"The Shed" at w-10 gallery at florida international university
About
BIO
Anna Goraczko is a visual artist living and working in her native Miami, FL.
Currently a candidate for the Master of Fine Arts program at Florida International University, Anna is studying the use of painting and dyeing fibers to create works exploring the dynamics between colors and the potential for expanding upon themes of the self, objectivity, and spirituality.
Anna received a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Florida International University in 2008. She earned a certificate in Drawing and Painting from Parsons School of Design (The New School) in New York City, participating in their summer intensive studies program. She was awarded the Betty Laird Perry Purchase Award from The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum. After graduation she moved to Chicago, IL where she lived and worked for 8 years, 6 of which she gained museum management experience at Shedd Aquarium in downtown Chicago.
Her work has been exhibited in Miami, New York, Chicago, Miami Beach, Little Haiti and Aventura in various solo, duo, and group shows.
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EDUCATION
Florida International University, Miami, FL
Master of Fine Arts Candidate, Studio Art Class of 2020
Florida International University, Miami, FL
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2008
Minor in Art History
Dean’s List
Parsons School of Design/New School, New York, NY
Summer Intensive Studies, Drawing and Painting, 2005
AWARDS
Betty Laird Perry Purchase Award, Frost Art Museum, 2007
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, North Miami, FL
Instructor
MOCA Makers Workshop: Fabric Art inspired by Jae Jarrell, 2019
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
W-10 Gallery, FIU, Miami, FL
"178th Street", Solo Show of Anna Goraczko
Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL
Ghosts of LB, Fiber exhibition by Pip Brant
PAST EXHIBITIONS
The Log Cabin, Biscayne Park, FL
3rd Annual Village of Biscayne Park Art Show, 2019
The Atlantic Hotel & Spa, Fort Lauderdale, FL
ArtServe: The Collection at The Atlantic, 9/2018-2/2019
ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, FL
12 To See, August 2018
Ker Gallery, Doral, FL
A Look Inside, June-October 2018
Serendipity Labs, Aventura, FL
Harumi Abe and Anna Goraczko (Duo Show), May-July 2018
Laundromat Art Space, Little Haiti, Miami, FL
The Variety Show, 2018
W-10 Gallery, FIU, Miami, FL
Cyberspace, 2018
W-10 Gallery, FIU, Miami, FL
Exhibition Coordinator, Politics, 2018
W-10 Gallery, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Word Play, 2017
Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL
Clive King Intuitive Drawing Workshop, 2017
Roman Susan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Surrounded, 2013
Common Cup Gallery, Chicago, IL
Artist of the Month, December 2012
Rogers Park Lakefront, Chicago, IL
Art on the Wall Festival, June 2012
Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Florida International University
BFA Spring Show, 2007