Ann Marie Nafziger is a visual artist based in Marfa, Texas. Her abstract paintings and drawings are grounded in personal experiences of wild, remote landscapes and embrace open-ended processes and materials in their making (gesture, improvisation, revision). ​​

 

Ann Marie's work has been exhibited in galleries nationally and internationally in places including: Austin, Marfa, Houston, and San Antonio TX; Portland OR; New Orleans LA; and Goshen IN; as well as institutions including Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX; Portland Art Center, Portland, OR; Marfa Contemporary, Marfa, TX; the U.S. Embassy, Vientiane, Laos; and the Mexican Cultural Institute in Vienna, Austria. She has been featured in The Big Bend Sentinel, Artnet, Artdesk, CBS News’ 60 Minutes, The New York Times, UTSA Today, Houston Press, New American Paintings, Portland Mercury, Willamette Week, and The Oregonian. Her work is included in private and public collections including City of Houston Civic Art Collection, U.S. Dept of State Art in Embassies Collection, and Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital. She received her M.F.A from the University of Houston School of Art and B.A. from Goshen College, Goshen, IN. Over the past twenty years her studio activity, cultural work, and community advocacy have contributed to diverse artistic, educational, and civic projects in far West Texas.