Canadian Painter

Anna Weyant
Born
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
EducationRhode Island School of Design (RISD)
OccupationVisual Artist

Anna Weyant (born 1995 in Calgary, Alberta) is a New York–based artist whose figurative paintings blend influence from the Dutch Golden Age with an awareness of contemporary popular culture and social media.[1]

Weyant is represented globally by Gagosian Gallery.[2][3]

Early life and education

Weyant was born in Calgary, Alberta. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 2017, where she studied painting. She moved to New York where she was joined by her brother, actor Austin Weyant.[4][5]

Work

Weyant’s paintings of women in muted tones have been closely watched within the art market.[6] Tinged with an obscure kind of darkness, these surreal images hint at tortured psychological states.[7] She has cited as her inspiration Dutch Old Master paintings, which likewise feature women in contemplative states, as well as more contemporary artists like the painter John Currin.[8]

Among the first works that Weyant exhibited is a sequence of darkly cinematic vignettes depicting a dollhouse and the strange, cloistered lives of its inhabitants. A more recent series deconstructs the representation of American suburbia in made-for-TV movies, casting it as a surreal realm in which violence lurks just beneath the surface. In her still lifes, Weyant depicts flowers and other items in a similarly unsettling light; Lily (2021), for example, juxtaposes the titular bloom with a revolver bound in gold ribbon.[1]

Part of the magnetism of Weyant’s œuvre is her strategic oscillation between photorealism and surreality, which is at times intentionally cartoonish. She thrives in ambiguity and quietly relishes in a subtly sinister or somber darkness behind a sultry veneer.[9]

Art market

In May 2022,[10] Weyant’s Falling Woman sold for US$1.62 million at Sotheby’s in New York.[11][12][13] Owners of Weyant's work include Glenn Fuhrman and Stafford Broumand.[14] Falling Woman is also the featured artwork on the cover of Big Swiss[15] a novel.

Exhibitions

One Person Exhibitions

Weyant has had four solo exhibits, "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (2019),[16] "Loose Screw" (2021),[17] "Splinter" (2022),[18][19] and “Baby, It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over” (2022).[20][21]

Group Exhibitions

Weyant has been featured in numerous Group Exhibitions between 2017 and 2022.[22] Group Exhibitions include:

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

External links

References

  1. ^ "OTP short-forms: Anna Weyant". OTP. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  2. ^ Kazakina, Katya (May 6, 2022). "Rising Star Anna Weyant Has Joined Gagosian, Adding Momentum to Market Drama Playing Out Behind the Scenes". Artnet News. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  3. ^ Crow, Kelly (June 18, 2022). "Three Years Ago, Her Art Sold for $400 at the Beach. Now It Fetches Up To $1.6 Million at Auction". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  4. ^ "Austin Weyant". IMDb. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  5. ^ Holmes, Helen (May 22, 2022). "The Making of Anna Weyant, Art's Hot New Superstar". The Daily Beast.
  6. ^ Greenberger, Alex (May 6, 2022). "27-Year-Old Painter Anna Weyant Becomes Youngest Artist to Join Gagosian Amid Rumors of Romantic Relationship". ARTnews.com. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  7. ^ Greenberger, Alex (May 6, 2022). "27-Year-Old Painter Anna Weyant Becomes Youngest Artist to Join Gagosian Amid Rumors of Romantic Relationship". ARTnews.com. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  8. ^ Greenberger, Alex (May 6, 2022). "27-Year-Old Painter Anna Weyant Becomes Youngest Artist to Join Gagosian Amid Rumors of Romantic Relationship". ARTnews.com. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  9. ^ "Meet the Youngest Artist Represented by Gagosian". Harper's BAZAAR. November 4, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  10. ^ Schultz, Abby. "Sotheby's Contemporary Sales Break Records, Realizing $283.4 Million". www.barrons.com. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  11. ^ Scott Reyburn (19 May 2022), Spring Auction Sales for Two Blockbuster Weeks Top $2.5 Billion New York Times.
  12. ^ Schultz, Abby. "Sotheby's Contemporary Sales Break Records, Realizing $283.4 Million". www.barrons.com. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  13. ^ Villa, Alex Greenberger,Angelica; Greenberger, Alex; Villa, Angelica (May 20, 2022). "Women Steal the Show at Sotheby's $283.4 M. Contemporary Art Sales". ARTnews.com. Retrieved May 20, 2022.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Crow, Kelly (June 18, 2022). "Three Years Ago, Her Art Sold for $400 at the Beach. Now It Fetches Up To $1.6 Million at Auction". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  15. ^ "Big Swiss". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  16. ^ "Anna Weyant Paints Figures of Playful Rebellion". Art of Choice. April 10, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  17. ^ "Loose Screw « Exhibitions « Blum & Poe". blumandpoe.com. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  18. ^ "CV « Anna Weyant « Artists « Blum & Poe". www.blumandpoe.com. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  19. ^ "Splinter « Exhibitions « Blum & Poe". www.blumandpoe.com. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  20. ^ "Anna Weyant: Baby, It Ain't Over Till It's Over, 980 Madison Avenue, New York, November 3–December 23, 2022". Gagosian. September 9, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  21. ^ "Meet the Youngest Artist Represented by Gagosian". Harper's BAZAAR. November 4, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  22. ^ "CV « Anna Weyant « Artists « Blum & Poe". www.blumandpoe.com. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  23. ^ Magazine, Smithsonian; Djinis, Elizabeth. "After Finding Fame on Instagram, Anna Weyant's Art Now Sells for Millions". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
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