Anna Kocher is a painter, writer, mother, teacher, and frequently melancholic yearner. Her study of art has led her from Philadelphia to Italy and beyond. She has exhibited work in many venues throughout the region, created murals for public enjoyment, and painted countless commissions for private collections. She works in a variety of media, but oil paint is her primary focus. Her style can be described as expressive realism, owing equal debt to her influences of Abstract and German Expressionism and American Realism; her subject matter reflects her own unique gaze and the ambiguously dynamic era in which she came of age.
Recent Solo Exhibitions:
2025: EKPHRASIS – Art Work Gallery, Phoenixville, PA, June
2025: Memory and Longing – The Grand Gallery, Wilmington, DE, February
2024: Memory and Longing – The Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA, August – October
Selected Exhibitions:
2025: Clouds and Dreamscapes – Silly Little Art Shop, Phoenixville, PA, July
2017 – 2025: Souls Shot: Portraits of Gun Violence, multiple locations, including the PA State Capitol in Harrisburg, Temple University, and Philadelphia area galleries, ongoing
2023: National Juried Exhibition, Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA, May
2023: Chesapeake Gallery 100-mile Biennial, Bel Air, MD, September
2023: Grand Opening Exhibtion, Ravensgate, Phoenixville, PA, February
2019 – 2022: The Gallery at Franklin Commons, Phoenixville, PA
2021: PXV Art Mag Exhibition, Phoenixville, PA, October
2020: Teresa Haag Studio Gallery Group Exhibition, Phoenixville, PA
2019: Creative Light Factory Solo Show
2018: Abington Art Center Annual Juried Show, Abington, PA
2018: The Locals – Community Arts Phoenixville Juried Show, Phoenixville, PA
2018: Germination – Church of the Good Samaritan, Paoli, PA
2017: Featured Artist, Gryphon Café, Wayne, PA
2017: Spring Gala Juried Exhibition – Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2017: Featured Artist, The Design Grove, Phoenixville, PA
2016: Spring Gala Exhibition – Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2016: Stations – Church of the Good Samaritan, Paoli, PA
2014: Jewels and Treasures – Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2014: Works on Paper – Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2014: Seasonal Interpretations – Gallery at Franklin Commons, Phoenixville, PA
2013: Jewels and Treasures – Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2012: Evidence of Things Unseen – Church of the Good Samaritan, Paoli, PA
2011: Featured Artist, Hipster Home, Phoenixville, PA
2009 – Juried Show, The Great Frame Up Gallery, Malvern, PA
2006: Towards Daybreak – Solo Show, The Arts Scene Gallery, West Chester, PA
2006: The Girl is Not Dead – Solo Show, Phoenix Village Art Center, Phoenixville, PA
2006: Formation – Phoenix Village Art Center, Phoenixville, PA,
2006: Painting the Unclothed Figure – Juried Exhibition, Fine Arts People Gallery, Exton, PA
2006: Upstairs Studio Artists Group Show – Phoenix Village Art Center, Phoenixville, PA
2005: Space and Spirit: Artistic Impressions of Sacred Place Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, January 2005
2004 – E Pluribus Artis Collective Exhibition: Notes from Underground, Paoli, PA
2004 – E Pluribus Artis Collective Exhibition: Recent Work, Eastern University, Wayne, PA
2002 – San Giovannale Quarter Regional Juried Exhibition, First Place, Orvieto, Italy
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