born: Altus, Oklahoma, 1966. 

s e l e c t e d   o n e - p e r s o n   e x h i b i t i o n s

• 2025‍ ‍
  Anne Lilly: REVERB, Storefront Art Projects, Watertown, MA.
  Mind the Gap., Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA.

• 2024‍
  ‍Quiet Cosmogony, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA.

• 2022‍ ‍
  Steady States, Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA.

• 2021‍‍ ‍
  Events in a Field, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA.

• 2020‍ ‍
  New Work, Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA.

• 2019‍ ‍
  Abstractus, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA.

• 2017‍ ‍
  Seattle Art Fair, Sponder Gallery, Boca Raton, FL.
  To See, curated by John Guthrie, VERY, Boston, MA.
  Mortui Vivos Docent, Roxbury Latin School, Boston, MA.

• 2016‍‍ ‍
  ‍Situating Movement: Anne Lilly, New Work, Suffolk University Art Gallery, Boston, MA.
  To Wreathe, Lunder Art Center, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA.

• 2014‍‍ ‍
  ‍New Work, William Baczek Fine Art, Northampton, MA.

• 2013‍
  Bleaching Field, Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA.
  Time Tendril, Hunter Gallery, Saint George’s School, Middletown, RI.
  Temporal Tincture, Galerie Swanström, New York, NY.

• 2011‍ ‍
  Nimbus, Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy, Milton, MA.
  Anne Lilly:   Kinetic Sculpture, Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ.

• 2010
  Sleights, Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA.

• 2008‍ ‍
  Kinetic Sculpture by A. M. Lilly, Hammond Gallery, Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA.
  Anne Lilly:  Kinetic Sculpture, Tunnel Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.

• 2007‍ ‍
  Aristotle Series, Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA.
  Silent Sonnets, Arden Gallery, Boston, MA.

• 2005‍ ‍
  Laden-Light, Artists’ Foundation, Boston, MA.

• 2004‍ ‍
  Viscosity, Artspace, New Haven, CT.

• 2003‍ ‍
  Order & Change, Mariani Gallery, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO.

s e l e c t e d   g r o u p   e x h i b i t i o n s

• 2026‍‍ ‍
  Listening to Thunder, curated by Ping Jie & Wen Hao Tien, Eastover Contemporary Art Space, Eastover, MA.
  30th Anniversary Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA.

• 2025‍ ‍
  MFA Thesis Exhibition, Clark University at MassMoCA, North Adams, MA.

• 2022‍ ‍
  Mentor, Teacher, Advisor, Role Model, Friend, Suffolk University Gallery, Boston, MA.

• 2021‍ ‍
  Retour à la Ligne, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France.

• 2020‍ ‍
  After Spiritualism: Loss and Transcendence in Contemporary Art, curated by Lisa Crossman, 
  Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA.

• 2019‍ ‍
  The Moon: Eternal Pearl, Concord Center for the Visual Arts, Concord, MA.

• 2018‍
  Espace Oblique, curated by Denis Kilian, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France.
  Art Miami, Sponder Gallery, Boca Raton, FL.
  Half-Silvered, curated by Susan Metrican, Kniznick Gallery, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
  Ordinary Time, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT.

• 2017‍ ‍
  Que de la Sculture, curated by Denis Kilian, Galerie Denise René (Marais), Paris, France.
  Ordinary Time, curated by Stephanie Walker, Bundy Modern, Waitsfield, VT.
  WATER + COLOR, curated by Elli Crocker, Clark University, Worcester, MA.
  Stillness, curated by Ellen Wineberg, Room 83 Spring, Watertown, MA.
  Reciprocity, curated by Audrey Goldstein, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA.

• 2016‍ ‍
  Sculptures et Reliefs, curated by Denis Kilian, Galerie Denise René (Marais), Paris, France.
  Tough Art, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

• 2015‍ ‍
  Massachusetts Cultural Council Awardees, New Art Center, Newton, MA.
  Cinétique et Numérique, curated by Denis Kilian, Galerie Denise René (Marais), Paris, France.

• 2014‍ ‍
  Constructive Art - Kinetic Art, curated by Denis Kilian, Miami, FL.
  The Poetics of Motion, curated by Jay Williams, Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL.

• 2013‍
  ‍5000 Moving Parts, curated by Laura Knott, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA. 
  The Delight of Movement, curated by Philip Palmedo, Gallery North, Long Island, NY.
  Invitational Exhibition, curated by Michele Gagnon, University Gallery, UMass Lowell, MA.

• 2012‍ ‍
  Mechanics of Nature, curated by Kay Arneson, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI.
  Breathing Spaces, curated by Bonnell Robinson, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA.

• 2011‍ ‍
  About the Sea, South Street Gallery, Greenport, NY.
  Paintings, Drawings, & Sculpture, Victoria Munroe Fine Art, Boston, MA.

• 2010‍ ‍
  Icons & Altars, New Art Center, Newton, MA.
  Sensed/Unseen, curated by Ashley Billingsley, GASP Gallery, Brookline, MA.

• 2009‍ ‍
  Opening Lines, curated by Susan Goldwitz, New Art Center, Newton, MA.

• 2008‍ ‍
  Move Me: Kineticism in Art, Cushing Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, Easton, MA.

• 2007‍ ‍
  Annual Exhibition, curated by Nick Capasso & Rachel Lafo, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA.

• 2006‍ ‍
  Private Universes, curated by Kathleen Bitetti, Lillian Immig Gallery, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA.

• 2004‍ ‍
  Spiritual Geometry, curated by Susan Goldwitz, New Art Center, Newton, MA.

• 2003‍ ‍
  ArtSpace Sculpture Walk, curated by Denise Markonish, New Haven, CT.  
  Unfolding Geometries, FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA.
  The Ballad of Wires & Hands, curated by Dana Moser, New Art Center, Newton, MA.

• 2002‍ ‍
  Gadgets, Gizmos, Games, curated by Craig Bloodgood, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA.
  The Experiment Show, curated by Jeff Smith, The Revolving Museum, Boston, MA.

• 2001‍ ‍
  Touchable Stories:  Fort Point, curated by Shannon Flattery, Boston, MA.
  2001: a Space Artessey, curated by Jed Speare, Boston, MA.
  Internal Drive, curated by Joanne Kaliontsis, FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA.
  Schematically Inclined, curated by Roland Smart, Gallery Bershad, Somerville, MA.

• 1999‍ ‍
  Mobility, Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, MA.

a w a r d s   &   r e s i d e n c i e s

• 2025
  Civitella Ranieri Foundation
  Director's Guest

• 2020‍ ‍
  Manship Artists Residency + Studios
  Artist Fellow

• 2019‍ ‍
  Americans for the Arts
  Public Art Network Best of 2019

• 2019‍ ‍
  Massachusetts Cultural Council
  Artist Fellowship in Sculpture/Installation

• 2017‍ ‍
  Roxbury Latin School
  STEAM artist-in-residence

• 2016‍ ‍
  Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
  Guest Artist, Polly Thayer Starr Artist Series

• Massachusetts Cultural Council
  STARS Artist in Residence

• 2015‍ ‍
  Massachusetts Cultural Council
  Finalist in Sculpture/Installation/New Genres

• 2014‍ ‍
  MIT
  Visiting Artist

• 2013
  Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation
  Grant Award for Lifetime Achievement

• 2012
  Art Institute of Boston
  Artist in Residence

• 2011‍ ‍
  Blanche E. Colman Award
  Recipient

• 2010
  James and Audrey Foster Prize
  Nominee

m u s e u m  &  c o r p o r a t e   c o l l e c t i o n s

• Fidelity Investments
  Boston, MA

• The Jewish Museum
  New York, NY

• Dana Farber Cancer Institute
  Boston, MA

• New Britain Museum of American Art
  New Britain, CT

• Middlebury College Museum of Art
  Middlebury, CT

• DeCordova Sculpture Park & Museum
  Lincoln, MA

• Raytheon Corporation
  Boston, MA

• Hotel Commonwealth
  Boston, MA

• Sheraton Hotel
  Reston, VA

• Meditech Corporation
  Canton, MA

p u b l i c   a r t w o r k s

• 2018
  Temple of Mnemon, Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston, MA.

• 2007
  Memorial for Benjamin Thompson, FAIA, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA.

• 2002
  Us & Them, Ramsay Park and Boston Common, City of Boston. 

• 2001
  Long Arms, Summer Street Bridge, Fort Point Public Art Series, Boston, MA.

r e v i e w s   &   p u b l i c a t i o n s

• "The Height of Reason," Ocean in a Drop, Cate McQuaid Substack, 15 July  2025.

• "Blurred Images that Channel Time and Space," Boston Sunday Globe, 3 December 2021.

• Chahid Akoury, "Immersive Experiences as the Condition of Possibility for Affective Spacing, "Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 2020 Vol 34, No 6, p. 955-963.

• Saskia Maxwell Keller, "The Art of Anne Lilly is Kinetic in Any Medium," Provincetown Independent, 9 July 2020.

• Pamela Reynolds, “Artists Mourn and Remember in Fitchburg Art Museum's 'After Spiritualism',” The Artery, WBUR, 6 Feb 2020.

• Cate McQuaid, “Reflections on Reflection,” Boston Globe, 8 Feb 2019.

• Donna Dodson, “Making Connections,” Artscope Magazine, Jan/Feb 2019.

• Michael Spicher, “Radiant Memories: Philosophy & Art,” Big Red & Shiny, 27 Nov 2018.

• Mary Gowarts, “Patterns and Shape,” Barre-Montpelier Times Argus, 10 Feb 2018.

• Linda Bamber, “Now You See It, Now You Don't: The Disappearing Self in Anne Lilly's Mirror Sculptures,“ exhibition catalogue for "Half Silvered," the Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, 2018.

• David Curcio, “Phyllis Berman & Anne Lilly,” Delicious Line, 19 Sep 2017.

• Cedar Pasori, “10 Picks From Seattle Art Fair 2017,” #1 Pick, Interview Magazine, 2 Aug 2017.

• Gilmore Tamny, “Anne Lilly, September Artist of the Month,” Somerville Arts Council, August 2015.

• Catherine Creighton, “5000 Moving Parts:  Kinetic Artists Make a Move,” Artscope Magazine, Jan/Feb, 2014.

• Cate McQuaid, “Mechanical, Moving at Same Time at MIT Museum,” Boston Globe, Dec 2, 2013.

• Roxanne Palmer, “Art in Motion at the MIT Museum,” International Business Times, Oct 8, 2013.

• Jonathan Goodman, “Anne Lilly: New York,” Sculpture Magazine, Oct 2013.

• Franklin Liu, “Esthetic Ecstasy,” Artscope Magazine, Jan/Feb 2013.

• Cate McQuaid, “Elegant Dances,” Boston Globe, Jan 11, 2012.

• Agustin Marangoni, “La Perfeccion del Movimiento,” Tecniarts, July 27, 2011. 

• Emilio Gomariz, “Anne Lilly,” Triangulation Blog, Feb 15, 2011.

• Azurebumble, “Aesthetic Investigations,” Azurebumble Blog, Feb 16, 2011.

• Greg Cook, “Unholy Contraptions,” Boston Phoenix, Jun 25, 2010.

• Cate McQuaid, “Shocks to the Senses,” Boston Globe, Jun 23, 2010.

• Chris Bergeron, “Out of Line: Artists Turn Geometry Into Creativity,” MetroWest Daily News, Jan 25, 2009.

• Eli Sidman, “Anne Lilly’s Purity of Motion,” Nature of Nepture, Sep 8, 2008.

• Cate McQuaid, “Captivating Sculptures,” Boston Globe, Aug 30, 2007.

• Gwendolyn Holbrow, “New Movements in Kinetic Sculpture,” Art New England, Aug-Sept 2007.

• Richard Cherecwich, “Allston Artist’s Art Needs the Viewer’s Touch,” Allston-Brighton TAB, Aug 10, 2007.

• Chris Bergeron, “Art Matters,” MetroWest Daily News, May 20, 2007.

  Nick Capasso, Anne Lilly (essay for catalogue), The 2007 DeCordova Annual Exhibition, DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, 2007.

• Mary Jo Palumbo, “Shape Shifters,” Boston Herald, Jan 24, 2004.

• Cate McQuaid, “2003 Galleries:  Cate McQuaid’s Top 10 Picks of 2003,” Boston Globe, Dec 28, 2003.

• Cate McQuaid, “Photographer, Sculptor, Fit Well Together in ‘Geometries’ ,” Boston Globe, Jun 27, 2003.

• Cate McQuaid, “ParkArts Sculptures Show Off Their Moves,” Boston Globe, Dec 12, 2001.

• Adam Smith, “Making a Point,” The Boston Herald, July 5, 2001.

• Cate McQuaid, “A Treasure Hunt Artfully Designed,” The Boston Globe, Feb. 15, 2001.

r e p r e s e n t a t i o n

• Rice Polak Gallery‍ ‍
  Provincetown, MA

• William Baczek Fine Art‍ ‍
  Northampton, MA

• Galerie Denise René‍ ‍
  Paris, France

e d u c a t i o n

• 2025
  Master of Fine Art in Visual Art, Clark University, Worcester, MA.

• 1990
  Bachelor of Architecture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA. 
  Magna Cum Laude.

• 1984-5
  Civil Engineering Foundation Year: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.