Theresa Anderson

About the Artist

Theresa Anderson recently completed a two-year residency as a resource artist at Redline Denver. Her work centers around concepts dealing with conflict, and/ or, oppositional categories, and recitations on agency and inadequacy. Anderson exhibits nationally and internationally at such venues as the 2013 and 2015 Biennial of the Americas, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver Art Museum, Soo Visual Art Center in Minneapolis, MCA Denver, and Gray Contemporary in Houston where she is currently represented.

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    Theresa Anderson
    2014-15
    detail from installation an energetic defense system/ sites of pressure and pleasure/ to make more present/ gather energy from the soft fleshy floor/ objects too have agency/ for touching/ pile driver/ light as a feather stiff as a board
    carpet fibers, pantyhose, pillow soft foam, assorted paint, down feathers, reclaimed wood, straps, plaster
    curated by Mardee Goff; a site-responsive installation commissioned by the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

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    Theresa Anderson
    2014-15
    detail from performance light as a feather stiff as a board
    part of the installation an energetic defense system/ sites of pressure and pleasure/ to make more present/ gather energy from the soft fleshy floor/ objects too have agency/ for touching carpet fibers, pantyhose, pillow soft foam, assorted paint, down feathers, reclaimed wood, straps, plaster, digital drawing on upholstery weight textile, 6 performers, time variable
    curated by Mardee Goff; a site-responsive installation commissioned by the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

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    Theresa Anderson
    2014-15
    detail from installation an energetic defense system/ sites of pressure and pleasure/ to make more present/ gather energy from the soft fleshy floor/ objects to have agency/ for touching/ wallpaper for touching
    digital drawing on upholstery weight textile
    curated by Mardee Goff; a site-responsive installation commissioned by the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

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    Theresa Anderson
    2014-15
    detail from installation an energetic defense system/ sites of pressure and pleasure/ to make more present/ gather energy from the soft fleshy floor/ objects to have agency/ for touching/ light as a feather stiff as a board
    carpet fibers, assorted paint, reclaimed wood, straps
    curated by Mardee Goff; a site-responsive installation commissioned by the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

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    Theresa Anderson
    2014-15
    detail from installation an energetic defense system/ sites of pressure and pleasure/ to make more present/ gather energy from the soft fleshy floor/ objects to have agency/ for touching/ object for touching
    assorted paint, feathers, pantyhose, reclaimed wood, straps
    curated by Mardee Goff; a site-responsive installation commissioned by the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

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    Theresa Anderson
    2014-15
    detail from installation an energetic defense system/ sites of pressure and pleasure/ to make more present/ gather energy from the soft fleshy floor/ objects to have agency/ for touching/ object for touching
    assorted paint, feathers, pantyhose, reclaimed wood, straps
    curated by Mardee Goff; a site-responsive installation commissioned by the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

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    Theresa Anderson
    2016
    12/ sack
    pigmented foam, rubber, pantyhose, wood dowel

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    Theresa Anderson
    2016
    13/ sack
    pigmented foam, rubber, pantyhose, wood dowel

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    Theresa Anderson
    2016
    17/ sack
    pigmented foam, rubber, pantyhose, wood dowel

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    Theresa Anderson
    2016
    15/ sack
    pigmented foam, rubber, pantyhose, wood dowel