660 Froome Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45232
Studio: (513) 541-1056
1984 MFA Sculpture, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1983 MA Ceramics, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1979-81 Art Major, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Professional Experience
1986- Professor of Art, Northern Kentucky University
1988-89 Studio Program Coordinator, 1989 Mid-America College Art Association
1983-86 Assistant to David Middlebrook, sculptor, Los Gatos, CA
1982-83 Assistant to the Director, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
2003 "Spin" (solo), Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2001 “Ana England: In The Forest”, Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
“Ana England: Of This Earth”, Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH
2000 “Ana England: Spatially Extended”, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth,TX
1997 "Creation Stories: sculpture by Ana England and Steven Finke", Weston Art Gallery Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH
1996 “Ana England/Cheone Kim", New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, IN
1995 "Finite Yet Unbounded", solo exhibition, Main Gallery, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights , KY
1994 "Ana England/Steven Finke: Love and Danger", Toni Birckhead Gallery,
Cincinnati, OH
1987 "Ana England/Elizabeth Hahn", Collier Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
"Hidden Language", (solo), Thomas More College, Ft. Mitchell, KY
2003 "Yuma Symposium Exhibition", Yuma, Arizona
2002 “Krasl Biennial Sculpture Invitational: Journey’s Stilled Life”, Krasl Art Center,
St. Joseph, Michigan
“Small Works: Red”, Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
“Inaugural Exhibition: Gallery Artists”, Ann Tower Gallery, Lexington, KY
“On Clay”, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
“Ars + Academia”, Artery Gallery, Newport, KY
2001 “Kentucky Women Artists: 1850-2000”, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY
“Small Works II”, Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2000 “Clay In Kentucky”, Tower Cerlan Gallery, Lexington, Ky
“Hidden Talents”, Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY
1999 “The Body as Commodity”, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
“In Our Faces: Self Portraits by Regional Artists”, Main Gallery, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
“Cincinnati Women Artists”, University Club, Cincinnati, OH
1998 “Summerfair Select”, Carnegie Art Center, Covington, KY
“Kentucky Teaches Clay”, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
“Artist Alliance Faculty Exhibition”, Machine Shop Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1997 “Meta/Morph: Nature Reflected”, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University,
Lexington, KY
1996 "The Cincinnati Group", Stifel Art Center, Ogelbay Institute, Wheeling, WV
1995 "In Clay: Forms and Variations", Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
"The Education of the Artist: Thirteen Women", Houchens Gallery of the Capitol Arts Center, Bowling Green, KY
Ceramics Kentucky", exhibition traveling to: Clara M. Eagle Art Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY; The Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green;
Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville (1996); Doris Ulmann Gallery,
Berea, KY (1996)
"Showcasing the Woman's Voice", The Water Tower, Louisville Visual Arts
Association, Louisville, KY
"Decade Celebration Event", Main Gallery, Northern Kentucky University
"The Art of the Book", Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY
1994 "Rebinding: Psyche, Spirit, Soul", Machine Shop Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
"Art on the Square Juried Invitational", Arts Cincinnati 94
1993 "Trends and Traditions", New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art,
New Harmony, IN
1993 "Mainly Sticks and Stones", Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH
1992 "National Raku Invitational", Concordia College, Ann Arbor, MI
"Quilt Conceptions: Designs in Other Media", Kentucky Art and Craft
Foundation, Louisville, KY
"Art That Heals", Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY
1991 "Cincinnati Review: Self Image", Emery Center, Cincinnati, OH
"Collective Contrasts", Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
"We, Too, Have Been There", Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
1990 "Clay Figures", Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University,Lexington,KY
"Shared Space", C.A.G.E. Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
"17 Women Artists", Cafe Max, Lexington, KY
"Mixed Media and Other Contemporary Art Forms", Galbreath Gallery,
Lexington, KY
1989 "Ceramic Sculpture: Roy Cartwright, Ana England and Diane Fishbein,"
Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
"Almost Functional", Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY
"Recent Sculpture: Cash, England and Gierosky", Carnegie Arts Center,
Covington, KY
"Art at the Law Library", University of Cincinnati, OH
"The Emery Show", Emery Center, Cincinnati, OH
1988 "The Way From San Jose", Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
"Evansville Museum Midstates Exhibition", Evansville, IN
1987 "4W87: New Work", Sarah Squeri Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
"No Longer Alone", Arts Consortium, Cincinnati, OH
"Women Who Teach Sculpture and Their Students", Art Academy
Downtown Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1986 "Gallery Artists", Sarah Squeri Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
"New Artists: New Work", Michael Collier Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
"Ink and Clay XII", University Union Gallery, California State
Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
1985 "Ancient and Personal Myths", Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA
"Sculpture at 3-Com", sponsored by the San Jose Institute of
Contemporary Art Corporate Program
"Valentine Invitational Exhibit", San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art,
San Jose, CA
1984 "Seven Perceptions", Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
"Bay Area Sculpture", Battenberg, Fillhardt & Wright Gallery, San Jose, CA
"38th Annual San Francisco Art Festival", Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
"San Jose Sculpture", Tandem Computers, Cupertino, CA
"14th Annual 3-Dimensional Competition", San Jose Art Center
1983 "Gallery Artists", Meyer, Brier, Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Disguises and Adornments", San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
1982 "Concordia: Ten South Bay Ceramic Artists", NCECA sponsored, San Jose
Art Center, San Jose, CA
"Transmutation/Crystallization", Gallery III, San Jose State University
"Natural History (In 4 Cases)", installation, Union Gallery, San Jose, CA
1981 "(F)light Zones", installation, Gallery 4, San Jose State University
"The Exhibitionists", Goodman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1981 "Clay '81", Student Union Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1980 "Clay and Ink", The Goodman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 Northern Kentucky University Natural Science Center, 14 interior glass windows with imagery inspired by science, commissioned by Omni Architects, Lexington, Kentucky
1999 “Lotus”, collaboration with Steven Finke, outdoor sculpture, ceramic, copper, glass, cement, polystyrene, water, 9’x26’x26’, private commission, Aptos, CA
1991 "Essential Equation", ceramic, fiberglass, mixed media installation
on three walls:112"x272"x3"; 82"x180"x3"; 36"x84"x112", USA Funds,
Indianapolis, IN, courtesy Toni Birckhead Gallery
1984 "Alice In Wonderland Goes to Malibu", carved glass window,
216"x27"x112", Simon Residence, Walnut Creek, CA
1984 "Wupatki", ceramic, 27"x27"x2", private commission, Santa Cruz, CA
1983 "Sundial", 11"x32"x32", ceramic & bronze, Los Alamos, NM
1982 "Four the Whole", 2'x4'x4', ceramic, Steve Chase Design,Palm Springs,
CA, courtesy Meyer, Brier, Weiss Gallery
1981 "Mama", 3 elements, 54"x60"x26", ceramic, San Jose, CA
Jewish Hospital Heart and Lung Center
USA Funds, Indianapolis, IN
Kentucky Foundation for Women
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
Northern Kentucky University
Antic Publishing, San Francisco, CA
Saks Fifth Avenue
Publications/Reviews
Roger Green, “Krasl Sculptures Show Organic, Geometirc Trends”, Kalamazoo Gazette, Sunday, September 2, 2002
Catalog, “Ana England: A Celebration of Interconnections”, artwork commissioned for the Northern Kentucky University Natural Science Center, essay by Maureen Bloomfield, 2002
Catalog, “Kentucky Women Artists:1850-2000, Owensboro Musuem of Art, Owensboro, KY, 2001
Cate O’Hara, “Ana England: Of This Earth”, Dialogue, July/August 2001
Richard O. Jones, “Move To Farm Inspires Miami Art Exhibition” , Hamilton Journal News,
Friday, April 20, 2001
Catalog, “Creation Stories: The Birth of Docentitos”, Kelly O’Donnell, editor, Weston Art
Gallery, Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH
Molinaro, Joe, A Pottery Tour of Kentucky, Crystal Communications, Lexington, KY, 2000,
book containing 2 pages of color photos o f my work and biographical information.
Ohio Arts Council, “State of the Arts Report”, CD-ROM, 2000, slide of artwork included
Mike Daniel, “Art = mc2: Sculptor flaunts the scientist in her genes”, The Dallas Morning
News, February 4, 2000
David Minton, “Contemporary Clay at its Best”, Lexington Herald Leader, Sunday,
October 1, 2000
Ana England, “An Artist Encounters Science: Dialogue and Personal Translations”,
refereed proceedings of the “Einstein Meets Magritte Conference”, Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Netherlands, 1999
Bruce Nixon, “Kentucky Craft”, LEO, September 9, 1998
Maureen Bloomfield, “Creation Stories”, Dialogue, Sept./Oct. 1997
David Minton, “Ceramic Works Transform Nature”, Lexington Herald-Leader, Sunday,
September 28, 1997
Creation Stories, exhibition catalog, Weston Art Gallery, Aronoff Center for the Arts,
Cincinnati, OH
Owen Findson, "Sculptors Create Their Own Universe in Gallery", Cincinnati Enquirer,
Friday, May 16, 1997
Jerry Stein, "Weston Exhibits Have Own Creation Argument", Kentucky Post, Monday,
April 14, 1997
Perin Mahler, "Creation Stories", Antenna, May 1997
Wendy Hart Beckman, “Ana England”, (artist profile, photos), Antenna, Nov./Dec., 1996
Piepenburg, Robert, The Spirit of Clay, (2 full page photos), 1996, Pebble Press, MI
"Many Means to a Single End: The Cincinnati Group", Sunday News Register, Wheeling,
WV, January 21, 1996 (color photos)
The Cincinnati Group, exhibition catalog, Stifel Art Center, Ogelbay Institute
Jonathan Z. Kamholtz, "Absence Makes the Soul Grow Fonder", Cincinnati City Beat,
November 17, 1994 (photo)
Maureen Bloomfield, "Ana England/Steven Finke", Dialogue, Sept./Oct. 1994 (photo)
Jane Durrell, "Ana England-Steven Finke", Everybody's News, June 10, 1994 (photo)
Catalog published for "Rebinding: Psyche, Spirit, Soul" exhibition
Daniel Brown, "Cerebral and Technical: NKU Faculty Exhibit", Everybody's News,
September 10-23, 1993, (photo)
Catalog, “Raku: National Juried Exhibition”, Concordia College, Ann Arbor, MI, 1992
Diana Heyne, "Quilt Conceptions: Designs in Other Media", New Art Examiner, May 1992
Mary Provosty, "Cincinnati Review 1991: Self Image", Dialogue, March/April 1992
William Messer, "Cincinnati", New Art Examiner, January, 1992, (photo)
Piepenburg, Robert, Raku Pottery, (book), Pebble Press, MI, 1991, photo
Jerry Stein,"'Self Image' exhibit showcases local artists", The Cincinnati Post,
October 31, 1991
"Cartwright/England/Fishbein", Ceramics Monthly, News & Retrospect, Nov. 1989
Michele Morgan, "Roy
Cartwright, Ana England, Diane Fishbein, New Art Examiner,
Summer, 1989
Michele Morgan, "Recent Sculpture: Jane Cash, Ana England, Elizabeth Gierosky ",
Dialogue, July/August 1989
Daria Gabrielle, "Ana England", Ceramics Monthly, May 1988
Lynn Pyne, "Serpentine is the Word for Exhibit", The Phoenix Gazette, Saturday,
December 27, 1987
Maureen Bloomfield, "New Works by England, Fishbein, Kingsley and Zynsky",
Sculpture, September/October 1987
Owen Findsen, "Sculptors' Conference Exhibits Growing", Cincinnati Enquirer,
April 12, 1987
"Women's Sculpture Exhibition", catalog, Arts Consortium, Cincinnati, OH, 1987
Marcy Timberman, "Behind the Studio Door", San Jose Metro, May l5, 1986
Dorothy Burkhart, "Works/San Jose", San Jose Mercury News, December 7, 1986
2000 Full year Sabbatical Award
1998 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
1998 Kentucky Foundation for Women Grant
1995 Summerfair Aid to Individual Artists Grant
1995 Professional Development Assistance Award, Ohio Arts Council
1993 Full year Sabbatical Award
1992 Nominated Outstanding Junior Faculty, Northern Kentucky University
1990 Kentucky Foundation for Women Grant: 3 months marble carving in
Pietrasanta, Italy
1990 International Travel Award, Northern Kentucky University
1990 Research Development Award, Northern Kentucky University
1989 Faculty Summer Fellowship Award: 6 weeks marble carving at the
Bottega Versiliese, Pietrasanta, Italy
1988 Venezuela: one month investigation of contemporary ceramics
1983 Five month journey through Asia: Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bankok,
Hong Kong. Study of Hindu and Buddhist art and religion.
1977-78 Four months travel through Mexico and Guatemala, including ten weeks
studying backstrap loom weaving in Mayan villages
Lectures/Workshops
2003 "Science, Wonder and the Artistic Process", 24th Yuma Symposium, Yuma, AZ
2001 Gallery talk, Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH
2000 Gallery lecture with physicist Magnus Rittby, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas
1999 “Eat/Art”, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati. OH
1997 Invited Panelist, Art and Science Workshop, Oglebay Institute, Wheeling, WV
1995 "An Artist Encounters Science: Dialogue and Personal Translation", Einstein Meets Magritte Conference, Brussels, Belgium
1995 One day workshop (with Steven Finke) for the LEARNscience graduate program, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
1993 Gallery Talk, Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH
1989 Artist in Residence, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
1989 "Re-Mapping Territories", Panel Moderator, 1989 Mid-America College
Art Association Meeting, Cincinnati, OH
"Marble Carving in Italy", Faculty Seminar, Northern Kentucky Univ.
1988 Raku and Primitive Firing Workshop, Taller Escuela Artefuego,
Caracas, Venezuela
Slide Lecture, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Slide Lecture, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
1987 Gallery Lecture, Thomas More College, Ft. Mitchell, KY
"Are There Jobs After Graduate School?", Graduate Seminar, University
of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
1986 Lecture and Ceramic Sculpture Demonstration, Denison University, OH
1985 Raku and Saggar Firing Workshop, Stanislaus State University, CA
Slide Lecture, Introduction to Professional Art and Design, San
Jose State University
1984 Pit Firing Workshop, Pigeon Point, CA
Slide Lecture, Sunnyvale Community Center, CA
2003 Awards Juror, "Pour Me Another", Clay Alliance Exhibition, Throwing Clay
Pottery, Cincinnati, OH
1996 Participant in Artists' Reaching Classrooms Program, Taft Museum, Cincinnati 1994 Juror, Hyde Park Art Show, Cincinnati
1994 Marble carving demonstration to graduate students and faculty in Classical Archaeology, University of Cincinnati
1994 Awards Juror, "Salon Exhibition", DAAP, University of Cincinnati
1993-94 "ROARR" exhibition, "Rebinding: Psyche, Spirit, Soul", Machine Shop Gallery, Emery Center, Cincinnati. This was a cooperative exhibition by twelve artists. We organized the exhibition, wrote and received grants and published a catalog. The artists in the show primarily were from other universities in the area which increased cooperation among our local institutions.
1993 Juror, Governor's School for the Arts
1991 Juror, Art Academy Regional Scholastic Art Awards
1990 Coordinator of "Shared Space: Works from Northern Kentucky University, C.A.G.E. Gallery in conjunction with 1990 NCECA Conference
1990 Exhibition Juror, Carnegie Arts Center
1990 Coordinator, Paula Winokur and Byron Temple Ceramic Workshop, Northern Kentucky University, sponsored by Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation
1989 Juror, Governor's School for the Arts
1989 Steering Committee Member, Mid America College Art Association Conference. I helped to design and organize this interdisciplinary conference that was attended by over one thousand people. I wrote two successful grant applications to the Ohio Arts Council; I was the Studio Program Coordinator
and Panel Moderator for "Re-mapping Territories" session. This conference took nearly two years of work.
1989 Sponsor and Curator, "Ceramic Sculpture Invitational", Main Gallery, NKU
1988 Founding member of "Artist Group" to promote dialogue and information exchange within the arts community.
1988 Juror, Summerfair
1988 Juror, Governor's School for the Arts
1988 Juror, "On Turkeyfoot: Hot Art and Fine Jazz", Thomas More College
1988 Studio talk, Contemporary Art Center's Contemporary Connection
1987 Co-Sponsor, "Kentucky Women Sculptors Exhibit", Main Gallery, NKU
1987 Juror, Hyde Part Art Show
1987 Juror, Governor's School for the Arts
1987 Volunteer Camera Crew, "People, Not Illnesses", a video documentary about mental health, Intercommunity Cable Regulatory Commission
1986 Volunteer, National Sculpture Conference
1986 Coordinator, San Jose Open Studios