Mary Anne Kluth
IG @makluth | @maryannekluth.bsky.social
Born Englewood, CO. Lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2025 Après moi, le deluge, Cube Space Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2023 Terrain of Discourse, CCSF, San Francisco CA
2022 Mary Anne Kluth, Mama’s, Vallejo, CA
2019 Master Study, Grand Teton National Park, Contemporary Jewish Museum, Zim Zoom Family Room, San Francisco, CA
2018-2023 M E G A M A T T E R H O R N, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
2018 Master Study, Grand Canyon Trail, Glass Gallery at Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
2017 Golden State, ampersand international arts, curated by Satelliteof.Love, San Francisco, CA
2015 The Escape, Irving Street Projects, San Francisco, CA
2012 Visitor Center, Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas, NV
2011 Visitor Center, Frey Norris Contemporary and Modern, San Francisco CA
2009 Mary Anne Kluth and Laurel Roth: Theory of the Unforeseen, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 The Difference Between a Reason and a Cause, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 A Reasonable Mirage, Bruce Galleries, CCA, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Clocking In, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
2021 RePurposeful, Randall Museum, San Francisco, CA
2019 Surreal Sublime, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Built Environment, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Going Away, Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA
20 Years of ampersand international arts, ampersand international arts, San Francisco, CA
2017 Takeover, Alterspace, San Francisco, CA
Back to the Garden, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2016 Palette, Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA
A Stratigraphic Fiction, Berman Museum, Ursinus College, PA
Satellite of Love, San Francisco, CA
Fantasyland, Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA
2014 Making Space, City Limits, Oakland, CA
Sky, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2013 Journey Forth: contemporary landscape between technology and tradition, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
Journey Forth, Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, CA
2012 Art is a Gift, Interface Gallery, Oakland, CA
Wild and Free, Interface Gallery, Oakland, CA
Summer Group Show, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA
On View, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Collections, Fictilis, Seattle, WA
2011 Third Strike, 100 Performances for the Hole, in collaboration with Bryan Von Reuter, Somarts, San Francisco, CA
Outlandish Invitational, Bedford Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek,
Wonders to Come, Part Deux, Springbox Gallery, Portland, OR
2010 Compelled, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2009 Phantasma, Tarryn Teresa Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Art HK09, Hong Kong Exhibition Center, Hong Kong, China
Echo: Eight San Francisco Artists Respond to Surrealist Masterworks, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Headlands Benefit Art Auction, The Presidio, San Francisco
2008 Winter Group Exhibition, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Garage Biennale, The Weather Reconnaissance, The Garage, San Francisco, CA,
Cut Into Chaos, MISSION17, San Francisco, CA
Deep Time, Vast Space, Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
2007 The Little Show, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
Juried Annual 2007, ProArts, Oakland, CA, selections by Berin Golonu
WhatYouSee Galore!, The Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
Evolution, Swell Gallery, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
Rainbow Warpzone, Satellite Gallery, Oakland, CA
2006 Second Try, 1310 Warehouse, San Francisco, CA
Osaka University of Arts – CCA Print Exchange, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA & Osaka University of Arts, Osaka, Japan
2005 Paper!Awesome!, Pigman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Exquisite Corpse, North/South Galleries, Oakland, CA
Publications
2023 Mary Anne Kluth @ SF City College, Renny Pritikin, Square Cylinder 11/5/23 link
Best of 2023, David M Roth, Square Cylinder 12/10/23 link
2019 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art Group Exhibition Offers ‘Surreal Sublime’ Andy Smith, Hi-Fructose 5/27/19 link
Surreal Sublime at the SJICA, Jeffrey Edalatpour, Metroactive, 6/26/19 link
2018 Piecing Things Together, Sheryl Nonnenberg, Mountain View Voice, 7/5/18 link
Making a MegaMatterhorn, C. J. Hirshfield, Piedmont Post | Children’s Fairyland Blog 7/16/18 link
Mary Anne Kluth: Megamatterhorn, Christian L. Frock, SF/ARTS link
2017 Takeover, Serena Cole link
Art Town: Master Study, Mount Rosalie, Kristin Lanham, Walnut Creek Lifestyle link
Art takes center stage in downtown Sheboygan alleyway, Phillip Brock, Wisconsin Journal Sentinel 8/17/17 link
Artists transforming downtown alleyways into community art, Phillip Brock, Sheboygan Press 6/11/17 link
Art galleries: Anthropocene art, Edith Newhall, Philly Dot Com 1/6/17 link
2015 Studio Visit, Mary Anne Kluth, The Coastal Post 9/30/15 link
Making Space, Engineer’s Daughter 1/8/15 link
Making Space, Sarah Burke, EBX link
2014 Mary Anne Kluth, The Jealous Curator 3/14/14 link
2013 Amusement Art, Dave de Give, Good Times Santa Cruz, Oct 23, 2013, link
Trip to This, Kelly Lovemonster and Caitlin Donahue, AHDM4U, July 25, 2013, link
Journey Forth, Monique Delaunay, SF Art Enthusiast, Aug. 7, 2013, link
Journey Forth, Dewitt Cheng, Visual Art Source, 2013, link
Most Unlikely Music and Art Venue, (for Magic Lantern) Best of the East Bay, 2013, East Bay Express, link
Eleven Eleven Journal, Issue #14, link
2012 Desert Companion: Arts and Entertainment Guide,November, 2012, Volume 10, Number 11
Las Vegas CityLife: Mary Anne Kluth on her exhibit,Visitor Center, Nov 8-14, 2012
Las Vegas Weekly: See: Visitor Center Nov 8-14, 2012
Freaky Friday at Fairyland, interview with Whitney Phaneuf, East Bay Express, Oct. 17, 2012
2011 Mary Anne Kluth, review by Lea Feinstein, ARTnews, November 2011, Volume 110, Number 10
Visitor Center, review by Ruby Perez, SF Weekly, July 25, 2011
Gallery Hopping, Sara Wood, Bay Area Reporter, July 14, 2011
Visitor Center, Mary Anne Kluth, posted by Amir, Beautiful Decay, July 6, 2011
2010 Harper’s Magazine
2009 Theory of the Unforeseen, with introduction by Glen Helfand, published by Frey Norris
Theory of the Unforeseen, (review) Matt Sussman, Flavorpill.com, 9/2/09
MISSION17: 2004-2009, with introduction by Clark Buckner, published by MISSION17
2008 “Interview with Mary Anne Kluth” Spraygraphic.com
Awards and Residencies
2024 John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry Residency, 150th Anniversary Invitee, Sheboygan, WI
2017 Connecting Communities Art in Public Spaces Residency, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
2017 John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry Residency, Sheboygan, WI
2015 Artist in Residence, Irving Street Projects, San Francisco, CA
2013 Artist Grant, LOOP Arts, Oakland, CA
2011 Artist in Residence, KALA Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2005 Trustee’s Scholarship, CCA, Oakland, CA
2004 Malcolm Wood Creative Writing Award, Honorable Mention, CCA, Oakland, CA
Essays and Critical Writing
2014 Tia Factor, catalog essay, published with support from Portland Regional Arts and Culture grant
2013 Guest Blogger, SFMOMA Open Space, What’s at Play in the League of Fame?
Nightfall: Robert Minervini’s “Before Tomorrow Comes”, catalog essay, published by Marine Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2012- 2014 Contributor, Art Ltd. magazine
2009- 2014 Contributor, Art Practical.com
2011 Pursing a Calculated Distance: Seth Curcio, Benjamin Meyer, and Bradley Hyppa, catalog essay, the Lab, San Francisco, CA
2010 Black Lab, catalog essay, the Lab, San Francisco, CA
2008-2009 Contributor, Artweek Magazine
2007 I.O.U. catalog essay, MISSION17, San Francisco, CA
2007 contributor, Stretcher.org
Public Art
2017 Natural Bridge Study | Estudio de Puente Natural, commissioned by the John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
2015 Mineral Benches, with FICTILIS and Sabrina Habel, Market Street Prototyping Festival, San Francisco, CA
2014 City of Walnut Creek utility box project
Curatorial Projects
2013, 2015 Drawn Together, co-curated with Shannon Taylor, Children’s Fairyland, Oakland, CA
2012 Magic Lantern, Children’s Fairyland, Oakland, CA
2011 Time, co-curated with Gail Dawson and Jesse Houlding, the Lab, San Francisco, CA
2009-2011 member, the Lab’s curatorial committee, San Francisco, CA
2009 The Big Three, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Fastrak/WhatYouSee Galore! 2, The Lobot Gallery, Oakland, and Autobody Fine Art, Alameda, CA
Teaching & Lectures
2024 Artist Talk, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
2017 Diorama and Landscape Collage workshops, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
2015 Diorama Workshop, Irving Street Projects, San Francisco, CA
2013 Artist Lecture, LASER Art and Science Series, UC Davis, CA
2013 Artist Lecture, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
2012 Artist Talk, Contemporary Art Center, Las Vegas, NV
2012 Figure Drawing, ACE, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
2012 Water Media Painting, ACE, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
2010 Visiting Artist Lecture, Grad Critique Seminar, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
Education
2008 MFA, painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2005 BFA, individualized program: Painting/Printmaking/Writing, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland and San Francisco, CA
2001-2002, Summer 2007 University of California, Berkeley, CA
Employment
2006-2015 Set Restoration Painter, Children’s Fairyland, Oakland, CA
2009-2011 Associate Director, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
2008 Artistic Director, Halloween Jamboree, Children’s Fairyland, Oakland, CA
2008 Trip Coordinator, Earthworks Field Trip, assistant to Meredith Tromble, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
2007 Teacher’s Assistant, Meredith Tromble, SFAI, San Francisco, CA