Curriculum Vitae

ANNA SCHUMANN BYARS

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EDUCATION

MFA, Printmaking, University of South Carolina, 2024

BA, Studio Art and Art History, College of Charleston, 2019

 

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

University of South Carolina, School of Visual Art and Design

Adjunct Instructor (2024–present)

  • Intro to Printmaking

  • Intermediate Printmaking: Screenprinting

  • Advanced Printmaking: Graduate Projects

  • Intro to Drawing

  • Introduction to Art

  • Interdisciplinary Relationships in the Arts

Graduate Instructor of Record (2022–2024)

  • Intro to Printmaking

  • Advanced Printmaking II: Lithography

Graduate Teaching Assistant (2021–2022)

  • Intro to Printmaking

Other Roles

  • Master Printer for visiting artist Mark Dion and for artists Adrian Rhodes, Naomi J. Falk & Greg Stuart (2022)

  • Printmaking Lab Technician (2022)

Columbia College, Spears Center for the Arts

Adjunct Instructor (2026)

  • Intro to Printmaking

  • Intermediate Printmaking

  • Advanced Printmaking: Studio

  • Intro to Photography

  • Photography II

  • Drawing II

  • Drawing III

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Transform, Goodall Gallery, Columbia, SC, 2026

Chasing the Unknown, MFA Thesis Exhibition, McMaster Gallery, Columbia, SC, 2024

 

JURIED & GROUP EXHIBITIONS

The Project, Koger Center for the Arts, Columbia, SC (Juried, Upcoming), 2026

Artfields Festival & Competition, Lake City, SC (Juried), 2026

Artfields Festival & Competition, Lake City, SC (Juried), 2025

Juncture, Columbia, SC (Group), 2023

68th Annual Student Exhibition, McMaster Gallery, Columbia, SC (Juried), 2023

Vista Lights Coffeeshop, Columbia, SC (Group), 2022

Young Contemporaries, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC (Juried), 2019

Southern Graphics Conference, Dallas, TX (Juried), 2019

 

PUBLICATIONS

Jasper Magazine, Transcending the Limits of Printmaking, Spring 2025, vol. 12

South Carolina Voyager, Conversations with Anna Byars, 2024

Speedball’s New Impressions, 2019, 2018

Miscellany: Literary and Art Journal of the College of Charleston, 2019

 

AWARDS, RESIDENCIES & WORKSHOPS

Honorable Mention for the Kroger Center Project, 2025

Jewelrymaking Workshop, Columbia Museum of Art (Instructor), 2025

MFA Thesis Exhibition Funding Scholarship, University of South Carolina, 2023

Partial Scholarship, Penland School of Craft, Cast in Stone: Tufa Casting, 2022

Honorable Mention in Lithography, Speedball’s New Impressions, 2019

Norton M. Seltzer Award, Young Contemporaries, 2019

Corrie McCallum Award for Printmaking, College of Charleston, 2019

 

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Screenprinting Demonstration, Arts and Draughts — Columbia Museum of Art, 2023

Printmaking Demonstration, Historic Columbia Palladium Tour, Hampton-Preston Mansion, 2022

 

SKILLS & PROCESSES

Printmaking: Lithography (stone, plate, polyester, wood), intaglio, relief, monoprint/monotype,

screenprinting, solar plate, book arts, papermaking

Drawing & Painting: Graphite, charcoal, pastel, ink, watercolor, oil, acrylic

Jewelrymaking & Glass: Design, sawing, soldering, cold connecting, casting, stained glass

Digital: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere; Procreate; Microsoft Office and Excel