Clean Corner, 2023
...these interiors are much more invented psychological spaces than real or remembered ones, and my intention is much more about creating a feeling rather than telling a specific story.
Anne Buckwalter
Anne Buckwalter (b. 1987, Lancaster, PA) is an American painter whose practice explores the intersection of sexuality and domestic life. Drawing on the folk art traditions of her Pennsylvania Dutch heritage, Buckwalter constructs intimate interiors where everyday objects and symbols of desire coexist, crafting enigmatic narratives that embrace paradox and uncertainty. Her work investigates femininity, the body, and the hidden structures of identity, staging the erotic within the familiar as a way to reveal the complexity of private life.
Buckwalter earned her MFA from the Maine College of Art in Portland, ME (2012) and her BFA from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA (2010), also attending Temple University’s Rome Program in 2008. She has been the subject of major solo exhibitions at the Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME (2025); SOCO Gallery, Charlotte, NC (2025); Rebecca Camacho Presents, San Francisco, CA (2024); MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique, Paris, FR (2024); and Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY (2023). Her work has been featured in prominent group exhibitions at Nicola Vassell Gallery, New York, NY (2022); Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY (2024); Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY (2023); ICA at MECA, Portland, ME (2023); Sidecar @ Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2024); and Andrea Festa Fine Art, Rome, IT (2023).
She is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2021), a Joan Mitchell Foundation Emerging Artist Grant (2016), and a 2020 Idea Fund Grant, and has been an artist-in-residence at the Galveston Artist Residency, the Vermont Studio Center, the Studios at Mass MoCA, Hewnoaks Artist Colony, and the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Buckwalter’s work is held in major public collections including the Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; the Art Museum of West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV; the Aïshti Foundation, Lebanon; Zuzeum, Riga, Latvia; and the X Museum, Beijing, China.
Buckwalter’s paintings have been widely covered in The New York Times, Hyperallergic, Artnet, Wallpaper, Galerie, and Juxtapoz, and she is represented by Rachel Uffner Gallery (New York, NY), Pentimenti Gallery (Philadelphia, PA), Micki Meng and Rebecca Camacho Presents (San Francisco, CA). She currently lives and works in Durham, Maine.