Gwyneth Zeleny Anderson tries to interrupt the alienation of depression and hierarchy. They do this by inviting audiences to observe the cartoonishness, resonance, and impermanence of living in a body; what results are unusual moments of collectivity among strangers. They work primarily with the frame-by-frame animation process, combining traditional cartoon production techniques with sound, installation, and performance. Their practice is a prolonged attention to the discomfort and narratives that animate us, one long magic spell to reveal overlooked relationships.
Gwyneth has presented work nationally and abroad, including at Roman Susan, Weinberg/Newton Gallery, the Chicago Cultural Center, Roots & Culture, and the Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago; MoMA PS1 Print Shop in New York; Peephole Cinema in San Francisco; St. Charles Projects in Baltimore; and the Freies Museum in Berlin. They've been an artist-in-residence at the Experimental Sound Studio (Chicago), the Institute for Electronic Arts (New York), Utopiana (Switzerland), and FRISE (Germany), among others. Gwyneth's work is included in collections at FRISE and the Institute of Contemporary Art Library in Baltimore, and their projects have been written about in Newcity, the Chicago Reader, and Teen Vogue. They were trained in Pauline Oliveros' Deep Listening program, were an organizer with the Chicago abolitionist collective Make Yourself Useful, and has worked as a teaching artist for Chicago Public School students for the past 12 years. They are currently a Sculpture MFA candidate at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture in Philadelphia.
Various kinds of press and online presence:
Interview with Tate Shaw on Mouth Sounds, WAYO community radio, June 2024
Interview with Dan Manion on Inside the Edition, Chicago Printmakers Guild podcast, April 2022
Interview with Nance Klehm on Lumpen Radio, October 2021
Return to the Everywhere at Weinberg/Newton Gallery, Chicago Artist Writers, March 2020
Survey for White Artists, Monday Journal, April 2020
Bill Meyer reviews Chyme, Dusted Magazine, March 2019
OtherPeoplesPixels Interviews Gwyneth Anderson, December 2014
Laughing Video recommendation, Chicago Magazine, November 2011
Laughing Video still, TimeOut Chicago, November 2011
Artist biography, Arteles Catalog, October 2011
(Photo by Meredith Zielke)
