ABOUT
Anelecia lives and paints in the Pacific Northwest.
Born in Kent, Washington July 12, 1985.
EDUCATION
2017 Master of Fine Arts in Painting, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2006 - 09 Private study with Bo Bartlett
2005 One year Intensive Drawing Certificate, Florence Academy of Fine Art, Florence, Italy
2005 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 - 17 Heritage
Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
2015 Keeping Time
WaterWorks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2014 Broken Things
Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery, Hartsville, SC
2006 Anelecia Hannah (Solo Exhibition)
Gage Academy of Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2005 Anelecia Hannah (Solo Exhibition)
SPAC Gallery, Seattle, WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Pacific Northwest Parables (With Charles Philip Brooks)
WaterWorks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
116th Annual Student Exhibition
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Winter Show
GreenHill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
2016 The Crayon Show
Oxford Arts Alliance, Oxford, PA
The Light By Which We See
Andalusia, Milledgeville, GA
2015 152nd Small Oil Painting Exhibition
Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Seattle Pacific University Alumni Exhibition
SPAC Gallery, Seattle, WA
Artfields
Artfields, Lake City, SC
2014 Women Painting Women: Pay it Forward
Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Let There Be Art
Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA
Into That Darkness Peering
Edgar Allen Poe Museum, Richmond, VA
Painting the Enchanted Garden
Edgar Allen Poe Museum, Richmond, VA
2013 About Face
S.P.A.C.E Gallery, Savannah, GA
2012 Tiny, Small, Diminutive and Delectable
Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
10x10x10xTieton
Tieton, WA
You and I (with Charles Philip Brooks)
Ignition Gallery, Vashon, WA
Works on Paper
Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2011
Small Works
Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Fine Art Fair
Represented by Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Art Chicago
Represented by Hespe Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 New Artists, New Work
Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Self Absorbed
SPAC Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 Annual Student Exhibition
Helen S. Smith Gallery, Auburn, WA
2003 Annual Student Exhibition
Helen S. Smith Gallery, Auburn, WA
COLLECTIONS
The Edgar Allan Poe Museum, Richmond VA
PUBLICATIONS (click article title to read)
2016 Galer, Lele. "Art Watch: The Magic of Crayons." The Times of Chester County (print) and
ChaddsFordLive.com, February 16, 2016.
Chambless, John. "Artists Use the Humble Crayon in New Exhibit at Oxford Arts Alliance."
Chester County Press (print) and ChesterCounty.com, February 22, 2016.
Powell, Vic. "The Light By Which We See: Andalusia Farm hosts art exhibition." Milledgeville Scene,
Winter 2016. pp 14-19.
Wylie, Elizabeth. The Light By Which We See. (Exhibition catalogue). Milledgeville: The Flannery
O'Connor - Andalusia Foundation, 2014.
2015 “Anelecia Hannah Brooks” (featured artist). Limestone: Art. Prose. Poetry. Lexington:
University of Kentucky. Fall 2015.
Escudero, Nicki. “Anelecia Hannah Brooks: Keeping Time.” American Art Collector. May 2015. p 120-121.
Carlson, Jeffrey. "Anelecia Hannah Brooks: Keeping Time." FineArt Daily, FineArtConnoisseur.com,
May 2015.
Johnson, Anna. Anelecia Hannah Brooks: Keeping Time. (Exhibition catalogue). Friday Harbor:
WaterWorks Gallery, 2015.
2014 Carlson, Jeffrey. “Anelecia Hannah Brooks: More Than Realism.” FineArt Daily, FineArtConnoisseur.com, September 18, 2014.
Carlson, Jeffrey. “How Artists and Galleries are Paying It Forward.” FineArt Daily,
FineArtConnoisseur.com, September 11, 2014.
Carlson, Jeffrey. “Contemporary Painters Get Gloomy with Edgar Allan Poe.” FineArt Daily,
FineArtConnoisseur.com, April 14, 2014.
Notess, Hannah. “Our Last Summer of Girlhood.” Response Magazine, Spring 2014. back cover.
Lackey, Lindsay. Into That Darkness Peering. (Exhibition catalogue). Richmond: Edgar Allan Poe
Museum, 2014.
2013 Hersh, Allison. “Art and Soul: Artists use Faces as Focal Point.” Savannah Morning News, 21 July, 2013.
Dawers, Bill. “Unplugged: New Group Show Explores Contemporary Portraiture.” Savannah Morning
News, 18 July, 2013.
Malafronte, Allison. “Currently on View: ‘About Face.’” Fine Art Connoisseur, 15 July, 2013.
2012 "IGNITION Gallery 'You and I: Anelecia Hannah and Charles Philip Brooks.'” The Vashon Loop, June 7,
2012. p 13.
Shepherd, Elizabeth. "First Friday: Enjoy a grand opening, gourds, paintings on silk and more." Vashon-
Maury Island Beachcomber, May 29, 2012.
2011 Knudsen, Stephen. "Studying Under A Maestro: The Unique Relationship of Anelecia Hannah and Her
Mentor Bo Bartlett." Professional Artist Magazine, Dec. 2011 and Jan. 2012. pp 24-27. 2010
2010 Hession, Stephanie. "New Artists, New Work: show at Hespe Gallery.” San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Dec.,
2010.
2009 Henry, Dusty. "Artists Showcase Newfound Identity". The Falcon, 7 Oct., 2009.
ACADEMIC
2018 Adjunct Professor, Seattle Pacific University