Abbay Anderson

Newer
after/image/light/search
Fluid Axis
35 mm

About












































Abbay Katherine Anderson

b.  2003

1290 Westwood Drive
Reno, NV,  89509.
775-412-5404
abbayanderson.com


Education
2025  BFA, painting. Creative writing minor. Cum laude. University of Nevada, Reno. Reno, Nevada.

Exhibitions
2025 Crossed. Half-lit zine exhibition. Pitch Black Printing Co. Reno, NV.
2025 Having a Wonderful Time, Wish You Were Here. Curated by David Delfin and Ashley Brock. Holland Project Galleries. Reno, NV.
2025 At Hand, At Present: Collage and the Practice of Making Do. Annual juried MACAA Exhibition. Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL.
2025 Gravity. Desert Biennial Project. Arts Community Coalition Nevada. Apex dry lake bed. Las Vegas, NV.
2025 Near Wild Heaven. Serva Pool Flux. Holland Project Galleries. Reno, NV.
2025 Student Art Show. Annual juried exhibition. Sheppard Contemporary Gallery. Reno, NV.
2025 Momentum Spatium. Gallery practices juried exhibition. McNamara Gallery. Reno, NV.
2025 after/image/light/search. Bachelor of Fine Arts thesis exhibition. Sheppard Contemporary Gallery. Reno, NV.
2025 Biennial Valentines Art Auction. Sheppard Contemporary Gallery. Reno, NV.

2024 Student Art Show. Annual juried exhibition. Sheppard Contemporary Gallery. Reno, NV.
2024 We Are The Problem. Problems in Drawing Showcase. Student Galleries South. Reno, NV.
2024 Fluid Axis. Bachelor of Fine Arts midway exhibition. Student Galleries South. Reno, NV.
2024 Young Blood. Under 21 exhibition. Holland Project Galleries. Reno, NV.
2024 Sign of the Times. City of Reno University way Gallery. Reno, NV.
2023 Emerge. Annual juried exhibition. Sheppard Contemporary Gallery. Reno, NV.
2022 Joan Truckenbrod Invitational. Truckenbrod Gallery. Corvallis, OR.

2021  Regional Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. The Nevada Museum of Ar t. Reno, NV.
2021  And Beyond. Holland Project Galleries. Reno, NV.
2020  Hooked. Holland Project Galleries. Reno, NV.
2020  Young Blood. Under 21 exhibition. Holland Project Galleries. Reno, NV.
2019  Work In Progress. Holland Project Galleries. Reno, NV.

Curatorial
2024 Sign of the Times. Co-curator. City of Reno University way Gallery. Reno, NV.
2024 Confabulating Connections. Co-curator. McNamara Gallery. Reno, NV
2022 Forever Horizons: a Tribute to Richard Thompson. Co-curator. Strand Gallery. Corvallis, OR.
2022 Untitled (selected works of Richard Thompson). Co-curator. Corvallis, OR.
2021  And Beyond. Co-curator. Holland Project Galleries. Reno, NV.
2021  Hooked. Co-curator. Holland Project Galleries. Reno, NV.
2019  Work in Progress. Co-curator. Holland Project Galleries. Reno, NV.

Publications
2025 Half-lit zine. Juried analog photography publication. Reno, NV.
2025 Gravity. Desert Biennial Project 2025 catalog. Arts Community Coalition Nevada. Las Vegas,  NV.
2019 And Beyond zine. Work in Progress. Holland Project Galleries. Reno, NV.

Awards
2025 Philosopher's Choice Award. Student Art Show. University of Nevada, Reno.
2025 Pack Internship Grant Program. University of Nevada, Reno.
2024 School of the Arts Scholarship. University of Nevada, Reno.
2024 August and Emma Frisch Holmes Art Memorial Endowment. University of Nevada, Reno.
2023 School of the Arts Scholarship. University of Nevada, Reno.
2023 Ruth Curtis Visual Arts Scholarship. University of Nevada, Reno.
2022 School of the Arts Scholarship. University of Nevada, Reno.
2021  Millennium Scholarship. University of Nevada, Reno.
2021  Gold and Silver Keys. Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.


Adjudication
2025 Work in Progress. Assistant organizer. Holland Project Galleries. Reno, NV.
2025 Ten Past Midnight: Decades of Halloween at Pitch Black. Co-juror. Pitch Black Printing Company. Reno, NV.

Experience
Long-Term Ceramics Guest Teacher. Washoe County School District. 2025
    • Creates and teaches ceramics and visual foundations lesson plans for beginning to advanced               students
    • Operates Kilns and manages studio resources
    • Tracks and evaluates student progress

Program Assistant. W.I.P Teen Workshop and Exhibition. Holland Project Galleries. 2025
    • Assists with organization and facilitation of work in progress teen workshop series.
    • Coordinates install and exhibition planning.

Gallery Associate. Holland Project Galleries. 2024 - 2025
    • Curated and coordinated For what it's worth, I apologize in the HP Satellite Gallery.
    • Created and posted gallery social media (artist highlights, exhibition marketing, and daily content).
    • Assisted with installation, coordination, organization, and housekeeping of gallery spaces.

Gallery Assistant. University Galleries (University of Nevada, Reno). 2024 - 2025
    • Assisted with gallery installation, data tracking, marketing, organization, and outreach
   • Built systems for better gallery management and navigation.
    • Strengthened and audited student gallery canvas course.

Education Intern. Nevada Museum of Art. 2023 - 2024
    • Planned and facilitated annual Scholastic Art Awards exhibition.
    • Shadowed education professionals in museum classrooms and galleries.

Art Collections Intern. Oregon State University. 2021 - 2022
    • Conducted research on artworks within OSU collections.
    • Cataloged/conditioned artworks, presented object proposals to acquisitions board.
    • Worked outside of OSU collections with an artist's estate to catalog, research, and preserve                 artwork.
    • Curated, installed, and marketed closing exhibitions.