Ann Silverman

Trunk of Old Papers

Paper, shredded strips of family journals

About the artist

Ann Silverman

Ann Corley Silverman has a BA in Classics, an MA in Ancient Greek, and an MFA in Printmaking. She has pursued the craft of hand papermaking in workshops and classes in New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Southeast Asia, and the University of Iowa.

Her most recent juried exhibition was with Raleigh Fine Arts Society at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Raleigh NC in March of 2020. Other juried exhibits include The Center for Book Arts in NY, WomanMade Gallery in Chicago, Susan Hensel Gallery, in Minneapolis, the Concourse Gallery in Upper Arlington, Ohio, and the Ohio Arts Council Riffe Gallery in Columbus, Ohio.

Her solo shows have included “The Journal Project” (2000) and “Nostalgia and Invisible Racism” (2018) both at Wherle Gallery in Columbus, Ohio, “Material Metaphor” (2008) Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington, Ohio, and “Table Intimacies” (2014) Artspace, Raleigh, NC,

She currently works out of a studio in the woods of central North Carolina.