Artists

Anita Sue Kolman Gallery

Primary Medium: Multi-Media
Other Mediums: None

The Gallery:

Bright with excitement, fun and energy, the Anita Sue Kolman Gallery invites a thought provoking experience. We provide stimulating art in a warm and friendly setting. Introducing a host of new ideas, fresh work and creative people, we’re bold, passionate and spontaneous about art.

Focusing on exhibiting work created by local Minnesota artists, we encourage our clients and gallery artists to interact. Artists are on hand to meet and greet visitors to the gallery. These meetings facilitate unique connections between artist and collector. Art talks to all of us in very special ways, and we strive to present art that our clients will enjoy for many years to come. We invite you to experience the difference.

Gallery Principals:

Anita Sue Kolman, Gallery Owner

Anita Sue Kolman has been connecting art lovers with artists since 2001. For nine years, she worked as an Artist Representative without a dedicated space. She introduced artists and their art to potential buyers in artists’ studios and art lovers’ homes and businesses. Anita founded the Anita Sue Kolman Gallery in the Northrup King Building in November 2010, with the goal of even more effectively facilitating artistic connections.

Her previous experiences with art include volunteering as a docent at the University of Minnesota’s Weisman Art Museum and serving as a “Picture Person” explaining art to young children in my local school district. Kolman’s immersion into the world of art wasn’t direct. Prior to starting her business as an Artist Representative, she was engaged in the world of sociology. Although she enjoyed these professional experiences, her volunteer activities slowly convinced her that her passion was art. The power of art to inspire and excite all kinds of emotions and ideas deeply resonated with Kolman. This realization really took hold one day when an artist friend of mine sensed her frustration and said, “Why don’t you help me sell my art?” That rewarding experience and many more like it over the past 10 years has now resulted in the Anita Sue Kolman Gallery.

Patrick Kemal Pryor, Curator

Patrick Kemal Pryor exhibits his artworks at the Anita Sue Kolman Gallery, and he am also the chief curator. As curator, Pryor select artists’ work for scheduled exhibitions, and organize group shows with the diverse works of our principal gallery artists.

For five years Patrick Kemal Pryor had his own gallery/studio where he worked and exhibited his works and the works of others to the public. Through this experience, he cultivated a curatorial style informed by his interest in color, design principles, and in guiding and enhancing the visitor’s visual experience. He strives for a balance between the stark-white gallery cube and an inviting warm space that welcomes the viewer.

The Anita Sue Kolman Gallery will be offering exhibitions of Minnesota artists whose work exhibits a strong commitment to their practice.

Studio Number: 395
Phone: (952) 929-6934
Website: http://www.askanita.com
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Open First Thursdays? Yes
Open for Art Attack? Yes
Open for Art-A-Whirl? Yes
Hours: Saturday, Noon - 4:00 PM