A N N E T T E P O L A N

4719 30TH STREET, N.W. WASHINGTON, DC 20008 (202) 537-2908 [email protected] www.annettepolan.com

EMPLOYMENT 2013 - Principal Insight Institute www.insightinstitute.org 2009 - Corcoran College of Art at George Washington University, Professor Emerita 1980 – 2009 Corcoran College of Art + Design, Professor 2004 – 2007 Founder and Chair of Faces of the Fallen www.facesofthefallen.com 2008 – 2013 Principal CAPITAL ARTPORTS www.capitalartports.com

EDUCATION Corcoran College of Art+ Design of Art, Washington, DC, Tyler School of Art, , Drawing and Painting Ecole du Louvre, Paris, France, Art History Hollins University, Virginia, B.A., Art History

AWARDS 2018 Visual Voices Lecture, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 2015 – 2016 ARTCART, Research Center for Art and Culture, Columbia University 2011 Artist in Residence, The Highlands, North Carolina 2011 Distinguished Artist, Montgomery College 2010 Artist in Residence, Spring Island, South Carolina 2009 Professor Emerita, Corcoran College of Art at George Washington University 2008 Hollins University Distinguished Alumnae Award 2006 Department of Defense Outstanding Public Service Award 2006 Cosmos Club Award Nomination 2004 Mayor’s Award in the Arts, Honorable Mention 2002 Vermont Studio Center, Artist Residency, Johnson, Vt. 1999 Batuz Foundation, Société Imaginaire Program, Altzella, Germany 1998 Distinguished Alumnae Award, The Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 1993 D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities; Grants in Aid Award 1985 D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities; Grants in Aid Award

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 Willson Museum, Hollins University, roanoke VA 2005 Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Service, Washington DC 2004 Art Bus, Washington, DC 2004 Swiss and the Sublime, Embassy of Switzerland, Washington DC 2001 Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, W.Va 1998 Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland 1997 Gallery Samtuh, Seoul, Korea 1996 West Virginia Cultural Center, Charleston, West Virginia 1995 Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1992 Gustaf Nord, , Sweden Agardhs Galleriet, Bastad, Sweden 1990 Montrose Gallery, Fredricksburg, Virginia 1989 Marywood Museum of Art, Marywood College, Scranton, 1985 Wallace Wentworth Gallery, Washington, DC 1983 Foundry Gallery, Washington DC 1984

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2018 “Washington Women’s Art Center Exhibition” Alper Initiative, Katzen Art Gallery, American University, Washington DC curated by Françoise Yohalem 2016 “ARTCART” Katzen Art Gallery, American University, Washington DC 2013 “ Fear Strikes Back” DCAC, Washington DC curated by Helen Fredrick 2011 “10 Years After 9/11” Edison Place Gallery, Washington DC curated by Helen Fredrick and William Dunlap 2010 “Catalyst:The WPA at 35” Katzen Museum, Washington DC curated by JW Mahoney 2010 “PORTRAY” Addison Ripley Gallery, Washington DC curated by Frank Day 2009 “Forward Motion X4” Momento Gallery, Washington, DC curated by Vivienne Lassman 2009 “Movable Feast” Montgomery College, Rockville, MD curated by Percy North 2009 “Members Invitational Artists Select Artists”, Waverly Street Gallery, Bethesda, MD 2009 “Artists of the Cosmos”, Cosmos Club, Washington DC, Curated by Jack Rasmussen 2007 “Washington Women”, Osuna Gallery, Bethesda, MD 2002 “Artists’ Screens, Contemporary Perspectives” Washington DC, curated by Binnie Fry 2002 “Party Animals” An Exhibition of Washington Artists, D.C. Commission on Arts and Humanities, City of Washington DC 2002 “ An Odyssey, Into The Beyond” Corcoran Museum, Wash. DC 2001 “The Anne Barlow Show”, curated by Anne Barlow, The New Museum, MOCA/DC, Washington DC 2001 “Contemporary Realism: a Survey of Washington Area Artists”, F. Lennox Campello, Curator, The Athenaeum, Alexandria, Va 2001 “Through the Looking Glass”, The Octagon Museum, Vivienne Lassman Curator, Washington, DC 2001 “Self Portraits” Percy North, Curator, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD 2000 “Rockwellian Times”, Annie Gawlak, Curator, Gallery 57N Washington, DC 1999 "Manhattan Laundry Project" Washington, DC 1998 "Photo As Installation", MOCA DC, Washington, DC 1998 "West Virginia Artists: Where Are They Now", Sunrise Museum, Charleston, West Virginia 1995 "The Female Gaze, Four Women Look at Men," Montgomery College Art Gallery, Rockville MD. "Arts 901" Corcoran Faculty Exhibition, Jack Cowart Curator, Washington D.C. 1994 "Full Circle: Ten Washington Artists", Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, DC 1991-1998 "Annual Art Auction", Washington Project for the Arts, Wash., DC 1993 Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden 1993 “Portraits” Georgetown University, Washington DC Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden 1992 "Hemicycle", Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC "The Woman's Show", Curated for Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington, DC 1992 "Figure", Center Street Gallery, Manassas, VA 1992 Hollins College Sesquicentennial Exhibition, Ballator Gallery, Hollins College, VA Columbia Hospital for Women's 125th Anniversary Exhibition, Washington, DC 1990 "Work from La Napoule", Montrose Gallery, Fredricksburg, VA 1988 "Landscapes", Millbrook Gallery, Millbrook, NY American Drawing Biennial, Muscarelle Museum, Williamsburg, VA

ACTIVITIES 2013 CAPITAL ARTPORTS Presentation MI2 MedStar Innovation, Columbia MD 2013 CAPITAL ARTPORTS Workshop MedStar/Phillips Collection, Washington DC 2012 CAPITAL ARTPORTS Consultant MedStar Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University Medical Center Department of Dermatology 2007 Faculty, Executive Development Roundtable, International Women’s Forum 2007 Consultant on Innovation and Creativity, U.S. National Institute of Health 2007 Speaker Creating a Climate for Innovation, , International Women’s Forum Executive Development Roundtable, Chicago 2007 Juror, Bethesda Row Art Fair, Bethesda, MD 2007 Juror, Artist/Teacher… Past, Present and Future, George Mason University, VA 2006 Juror, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College, Pa. 2004- Chair and Organizer, “Faces of the Fallen”, Washington DC 2005 Keynote Speaker, Memorial Day Ceremonies, Women In Military Service of America Memorial, Gateway to Arlington Cemetery 2002 Panel, Women’s Caucus, College Art Association, Phila., PA 2000 Artist Talk, The Sulgrave Club, Washington, DC 2000 Artist Talk, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC 1998 Artist Talk, The Kreeger Museum. Washington, DC 1997 Guest Lecturer, Washington Society of Portraits Painters 1996 Guest Lecturer, National Trust, Sydney, Australia 1995 - 1998 Selection Panel for the U.S. Professor of the Year, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching 1993 Juror, 20th Anniversary Gala, Capitol Hill Arts League, Washington, D.C. 1993 Juror, Artist Equity Annual Member Show, Washington, DC 1993 Juror, "Self-Portraits", Capitol Hill Arts League, Washington , DC 1992 Juror, "Portraits", Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC 1992 Juror, "Interiors", Capitol Hill Arts League, Washington, DC 1991 Juror, Art League of Northern Virginia, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA 1990 Juror, "Big and Bold", Gallery 901, Washington, DC Presenter, Modern Artists' Materials and Their Conservation Implications, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,DC 1989 Guest Lecturer, "Contemporary American Portraiture", China and Japan 1996-2001 Vice President, Faculty Association, Corcoran College of Art and Design 1991-1992 Chairman, Corcoran School of Art Painting Department, Washington, DC 1990 Artist in Residence, Chateau de La Napoule, La Napoule, France 1988-1989 President, Faculty Association, Corcoran College of Art and Design 1988 Director, Corcoran Summer Program, La Napoule, France 1987 Visiting Artist, Landscape Painting Program, La Napoule, France 1986 Artist in Residence, Art Therapy Italia, Vignale Monferrato, Italy 1981 Visiting Artist, Corcoran Program in Maine ORGANIZATIONS Founder and Chair, Faces of the Fallen 2004-2007 Member Art Table Member International Women's Forum Member Cosmos Club, Washington DC Board of Advisors, Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran, Washington, DC (1995 -2001) Board of Directors, Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, Washington DC Board of Advisors, Washington Society of Portrait Painters. National Board of Advisors, The Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, Pa PUBLICATIONS Listed in: Who's Who in America Who's Who in the East Who's Who of American Artists Who's Who in American Women Dictionary of International Biography The World Who's Who of Women Cover Designer: Doers of the Word, by Carla L. Peterson, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995 Illustrator: Relearning the Dark, by Nan Fry, Washington Writers Publishing House, Washington, DC, 1991 Illustrator: Say What I Am Called, Selected Riddles from The Exeter Book, Sibyl-Child Press, Washington, DC, 1988

A N N E T T E P O L A N 4719 30TH STREET, NW WASHINGTON, DC 20008 (202) 537-2908 www.annettepolan.com [email protected]

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (Selected Commissions) American Pharmaceutical Association, Washington, DC The Baldwin School, Blair Stambaugh, Head of School, Bryn Mawr, Pa. Bergen Brunswick Corporation, Orange, California , Miriam Coffin Canaday Library, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania Commonweal Research Center, Bolinas, California, Michael Lerner, Founder Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York, Peter Tarnoff, President Council for Advancement and Support of Education (C.A.S.E.), Washington, DC The DC Commission on Arts and Humanities, Images of Washington The Episcopal Diocese of S.W. Virginia, Roanoke Virginia, Bishop Neff Powell The Federal Judicial Center, Honorable Rya Zobel, Director, Washington, DC The Fogel Foundation, Washington, DC Hill and Knowlton, Washington, D.C. Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia; Nancy O. Gray, President Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia; Nora Kizer Bell, President Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia; Wyndham Robertson, Robertson Library Huntington Museum, Huntington, West Virginia Ivy Club, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey Kent Manufacturing, Pickens, South Carolina Kiplin Hall Foundation, Yorkshire, England Miami City Ballet, Miami, Florida, Edward Villella, Director Minister Un Shin and Mrs Shin, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington, DC Merion Golf Club, Haverford, Pennsylvania National Drug Abuse Council, Washington, DC National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Paley Center for Media, Frank A. Bennack, Chairman, New York City Providence Hospital, Washington DC Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, Washington DC; Barbara Smith Coleman, Founder Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, Washington DC; Michael Lerner, Co- Founder Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, Washington DC; Shanti Norris, Founding Director U.S. Department of State, Art in Embassy Program U.S. Ambassadorial Residence, , Denmark U.S. Ambassadorial Residence, Suva, Fiji U.S. District Court, The District of Columbia, Chief Judge James Robertson U.S. League of Savings and Loan Associations, Washington, DC U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, DC; Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, DC; Mr. Mike Rodak, Clerk of the Court U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, DC; Mr Alexander Stevas, Clerk of the Court U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, DC; Mr. Joseph F. Spaniol, Clerk of he Court US Business Interiors, Largo, Maryland The Washington Convention Center The Washington Post, Washington, DC West Virginia State Capitol, Charleston, West Virginia, Governor Gaston Caperton West Virginia Council of Art and Humanities, Charleston, West Virginia Women in Military Service for America Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, Brigadier General (Ret.) Wilma Vaught

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS (Selected Commissions) Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Abramson, Washington, D.C. Mr. and Mrs. James Adams, Cabin John, Maryland Mr. and Mrs. Per-Olof Ambjornson, Sweden Mr and Mrs. Richard Barush, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania Mr. And Mrs. Frank A Bennack Jr., NYC Mr. and Mrs. Bolen-Moller, Stockholm, Sweden Mr. and Mrs. Dixon Butler, Washington, DC Honorable Gaston Caperton , West Virginia, NYC Mr. and Mrs. Edward Carr, Potomac Maryland Mr. Lynn Coleman and Sylvia DeLeon, Washington, DC Mr. and Mrs. Glen Cunningham, Temecula, California M. and Mme.Jean-Jacques de Dardell, Counsellor of the Embassy of Switzerland, Washington, DC Mr. and Mrs. Michael Deland, Boston, Massachusetts Mr. and Mrs Christopher De Muth, McLean, Virginia Hon. Andreas Eckman and Anita Nasstrom Eckman, Swedish Consul, Los Angeles, California Dr. Craig Feied and Julie Feied, Bethesda, Maryland; Portland, Oregon Stephanie Gallo and Christopher Tyler, Modesto, California A. Fredrick Gerstell, Beverly Hills, California Gretchen Long Glickman, New York, New York Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Goldberg, The Artery Collection, Bethesda MD Lilianna Gonzalez, San Juan, Puerto Rico Mr. and Mrs. Sverker Hogberg, Stockholm, Sweden Dr. Hugh Hill and Dr. Sandy Read-Hill, Bethesda, Maryland Ben and Giselle Huberman, Potomac, Maryland Cheryl and Jeffery Jalbert, Charleston and Kiawah Island, South Carolina Honorable and Mrs. Eric Jannerfeldt, Stockholm, Sweden James Johnson and Maxine Isaacs, Washington, DC Martha Landsman, San Antonio, Texas Diane and John Lenahan, Scranton, Pennsylvania Frances and Sidney Lewis, Richmond, Virginia Mr. Leslie Lipschitz and Ms. Susan Schadler,Washington, DC Dr. and Mrs. Anders Martensson, Djursholm, Sweden Anne and Alan B. Morrison, Washington, DC Mr. and Mrs. John Murray, Manhattan, Kansas Mr. John O'Connor and the Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor, Washington, DC Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Pegden, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania Bishop and Mrs. Neff Powell, Eugene, Oregon Ellen Ranzman and Dan Katz, Bethesda, Maryland Mr. and Mrs N. Lewis Rawlings, St. Davids, Pennsylvania Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Robertson, Washington, DC Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Sagalyn, Washington, DC Mr. Carleton Swift, Washington , DC Mr. Ulf Sundberg, Stockholm, Sweden Mr. and Mrs Michael Waitzkin, Floyd, Va Mr. and Mrs Arthur Weisburg, Huntington, W. Va Mr. and Mrs. Bjorn van Malmborg, Madrid and Halmstad, Sweden JoAnn Zuercher and Glen Reichardt , Bethesda, Maryland