photo by
Ron Murray
Annie
Buckley is an artist, writer, editor, and educator based
in Los Angeles. Her work has been included in exhibitions
since 1990 and she is the author of a book of short stories,
Navigating Ghosts, and a novel, Psychic Outlaws, that will
be published in September 2010 with an exhibition at Luckman
Fine Arts.
Annie's
photographic collages and text-based works explore relationships
between language and image and are influenced by psychology,
presence, and intersections in Eastern and Western philosophies.
Her work is represented in Los Angeles at Jancar Gallery
where she had a solo show in November 2009.
Annie's
writing about contemporary art appears on Artforum.com and
in magazines including Art in America, Make Magazine,
Craft Magazine, GLASS, and Wild Blue Yonder.
From 2008-9, Annie was editor-in-chief of Artweek and
she has edited books, essays, and curricula for a variety
of clients.
Annie
has written progressive curricula in the arts and yoga and
is the author of nonfiction books for children including
the Kids Yoga Deck and Once Upon a Time Creative
Writing Fun for Kids (Chronicle Books 2003 and 2004)
and numerous non-fiction and reference books for school
and library publishers.
Annie
has taught and lectured at several schools and universities,
including UCLA Graduate School of Education, San Francisco
Art Institute, and Los Angeles Valley College. She received
a BA with Academic Honors from UC Berkeley in 1990 and an
MFA from Otis College of Art and Design in 2003.
