My deep love for wild spaces and time spent working on trail maintenance crews are the bedrock of my work as an artist where I explore the relationships humans have with the environment. I am fascinated by the lines, textures, formations and moments that have shaped this earth and am interested in the interconnectedness of trails and the idea of mapping wild places through experience.
I am drawn to labor intensive processes of printmaking, papermaking and metal casting. The conversations I have with the materials I use result in a collaboration between myself and the earth. I long for experiences that I can learn from and that are centered on challenging myself, whether in the studio or outside.
My creative practice is an exploration of materials, processes, ideas and the outdoors with an effort to find a way to cope with making work knowing that it is impossible to leave absolutely no trace on the environments that I’m so amazed by.
ABOUT
Anna Orbovich is a New Hampshire based artist working in printmaking, drawing and sculpture.
As an avid outdoors-person Orbovich’s time working and conducting research in the harsh and remote wild places ranging from the Arctic to the Desert to most recently the rugged Superior Hiking Trail in Northern Minnesota have vastly influenced the direction of her work.
In May 2019 she received her MFA from the University of Minnesota and in 2012, earned her BFA in printmaking and book arts from Maryland Institute College of Art.
Anna Orbovich is a New Hampshire based artist working in printmaking, drawing and sculpture.
As an avid outdoors-person Orbovich’s time working and conducting research in the harsh and remote wild places ranging from the Arctic to the Desert to most recently the rugged Superior Hiking Trail in Northern Minnesota have vastly influenced the direction of her work.
In May 2019 she received her MFA from the University of Minnesota and in 2012, earned her BFA in printmaking and book arts from Maryland Institute College of Art.
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EDUCATION
2019 University of Minnesota / Minneapolis, MN
MFA in Studio Art, Printmaking and Foundry emphasis
2012 Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) / Baltimore, MD
BFA in Printmaking with Book Arts Concentration, Cum Laude
EXHIBITIONS / PUBLICATIONS
2021 midwinter thaw, Winter is Alive / Madison, WI
2019 contours of iron, Franconia Sculpture Park / Shafer, MN
An Exploration in Shifting Terrains, Solo Exhibition, Outlook Gallery: Minnesota Center for Book Arts / Minneapolis, MN
The House | The Yard, Katherine E. Nash Gallery / Minneapolis, MN
SGCI 2019 Member’s Print Exchange / SGCI Conference / Dallas, TX
2018 Something I’m Thinking, Quarter Gallery / Minneapolis, MN
Surface of Revolution: A Bohemian Press Retrospective, Larson Art Gallery / St. Paul, MN
2018 Mid America Print Council Members Juried Exhibition, University of Wyoming / Laramie, WY
Zine Swap, organized by Instructor Sage Perrot, Utah State University / Projects Gallery, Utah State University / Logan, UT and Mid America Print Council Conference, University of Wyoming / Laramie, WY
2017 Glacial Wanderings, Solo Exhibition, Commons Art Gallery, Institute on the Environment / St. Paul, MN
where are you now? Art Lofts / Madison, WI
Fresh Works, Quarter Gallery at Regis Center for Art / Minneapolis, MN
Northern Spark: Climate Rising / Collaborative Project: Tunnel Vision / Minneapolis, MN
Lost in the Woods, Winona Art Center / Winona, MN
2016 Climate Chaos, Boneshaker Books / Minneapolis, MN
Hot off the Press: Summer Co-Op Exhibition, Highpoint Center for Printmaking / Minneapolis,MN
2015 Monster Masks, Junior Ranger / Album and Artwork Design
Hot off the Press: Summer Co-Op Exhibition, Highpoint Center for Printmaking / Minneapolis,MN
Ink! Juried Printmaking Show, Silpe Gallery / Juried / West Hartford, CT
2014 Geological Laboratory, Gullkístan Center for Creativity / Laugarvatn, Iceland
2013 9 til Midnight: Summer Co-Op Exhibition, Highpoint Center for Printmaking / Minneapolis, MN
Tales from the Co-Op, Highpoint Center for Printmaking: Presstime
2012 Art Formally Known as Prints: Winter Co-Op Exhibition, Highpoint
Center for Printmaking / Minneapolis, MN
Printmakers at Play, Star Tribune
Commencement Exhibition, Meyerhoff Gallery at MICA / Baltimore, MD
Stand Out Prints, Highpoint Center for Printmaking / Juried / Minneapolis, MN
5th National Collegiate Handmade Paper Art Triennial, Rutgers University and Corcoran College of Art and Design / Juried / New Brunswick, NJ / Washington, D.C.
2011 United States, Project Room at MICA / Baltimore, MD
Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, Decker Gallery at MICA / Baltimore, MD
The Rooster, Issues 4-7 / Baltimore, MD
Collectible Editions, Decker Library at MICA / Baltimore, MD
COLLECTIONS
Gorman Rare Book Collection within the Culture Wars Zine Collection,
University of Minnesota Twin Cities / Minneapolis, MN
Printmaking Area, Art Department, Southeast Missouri State University / Cape Girardeau, MO
Printmaking Area, Kent State University / Kent, OH
Jannes Library, Kansas City Art Institute / Kansas City, MO
Printmaking Area, Utah State University / Logan, UT
Printmaking Area, Montana State University / Bozeman, MT
PRINT EXCHANGES
SGCI Member’s Print Exchange, 2019 / International print exchange
Zine Swap / Organized by Instructor Sage Perrot, Utah State University
Big Ten Print Exchange / National print exchange amongst Big Ten Universities
Climate Chaos / Twin Cities Print Exchange
United States / MICA Printmaking Department
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2019 LaWayaka Current: Desert 23° S / Atacama Desert, Chile
Franconia Sculpture Park, Hot Metal Artist (Summer) / Schafer, MN
2014 Gullkístan Center for Creativity / Laugarvatn, Iceland
anna.e.orbovich at gmail dot com / ︎@aeorbovich / new hampshire