts, San Diego
2003 International Terra Cotta Symposium, public sculpture, Eskisehir, Turkey
Anna’s New York Times reviewed blog of three years, Kloe Among the Turks, examines the art scene in Southern California and Turkey, as well as issues of arts education. She has been awarded the following artist residencies: Cill Rialaig Arts Centre in County Kerry, Ireland, 2017; Centre Pompador Laboratory of Neofeminism, Northern France, 2018; Guapamacátaro Center for Art and Ecology, Michoacán, México, 2019.
Anna is the founder of the San Diego Feminist Image Group, and one half of the painting collaboration team Hill&Stump. She is co-owner of the Moonhuts, a photography and video studio in Los Angeles, and is currently developing the Desert Dairy Artist Residency and Mojaveland to serve artists and the public in the High Desert outside Joshua Tree National Park.
“My work as a painter, performance artist, and curator is intimately connected. Interest in body politics, feminism, and physicality is grounded in community building and education, which I challenge personally by cultural risk-taking. My job is to both please and provoke.”
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2020 New Work, 29 Palms Art Gallery
2018 Piñata/Drone/Bust, Athenaeum, La Jolla
2018 Nudes, Sparks Gallery, San Diego
2015 Chula Vistan, Art Produce, San Diego
2015-17 Flowerful, Hill&Stump at the Laemmle Theaters: North Hollywood, Claremont Theater and Santa Monica
2014 Exploding Tattoo, KGB Gallery, Los Angeles
2011 Sexy Jesus, La Jolla Playhouse, with Des McAnuff’s “Jesus Christ Superstar”
2011 Sexy Jesus, Art Your World Gallery, Los Angeles
2010 Greek Paintings, Rose Gallery, Francis Parker, San Diego
2007 Portraits of Turkish Women, BorelliSpace, San Diego
2007 Vestel Gallery, Eskisehir, Turkey
2007 Sanatyapim Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
2003 Paintings of Folly and Despair, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey
2001 Ocean, Garden, Sky, San Diego State University
2000 Bible Stories and Other (Self) Portraits, San Diego State University
1996 Sanatyapim Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2022 Diverted Destruction, Loft at Liz’s Gallery, curator Liz Gordon
2022 Militarized Desert, Mesa College Gallery, curator A. Moctezuma, two-person exhibition
2019 Endangered, Escondido Center for the Arts, curator Danielle Deery
2019 Historical Women of La Jolla, La Jolla Historical Society, curator Danielle Deery
2016-18 Feminism Now (FIG), San Diego, Los Angeles, and Stockholm, Sweden, curator and exhibitor
2017 Nudes, MuzeuMM Gallery, Los Angeles, curator Mat Gleason, 2-person exhibition
2016 Night Stand (FIG), Women’s Museum of California, San Diego, curator and exhibitor
2016 Bird, MuzeuMM Gallery, Los Angeles, curator Mishelle Moross
2015 Members Only, Bunny Gunner Gallery, Claremont, 3-person exhibition
2015 Terrestrial, City College Gallery, San Diego
2014 Fence, FIG at Art Produce, San Diego, curator
2014 Fast Forward, Low Gallery
2013 The PussyCat Challenge, ArtShare LA, curator
2013 Nocturne, Protea Gallery, San Diego
2013 Gift, FIG at Mesa College Gallery, San Diego, curator and exhibitor
2013 Still Life, Bliecher/Golightly Gallery, Santa Monica
2012 Large, Paintings of Wicked Adults, with Raul Guerrero and Tim Youd, ArtShare LA
2012 Inspire/Respond, FIG at Sophie’s Gallery, San Diego, curator and exhibitor
2011 Painting at the Hyde, Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, CA
2011 What Women Want, FIG at San Diego Repertory Theatre, curator and exhibitor
2011 Cannon Biennial, Carlsbad CA, juried exhibition
2010 NY/LA, Backstreet Gallery, New Rochelle, New York, two-person exhibition
2010 (T)here Magazine, Day of Art LA, published New York
2010 Autumn Lights, Pershing Square, Los Angeles, performance
2010 Juried Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum, La Jolla
2010 Clash, Art Share, Los Angeles, three-person exhibition
2009-10 Trade Show, 200 Works from California-Turkey, curator and artist
Garage Gallery, San Diego; Edgar Varela Fine Arts, Los Angeles; Isik University Gallery, Istanbul; Ziraat Bankasi, Ankara
2009 Women by Women, FIG at San Diego Art Department, curator and artist
2009 Body Narratives, New American Museum, San Diego, juried group exhibition
2009 Roark Art, Los Angeles, two-person exhibition
2008 Odunpasari: Yeni Tip Kamusal Sanat Projesi, installation, Eskisehir, Turkey
2007 Cyber Feminism Past Forward, Austrian Assoc. of Women Artists, juried
2006 Fire Engine, public sculpture, Bonita Historical Museum, Bonita, California
2005 Urban Trees II, public sculpture, Port of San Diego
2005 Home, Sweet Home, San Diego Airport Authority
2004 Household, Sushi Visual and Performing Arts, San Diego
2003 International Terra Cotta Symposium, public sculpture, Eskisehir, Turkey