About the Artist
Anna Youngers (b. 1985) is a contemporary representational painter and teacher. Her sensitive and timeless depictions reveal beauty in both the common and the extraordinary. She credits her traditional apprenticeship and training in the methods of 19th c. French Academy (2002-2006) with providing her the strong foundation in draftsmanship and the craft of oil painting. Her working methods today continue to evolve, but remain strongly rooted in the classical tradition.
Notable awards and honors for her work include the Hudson River Fellowship, and the South Dakota Artist Fellowship Grant. Her work has been in exhibitions around the United States, and has also been featured in major national publications including American Art Collector.
She lives in her hometown of Sioux Falls and currently works out of her studio in the downtown area.
EXHIBITIONS
2021 BLOOM; Solo Exhibition, Pearson Lakes Art Center, Okoboji, IA
2021 SD Governor’s 8th Biennial; SDAM, Brookings, SD
2018 SD Governor’s 8th Biennial; SDAM, Brookings, SD
2017 In Search of Beauty; Solo Exhibition, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD 2017 Women at Work; SDAM, Brookings, SD
2016 SD Governor’s 7th Biennial; Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City, SD 2014 SD Governor’s 6th Biennial; Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City, SD
2012 SD Governor’s 5th Biennial; Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City, SD
2012 In Passing, IPSO Gallery, Sioux Falls, SD
2011 Salmagundi Art Club Annual Non-Member Juried Painting & Sculpture Exhibition, NYC, NY
2011 Governor's Awards in the Arts 2011: Kaleidoscope, Pierre, SD
2010 Reality Check, Gardner Colby Gallery, Naples, FL
2009 Beaux Arts 09’ Auction and Benefit, Scottsdale Artist School, AZ
2009 Paintings for Pink, Benefit for Breast Cancer, Gardner Colby Gallery, Naples, FL
2009 Celebrating Women Artists, Showings Fine Art Gallery, Denver, CO
2009 Figuratively Speaking, Gardner Colby Gallery, Naples, FL
2008 Masters of Illusion, Tempe Center for the Arts, AZ
2008 Contemporary American Realism: 2008 Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN
2008 Beaux Arts 08’ Auction and Benefit, Scottsdale Artist School, AZ
2008 Endless Imagination: South Dakota Governor's Third Biennial Art Exhibition
2007 Best & Brightest Juried Show; Scottsdale, AZ
2007 Solo Exhibition, Eastbank Gallery, Sioux Falls, SD
2006 Contemporary American Realism: 2006 Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN
2006 Emerging Artists Exhibition, Craftsman Creek Gallery, Sioux Falls, SD
FELLOWSHIPS & HONORS
2011 Finalist in ACOPAL's Exhibition of Contemporary American Realism
2011 South Dakota Artrist Fellowship Grant
2010 The Hudson River Fellowship
2009 Scottsdale Artists' School Tuition Scholarship (Windgate Charitable Foundation)
2008 Scottsdale Artists' School Tuition Scholarship (Windgate Charitable Foundation)
2008 Finalist in Figure Category; The Artist's Magazine 25th Annual Art Competition
2007 Scottsdale Artists' School Best and Brightest Juried Show Scholarship
2007 Scottsdale Artists' School Tuition Scholarship (Windgate Charitable Foundation)
2007 South Dakota Artist Fellowship Grant
2006 Honorable Mention Finalist; Art Renewal Center International Salon
2006 Scottsdale Artists' School Tuition Scholarship (Wright Foundation for the Arts)
2005 South Dakota Emerging Artist Grant
PUBLICATIONS
Southwest Art, February 2010
Southwest Art, “Women Only”, July, 2009
Celebrating Women Artists, Showings Fine Art Invitational Catalog, July 2009
American Art Collector, “Interpreting the Figure”, March, 2009
Contemporary American Realism, Fort Wayne Museum of Art Biennial Catalog, September 2008
Southwest Art, “21 under 31; Emerging Artists” September 2008
Southwest Art, “Top 10 Artists to Watch”, February 2008
2006 ARC Salon Catalog, Honorable Mention for Still Life
TEACHING & LECTURES
2019 Presentation, South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD
2013 Adjunct Professor, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD
2012 — present Private Studio Workshops, Sioux Falls, SD