Ana V. Fleming (b. 1994)
Based in Central Illinois, USA
Education
2021 – M.F.A. in Studio Art (Painting + Drawing), University of Notre Dame
2017 – B.A. in English (Honors with High Distinction), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Residencies
2019 – Kylemore Abbey Global Center Graduate Artist Residency, Dublin & Connemara, Ireland
Selected professional appointments
2023-Present – Director of Community Engagement, Galesburg Community Arts Center, Galesburg, IL
2023-2024 – Instructor, Drawing Studio (Online), Ball State University, Muncie, IN (FA23, SP24)
2022-2023 – Assistant Teaching Professor of Art, Foundations + Drawing, Ball State University, Muncie, IN (Fall 2022: Drawing Studio [Foundations]; Drawing: The Figure; Drawing: Intermediate Figure; Drawing: Narrative + Metaphor; Spring 2023: Drawing Studio [Foundations]; Drawing: The Figure; Painting: Introduction; Drawing: Experimental Figure)
2022 – Adjunct Faculty, Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL (Summer 2022, ART120: Drawing 1; Spring 2022, ART111: Two-Dimensional Design)
2021-2022 – Affiliate (Adjunct) Faculty, Bradley University, Peoria, IL (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Drawing Studio I-II; Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Intermediate + Advanced Drawing I-II)
2019-2021 – Instructor of Record, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN; Fall 2019 – Spring 2021, Drawing I (both in-person + hybrid instruction)
2019 – Teaching Assistant, Drawing I, Spring 2019, under Martin Lam Nguyen, C.S.C., University of Notre Dame
2018 – Teaching Assistant, Painting I (oil), Fall 2018, under Maria Tomasula, University of Notre Dame
Selected Exhibition Record
2026 – Forthcoming – 2-person Exhibition: Ana V. Fleming + Liz Johnson, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, Peoria, IL
2026 – Forthcoming – 2-person Exhibition: Ana V. Fleming + Whitney Johnson-Lessard, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
2025 – GCAC Staff Exhibition: Jason Connell, Tuesday Çetin, Zoe Rose Schmidt-Feenstra, Julie S. Davis, and Ana V. Fleming, Galesburg Community Arts Center, Galesburg, IL
2025 – Birds of a Feather: Hattie Lee Mendoza, Lisa Nelson Raabe, Whitney Johnson-Lessard, Nichole Gronvold-Roller, Rose Hubbard, and Ana V. Fleming, Peoria Public Library – Main Branch, Peoria, IL
2024 – Heatwave, dodomu gallery, Brooklyn, New York [Online Exhibition] https://www.dodomugallery.com/exhibitions/heatwave-2024
2024 – Members & Friends 2024, Galesburg Community Arts Center, Galesburg, IL
2024 – 64 Arts, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL (nationally competitive), Juror: Joshua Johnson, Co-Senior Curator, Figge Art Museum (awarded Best in Show)
2024 – *Ana V. Fleming: until the darkness, Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, IL
2023 – Members & Friends 2023, Galesburg Community Arts Center, Galesburg, IL
2023 – GALEX 56, Galesburg Community Arts Center, Galesburg, IL (nationally competitive) Juror: Claire Ashley
2023 – Color Field: Blue, dodomu gallery, Brooklyn, New York [Online Exhibition]
2022 – JUICEBOX, Fresh Salad Art, Hybrid Online + Gallery Exhibit, RuptureXIBIT, Hampton Wick, London, UK
2022 – *The days no longer recognize us, Foster Gallery, FUMC, Peoria, Illinois
2021 – Charity Y-Art Sale + Exhibit II: LULA Peoria, Project 1612, Peoria + Morton, IL
2021 – Deep Within, Gristle Art Gallery, Brooklyn, New York [Online Exhibition] https://www.gristleartgallery.com/deep-within.html
2021 – Out the Other Side (Faculty Exhibition), Heuser Art Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2021 – Into the Chthulucene: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2020 – New Perspectives in Drawing + Painting, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, MO [Online Exhibition] Juror: Justin Henry Miller, https://www.stlouisartistsguild.org/new-perspectives-in-drawing-and-painting
2020 – Art in the Time of Quarantine, The Art Center Highland Park, IL [Online Exhibition], https://theartcenterhp.org/art-in-the-time-of-quarantine
2020 – Charity Y-Art Sale + Exhibit I: PGoBA, Project 1612, Peoria, IL
2020 – Convergences, Solarium Gallery, The Graduate School, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (juried)
2020 – In the Wake Of (2nd Year MFA Show), A/AH/D Gallery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2019 – Immersion, Kylemore Abbey Global Center, Connemara, Ireland
2019 – Selected Works, Happy Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019 – Piece of Mind, Peoria Public Library, Main Branch Gallery, Peoria, IL
2018 – New Faces (First Year MFA Show), A/AH/D Gallery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2018 – Unseen Voices, Foster Gallery, FUMC, Peoria, IL
2018 – *Ana V. Fleming: Into the Chthulucene, Ear in the Envelope, Peoria, IL
2018 – Nefelibata, Union Street Gallery, Indiana University, Kokomo, IN
2018 – The Paint Room, Center Gallery, Studios on Sheridan, Peoria, IL
2018 – February Flowers, Persimmon Lofts, Peoria, IL
2017 – Resident Show, featuring resident artists of the Studios on Sheridan, Center Gallery, Sunbeam Building, Peoria, IL
2017 – Figuration, UIUC Life Drawing Club, [co][lab], Urbana, IL
AWARDS + NOMINATIONS
2024 – Best in Show, 64 Arts, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Juror: Joshua Johnson
2021 – Striving for Excellence in Teaching Certificate, Kaneb Center for Teaching + Learning, University of Notre Dame
2020 – Graduate Student Research Award, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, University of Notre Dame
2020 – Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship Nominee – Painting, University of Notre Dame
2019 – Kylemore Abbey Global Center Graduate Artist Residency, July 2019, Dublin & Connemara, Ireland, https://kylemore.nd.edu/news-stories/news/kylemore-abbey-residency/
2018–2021 – Full tuition waiver and graduate stipend, Dept. of Art, Art History, & Design, University of Notre Dame
2019 – Graduate Student Professional Development Award, University of Notre Dame
2017 – Stevick Foundation – Excellence in Humanities/FAA Research, Outstanding, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2017 – Donald Smalley Thesis Award, Dept. of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2016 – Raymond Seng Scholarship, Dept. of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2016 – E. Veda Streitmatter & Arlys Conrad Scholarship, Dept. of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
CURATORIAL + Presentations + publications
2024 – “Inland Art: Reading into it with Ana V. Fleming” by Nichole Gronvold-Roller, The Community Word, October 23, 2024
2023 – Artist Talk, After School Matters Program, in partnership with the Chicago Mosaic School (Instructor: Cassandra Schifano), November 4, 2023
2022 - (As author) “Strange & Sessile Liveliness: Vegetal Possibility in Art, Speculative Fiction, and Philosophy,” Hyphen Journal Issue 3.1: Ecologies, Spring 2022 University of Westminster, UK, CREAM - http://hy-phen.space/journal/issue-3-1/strange-and-sessile-liveliness/ 2022 - Guest Juror, Illinois Valley Community College Student Exhibition, April 23, 2022 2021 - Panelist, Philosophise Like a Plant: Thinking in Transversal and Vegetal Modes, with Hanjo Berressem, Professor of American Studies at the University of Cologne, and researcher Uriel Orlow, University of Westminster, 14 December 2021
2021 – (As author) “Into the Chthulucene,” by Ana V. Fleming, MFA Graduate Thesis Paper, University of Notre Dame, Department of Art, Art History, + Design, Hesburgh Library, https://onesearch.library.nd.edu/permalink/f/tgve9/ndu_aleph006013086
Small gouache study by Ana V. Fleming (2025)
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