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  • Anne Colvin

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    Anne Colvin is, in the words of Chuck Mobley, "San Francisco's favorite Scottish artist." Anne has recently shown at David Cunningham Projects, San Francisco; Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York; Post, LA and Artistspace, London, amongst others. Recent curatorial projects include TART, which was invited to participate in X-Initiative's No Soul For Sale festival of independents, New York; "The Colony Room" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club" at New Langton. Upcoming shows include "Long Play: Bruce Conner and the Singles Collection" at SFMOMA and "Chain Reaction 11" at SFAC Gallery. She will be programmer-in-residence at the UC Berkeley Art Museum from February to June 2010.

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