Anita Huffington's history includes a long period in New
York City starting in the late fifties when she came to study dance with
Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham. She became acquainted with a circle of
artists of the New York School, such as Kline and de Kooning, as well as
a diverse and individualistic group of painters, sculptors, musicians, and
poets in this vital idealistic period. These experiences and her later choice
to live in the woods of the Arkansas Ozarks sowed the seeds for the sculpture
she makes in stone, bronze, wood, and mixed media. Her work reflects both
the world of art and the spirit of her life in the woods.
Huffington has exhibited her work continually since the mid-1970's
in various galleries, including eight one person shows at the O'Hara Gallery
in New York City. Her sculpture has also been featured at the Valley House
Gallery in Dallas, the Benton Gallery in South Hampton, the Triangle Gallery
in San Francisco, and the Louis Stern Gallery in West Hollywood. Her work
has been represented in diverse private and public collections and numerous
exhibitions including the Morris Museum of Art and the Columbus Museum
in Georgia, the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art and the Cummer Museum in Florida,
the Mississippi Museum of Art, the Arkansas Art Center, the Karla Scherer
Foundation in Michigan, the Crystal Bridges Museum in Arkansas,
and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. A monograph with
superb photographs by David Finn was published in 2007.
She has been awarded the Governor's Individual Artist Award (2005), the Jimmy Ernst Award in Art (the Academy of Arts and Letters, New York), a La Napoule Art Foundation Residency (La Napoule, France), and an Arkansas Arts Council fellowship recognizing artistic accomplishment.
“Huffington’s small bronzes and stone sculptures are based on ancient Greek marbles, but look as if their surfaces were dissolving to reveal tender archaic spirits living within the classical ideal. The fact that the artist lives and works in a cabin in the Ozarks can’t help but add to her work a further sense of mystery hiding under the ordinary.” -Holland Cotter, The New York Times, Art in Review
“…the real value in Huffington’s work is not so much the conscious expression of an idea, but rather the artist’s sensual feeling for each of her materials. There is a qualitative consistency to each, as well as a knowledge of body postures expressing subtle attitudes.” -Mike Solomon, The East Hampton Star
“Like fine poetry, the sculptures reflect an absence of guile and an appreciation of ambiguity. Observed from different angles, they present the viewer with an ever-changing panorama of questions and possibilities.” -Kathleen Harper, Little Rock Spectrum
“Huffington is an explorer who uses her knowledge, vision, and skill to discover and make very personal art. This art is universally demanding and captivating to all who are willing to feel and to respond to the unknown. Life is manifested in these worthy works; and the spirit beholds!” -Townsend Wolfe, former director, The Arkansas Arts Center
Selected One Person Exhibitions:
2012 "Color & Form," ACA Galleries, New York, NY
2010 "Silent Poems: The Sculpture of Anita Huffington," Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR
2009 "Earth and Sky," Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY
2008 "Anita Huffington: Selected Sculptures," Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY
2008 "Meanders," Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
2006 "From the Forest," Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY*
2004 "Light & Shadow: Alabaster/Bronze," Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY*
"The Elemental Nude," Morris Museum, Augusta, GA (June) and
Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR (September)*
2003 "Resonance," Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
2001 "Sources," Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY*
1999 "The Shape of Time...mixing memory& desire," Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY
"Ages," Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
1998 "Anita Huffington," Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 "Out of Time," University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
1996 "Ancestors," Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY
1994 "Earth Spirit," Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY
1990 "Demeter & Persephone,"Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR*
1989 "Of Goddesses," Benton Gallery, Southampton, NY
1986 "Stone Poems," Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX
1982 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
*Indicates that the exhibition was accompanied by a catalogue
Other Selected Exhibitions:
2014 "Anita Huffington Sculpture and Philip Morsberger Drawings Exhibition", Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
2014 "Philip Morsberger, Anita Huffington, Herman Maril: Three Charmed Artists," Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
2014 "Totems & Deities: The Sculpture of Herb Alpert & Anita Huffington," ACA Galleries, New York, NY
2011 "The Eye of the Beholder- Works by Philip Morsberger & Anita Huffington," Steffen Thomas Museum of Art, Madison, GA
2011 "Summer Group Exhibition," ACA Galleries, New York, NY
2011 "The Mind's Eye- Anita Huffington: Sculpture, Philip Morsberger: Paintings," The Valley House Gallery & Sculpture
Garden, Dallas, TX
2010 "Spirit and Substance- Philip Morsberger: Paintings, Anita Huffington: Sculpture," Aiken Center for the Arts,
Aiken, SC
2009-2010 "Dreams and Visions: Paintings of Philip Morsberger & Sculpture of Anita Huffington," The Fire House Gallery,
Louisville, GA
2009 "Spring Sculpture Invitational," Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009 "Donor's Reception," Morris Museum, Augusta, GA
2008 "From Paradigm to the Unexpected: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Shey
Collection," Harn Museum, Gainesvillle, FL
2008 "Terra Cognita," Morris Museum, Augusta, GA
2006 "Spotlight on Art,"Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
2006-2007 "The Art Show in Haverstraw," River Stone Arts, Haverstraw, NY
2005 Group Exhibitions,Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX, Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis,
TN and Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY
2004 "50th Anniversary Exhibition," Valley House Gallery, Dallas Texas
Summer Group Exhibition & Holiday Group Exhibition, Lisa Kurts Gallery,
Memphis, TN
2003 Group Exhibitions, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX & Lisa Kurts Gallery,
Memphis, TN
2002 Collector's Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Memphis, TN
2001 "Arkansas Masters," Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, AR
"Contemporary Sculpture Invitational," Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX
"40th Anniversary Exhibition," Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000-2002 "3 Sculptors," Triangle Gallery, San Francisco,CA
1999 "Director's Choice," Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 "The Figure in 20th Century Sculpture," Two Sculptors, Inc., New York, NY
"Body and Soul," Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL & Cummer Museum ofArt,
Jacksonville, FL
"The Figure: Invitational," Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX
1997 AmericanAcademy Invitational Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, American
Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
"Body and Soul," Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA & Mississippi Museumof Art,
Jackson, MS
Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members & Recipients of Honors &
Awards, American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
1995 Two person show, "Introductions VI, " Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
Three person show, "Trilogy," Louis Stern Gallery, West Hollywood,CA
1994 "40th Anniversary Exhibition," Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX
1992 Salon De Mars, Champ de Mars, Paris, France
1989 "Figure as Form," Benton Gallery, Southampton, NY
1988-92 "A Select Gathering," Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ
1982 Sculptural Arts Museum's Great Garden Sculpture Show, Atlanta, GA
1981-1983 Group Exhibitions, Harris Gallery, Houston,TX
1979-81 Delta Art Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Art Fairs:
ArtHamptons, Bridgehampton, NY
The Armory Show of Modern and Contemporary Art, New York City, NY
The Art Show at the Park Avenue Armory, New York City, NY
Art Miami, Miami, Florida
Houston Art Fair, Houston, TX
Selected Public Collections:
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
B. & B. Resources, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Gardere and Wynne, Dallas, Texas
Byer's Choice, Chalfont, Pennsylvania
Northwest National Bank, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Laureate Psychiatric Clinic, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Karla Scherer Foundation, Detroit, Michigan
University of Florida Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, Florida
Senator Blanche Lincoln's Office, Washington, DC (Loan)
Old Main, Fulbright College, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
James B. Blair Law Offices, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Mullins Library, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Washington Regional Medical Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Blair Library, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Morris Museum, Augusta, Georgia
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
Awards and Grants:
2014 Awarded Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree,University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (Letter of Nomination)
2005 Governor's Arts Awards, Individual Artist Award
1997 Jimmy Ernst Award in Art, American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
1996 La Napoule Art Foundation Residency, La Napoule,France
1992 Fellowship, awarded in recognition of artistic accomplishment, Arkansas Arts Council
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She has been awarded the Governor's Individual Artist Award (2005), the Jimmy Ernst Award in Art (the Academy of Arts and Letters, New York), a La Napoule Art Foundation Residency (La Napoule, France), and an Arkansas Arts Council fellowship recognizing artistic accomplishment.
“Huffington’s small bronzes and stone sculptures are based on ancient Greek marbles, but look as if their surfaces were dissolving to reveal tender archaic spirits living within the classical ideal. The fact that the artist lives and works in a cabin in the Ozarks can’t help but add to her work a further sense of mystery hiding under the ordinary.” -Holland Cotter, The New York Times, Art in Review
“…the real value in Huffington’s work is not so much the conscious expression of an idea, but rather the artist’s sensual feeling for each of her materials. There is a qualitative consistency to each, as well as a knowledge of body postures expressing subtle attitudes.” -Mike Solomon, The East Hampton Star
“Like fine poetry, the sculptures reflect an absence of guile and an appreciation of ambiguity. Observed from different angles, they present the viewer with an ever-changing panorama of questions and possibilities.” -Kathleen Harper, Little Rock Spectrum
“Huffington is an explorer who uses her knowledge, vision, and skill to discover and make very personal art. This art is universally demanding and captivating to all who are willing to feel and to respond to the unknown. Life is manifested in these worthy works; and the spirit beholds!” -Townsend Wolfe, former director, The Arkansas Arts Center
Selected One Person Exhibitions:
2012 "Color & Form," ACA Galleries, New York, NY
2010 "Silent Poems: The Sculpture of Anita Huffington," Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR
2009 "Earth and Sky," Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY
2008 "Anita Huffington: Selected Sculptures," Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY
2008 "Meanders," Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
2006 "From the Forest," Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY*
2004 "Light & Shadow: Alabaster/Bronze," Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY*
"The Elemental Nude," Morris Museum, Augusta, GA (June) and
Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR (September)*
2003 "Resonance," Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
2001 "Sources," Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY*
1999 "The Shape of Time...mixing memory& desire," Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY
"Ages," Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
1998 "Anita Huffington," Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 "Out of Time," University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
1996 "Ancestors," Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY
1994 "Earth Spirit," Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY
1990 "Demeter & Persephone,"Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR*
1989 "Of Goddesses," Benton Gallery, Southampton, NY
1986 "Stone Poems," Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX
1982 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
*Indicates that the exhibition was accompanied by a catalogue
Other Selected Exhibitions:
2014 "Anita Huffington Sculpture and Philip Morsberger Drawings Exhibition", Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
2014 "Philip Morsberger, Anita Huffington, Herman Maril: Three Charmed Artists," Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
2014 "Totems & Deities: The Sculpture of Herb Alpert & Anita Huffington," ACA Galleries, New York, NY
2011 "The Eye of the Beholder- Works by Philip Morsberger & Anita Huffington," Steffen Thomas Museum of Art, Madison, GA
2011 "Summer Group Exhibition," ACA Galleries, New York, NY
2011 "The Mind's Eye- Anita Huffington: Sculpture, Philip Morsberger: Paintings," The Valley House Gallery & Sculpture
Garden, Dallas, TX
2010 "Spirit and Substance- Philip Morsberger: Paintings, Anita Huffington: Sculpture," Aiken Center for the Arts,
Aiken, SC
2009-2010 "Dreams and Visions: Paintings of Philip Morsberger & Sculpture of Anita Huffington," The Fire House Gallery,
Louisville, GA
2009 "Spring Sculpture Invitational," Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009 "Donor's Reception," Morris Museum, Augusta, GA
2008 "From Paradigm to the Unexpected: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Shey
Collection," Harn Museum, Gainesvillle, FL
2008 "Terra Cognita," Morris Museum, Augusta, GA
2006 "Spotlight on Art,"Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
2006-2007 "The Art Show in Haverstraw," River Stone Arts, Haverstraw, NY
2005 Group Exhibitions,Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX, Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis,
TN and Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY
2004 "50th Anniversary Exhibition," Valley House Gallery, Dallas Texas
Summer Group Exhibition & Holiday Group Exhibition, Lisa Kurts Gallery,
Memphis, TN
2003 Group Exhibitions, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX & Lisa Kurts Gallery,
Memphis, TN
2002 Collector's Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Memphis, TN
2001 "Arkansas Masters," Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, AR
"Contemporary Sculpture Invitational," Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX
"40th Anniversary Exhibition," Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000-2002 "3 Sculptors," Triangle Gallery, San Francisco,CA
1999 "Director's Choice," Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 "The Figure in 20th Century Sculpture," Two Sculptors, Inc., New York, NY
"Body and Soul," Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL & Cummer Museum ofArt,
Jacksonville, FL
"The Figure: Invitational," Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX
1997 AmericanAcademy Invitational Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, American
Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
"Body and Soul," Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA & Mississippi Museumof Art,
Jackson, MS
Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members & Recipients of Honors &
Awards, American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
1995 Two person show, "Introductions VI, " Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
Three person show, "Trilogy," Louis Stern Gallery, West Hollywood,CA
1994 "40th Anniversary Exhibition," Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX
1992 Salon De Mars, Champ de Mars, Paris, France
1989 "Figure as Form," Benton Gallery, Southampton, NY
1988-92 "A Select Gathering," Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ
1982 Sculptural Arts Museum's Great Garden Sculpture Show, Atlanta, GA
1981-1983 Group Exhibitions, Harris Gallery, Houston,TX
1979-81 Delta Art Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Art Fairs:
ArtHamptons, Bridgehampton, NY
The Armory Show of Modern and Contemporary Art, New York City, NY
The Art Show at the Park Avenue Armory, New York City, NY
Art Miami, Miami, Florida
Houston Art Fair, Houston, TX
Selected Public Collections:
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
B. & B. Resources, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Gardere and Wynne, Dallas, Texas
Byer's Choice, Chalfont, Pennsylvania
Northwest National Bank, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Laureate Psychiatric Clinic, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Karla Scherer Foundation, Detroit, Michigan
University of Florida Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, Florida
Senator Blanche Lincoln's Office, Washington, DC (Loan)
Old Main, Fulbright College, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
James B. Blair Law Offices, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Mullins Library, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Washington Regional Medical Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Blair Library, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Morris Museum, Augusta, Georgia
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
Awards and Grants:
2014 Awarded Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree,University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (Letter of Nomination)
2005 Governor's Arts Awards, Individual Artist Award
1997 Jimmy Ernst Award in Art, American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
1996 La Napoule Art Foundation Residency, La Napoule,France
1992 Fellowship, awarded in recognition of artistic accomplishment, Arkansas Arts Council
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