Anna Mathai is a multidisciplinary artist based in California, United States. She creates dynamic mixed media and sculptural works that use gold and plaster along with other reflective materials and techniques to create art that holds some sort of strange magic. Mathai’s art interacts with its viewers and the surrounding light to mingle art and enjoyer, to transcend viewing into experiencing. Mathai was born in the UK to Indian parents, but spent most of her childhood in the rural Deep South of the United States, which has heavily influenced the concepts she explores in her art. She feels that the aesthetic (and a touch of irreverence) is paramount; however, on the “series level” her works often translate feelings of rebellion, “otherness”, and the constructed self, with a touch of mysticality. Her work generally reflects on boundaries, both real and imagined, and blurs them.

EXHIBITIONS

Refuses of the Bay. San Francisco, CA. Voss Gallery & Metal Haus Gallery, San Francisco, CA (online) (September 29 – October 28, 2023)

Framing Fantasies. Taj Skyline Hotel Bespoke Gallery, Ahmedabad, Gujarat (August 28 – September 28).

Postcards from Paradise. Juried Exhibition. Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA (May 26 – June 24, 2023)

But Darling, is it Retro? 2358MRKT Gallery, San Francisco, CA (May 5-17, 2023)

Third Place and Solo Show Winner: Abstract is Abstract (Online). Juried Exhibition. HVMC Gallery New York, NY (May 1-31, 2023)

Paintbrushes Perception. 2358MRKT Gallery, San Francisco, CA (April 7-23, 2023)

Crustaceans & Critters. 2358MRKT Gallery, San Francisco, CA (February 2 – 12, 2023)

Intergalactic Open. Juried Exhibition. Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach (LA), CA (January 14 – 28, 2023)

Small Works Exhibit. Juried Exhibition. Gallery 1337, San Rafael, CA (November 19 – January 21, 2023)

Colors. Juried Exhibition. Marin Society of Arts. San Rafael, CA (October 28 – November 19, 2022)

SF Open Studios Exhibit 2022. SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA (October 20 – November 13, 2022)

Bay Area Artist’s Choice. Juried Exhibition. San Francisco Women Artists Gallery (September 27 – November 4, 2022)

Awakening and Furor Exhibition (Online). Roaring Artist Gallery (September 24 – November 13, 2022)

Women in Art 2022. Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA (July 7 – July 30, 2022)

The Wild Side. Juried Exhibition. Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA (June 18 – August 13, 2022)

Everything Blue. Juried Exhibition. MVA Gallery, Bethlehem, PA (May 14 – June 5, 2022)

Miniatures. Juried Exhibition. Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA (May 6 – June 19, 2022)

Yes, Art! Juried Exhibition. ArtSpan, San Francisco, CA (April 18 – April 28, 2022)

International Juried Exhibition, Waterscapes. Fusion Art, Online / Palm Springs, CA (March 5 – April 4, 2022)

Soft Times Soft Launch. Soft Times Art Gallery. San Francisco, CA (March 2022)

Store Placement. 80 Albion, San Francisco Mission District (December – February 2022)

MUSA Exhibition. Victory Point Cafe, Berkeley, CA (November 2021)

7th Annual Leaves and Petals. Juried Exhibition. Fusion Arts, Palm Springs, CA (October -November, 2021)

Art-In-Neighborhoods Exhibition. ArtSpan San Francisco, Cumaica Coffee, San Francisco, CA (August – October 2021)

Hierarchy Exhibition. Juried Exhibition. Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA (July-August 2021)

Textures and Patterns. Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA (August 2021)

RECOGNITIONS & PRESS

Third Place and Solo Show Winner: Abstract is Abstract Juried Exhibition, HVMC Gallery New York, NY.

Finalist, Artavita 56th Artist of the Year International Contest.

“Coasting 1: Fishing in a Kiddie Pool” and “Charcoal of Sophie” featured in Artist Talk Magazine Issue 22, pg. 58.

“PDA” featured in Artistonish Magazine. Issue 18, January 2022, p. 39.

ArtSpan Premier Open Studios Equity Grant Recipient 2022.

ArtSpan San Francisco Featured Artist- October 2021.

ArtSpan Artist Reception Interview- September 2021: https://youtu.be/vv1JMDXC-VM.

The Petriochor Gallery (@tptartgallery) Artist of the Month- August 2021.

Our experiences form our individuality and our truth. For each person, the collection is unique — made of the emotions and memories that are cherished, those that slip away, and even those that haunt us– each forming our own little thumbprint. The Thumbprints series take soft, hazy memories, feelings, and pleasures from the artists life and translate them into 3D geometric abstractions. They wrangle the intangible and write it in stone.

—-Anna Mathai is a multidisciplinary artist based in California, United States. She creates dynamic mixed media and sculptural works that use gold and plaster along with other reflective materials and techniques to create art that holds some sort of strange magic. Mathai’s art interacts with its viewers and the surrounding light to mingle art and enjoyer, to transcend viewing into experiencing. Mathai was born in the UK to Indian parents, but spent most of her childhood in the rural Deep South of the United States, which has heavily influenced the concepts she explores in her art. She feels that the aesthetic (and a touch of irreverence) is paramount; however, on the “series level” her works often translate feelings of rebellion, “otherness”, and the constructed self, with a touch of mysticality. Her work generally reflects on boundaries, both real and imagined, and blurs them.—-

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