photo by
Ron Murray
Annie
Buckley is an artist, writer, editor, and educator based
in Los Angeles. Her photographic and text collages explore the uncany and relationships between interiority and exteriority; her work is represented by Jancar Gallery in Los Angeles. Annie is also the author of a book of short stories,
Navigating Ghosts, published by Nothing Moments in 2007 and distributed by Ram Publications, and the novel Psychic Outlaws, published
by Luckman Gallery in 2010 with an exhibition based
on the novel and available as an ebook on Amazon.com.
Annie's writing about
contemporary art appears regularly on Artforum.com and
is published by several magazines including Art in America, Make Magazine,
Craft Magazine, GLASS, Artillery, and A&U. From 2008-9, she was editor-in-chief of Artweek and since
July of 2009, she has curated "On Seeing", an
online exhibition series hosted by The Huffington Post. She has also written numerous catalgoue essays for gallery and museum exhibitions.
Annie has worked as an educational consultant and curriculum author specializing in non-traditional and interdisciplinary approaches that integrate critical and creative thinking. She is also the author of more than 20 books for children and adolescents. Her how-to books for children,
published by Chronicle Books, have been recommended by publications
including the Los Angeles Times, Child Magazine, New
York Times, and Family Fun Magazine. Look for her new picture book, The Breathing Bridge, due from Brighter Books in December 2012.
As of September 2011, Annie is an Assistant Professor of Visual Studies at California State University,
San Bernardino. Previously, she taught for UCLA's Teach LA/Teach Compton, UCLA Graduate School of Education, and Los Angeles
Valley College, in addition to teaching elementary and high school students. She has given lectures and workshops at universities and community centers including the San Francisco Art Institute, Skirball Cultural Center, and Otis College of Art and Design. Annie is a credentialed teacher and received a BA with
academic honors from UC Berkeley in 1990 and MFA from
Otis College of Art and Design in 2003.
