About Me
Biography
Annalee Schorr was born in Pueblo, Colo., in 1940. When she moved to England with her husband and two children in 1967, her world broadened, and she immersed herself in art and history.
When she returned to the States, she intended to pursue a career in environmental activism. However, on a whim she took an art class, and serendipity took over. She began painting 20 hours every week, and despite having no formal art training, landed her first solo exhibit at Denver’s Brena Gallery in 1978. Since then, Annalee has maintained a steady art career, and in her free time travels the world extensively (48 countries so far).
My Work
Usually optical and kinetic—and sometimes political—my art always centers on pattern, geometry and grids. Though the true creativity of my art lies in the concept, it is also imbued with movement and charged with emotion. I play with optics to enhance the viewing experience: color, line, contrast, material, etc. One hallmark of my work is the mixing of usual and unusual materials, among them duct tape, plexiglass, and saran wrap, and though I don’t call myself a photographer, I often use photography for major projects.
Read about me in the news here! DARIA Magazine. Spring 2025. Artist Profile. Annalee Schorr: Taking Her Time https://www.dariamag.com/home/annalee-schorr
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Select Solo Exhibitions
2025 "Now & Then New Work/Older Work", Spark Gallery, Denver
2024
"Magnetic/Geometric," Spark Gallery, Denver
2023
"Mirror Mirror On the Wall" Spark Gallery, Denver
2022
“Emergency!” Spark Gallery, Denver
2021
“Tape-estry” Spark Gallery, Denver
“Serendipity” Spark Gallery, Denver
2020
“State of the Union: Democracy/Emergency” Spark Gallery, Denver
Yearly solo exhibits at Spark Gallery (1985- 2020)
2000
“Homeless in Denver” Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, Denver
1999
“Without a Home” Stables Center for the Arts, Taos NM
1997
“Gridlock” OZ Architecture, Denver
1991
“AIDS: A Family Member’s View,” Foothills Arts Center, Golden CO
1988
Gensler & Associates, Denver
1980
Foothills Arts Center, Golden CO
1978
Jerome Gallery, Aspen CO
Brena Gallery, Denver
Select Group Exhibitions
2026 "Welcome Back" RiNo Art District's 20th Anniversary Exhibition Denver CO
2026 "Annual Spark Members' Show Volume 1" Spark Gallery Denver CO
2025
"80-Something" Niza Knoll Gallery Santa Fe Arts District Denver CO
2024
"Wrapped in Meaning" (2 person exhibit), The Lincoln Center, Ft. Collins, CO
2023 "Eyes Wide Shut: Visual Meditation on the AIDS Plague.” McNichols Civic Center Building, Denver
“Women Artists, Women Poets: A Collaboration.” Lone Tree Arts Center, Centennial CO
2021
"Uncanny Times.” Artnauts 25th Anniversary Exhibit; Seidel City, Boulder CO
“Without Borders.” Artnauts Exhibit, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, Wales
2022
“Art of the State,” Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada CO
“(In)divisible, Artnauts Exhibition.” Dar al-Kaliam Univ., Bethlehem, Palestine
“New Directions, Artnauts Exhibition.” Sarajevo, Bosnia
2020
“Vote No Vote.” Bell Project, Denver
2019
"Patternality.” Republic Plaza, Denver
2018
“Political B.S.” ArtGym, Denver
2016
"Pattern Makers.” 30th Anniversary Show, Pattern Shop Studio, Denver
2013
“Maybe the best ironton group show in recent memory.” Ironton Gallery, Denver
2012
“Icebreaker3.” Ice Cube Gallery, Denver
2010
“Mix: CVA + Santa Fe Arts District.” Metropolitan State Univ. of Denver’s Center for the Visual Arts
2009
"Common Box Project.” Abecedarian Gallery, Denver
“Best of 2009 Santa Fe Arts District.” 910eventgallery
2008
“Politics of War.” Core New Art Space, Denver
Collectors
Denver Art Museum
Univ. of Wyoming Art Museum
Spectrum Communications, Greenwood Village CO
Jones Intercable, Denver
Southern Utah State College
Qwest
Littleton Colorado Hospital
Jackson National Insurance, Lansing MI