Anna Kunz was born in Chicago, Illinois. After receiving her BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago, Kunz went on to complete her MFA at Northwestern University. Kunz participated as an artist-in-residence in the Marie Walsh Sharpe Studio Program, Brooklyn, NY; The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME, Edward Albee Foundation, the Golden Foundation and the Monira Foundation at Mana Contemporary, New Jersey, among others.

The artist’s work has been exhibited at numerous galleries and institutions including: The Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, IL; Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL; Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY; Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX (since 2016); Providence College Galleries, Providence, RI; and TSA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Brooklyn, NY, and Madrid, Spain. Her work is included in the public collections of The Dallas Museum of Art, The Philadelphia Museum, Philadelphia, PA; The Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, IL; The Block Museum, Chicago, IL; and Columbia University Teachers College, New York, NY; among others. Kunz has been honored with nominations from: Anonymous Was a Woman, 3Arts Foundation, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Emerging Artist award from the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Artadia, the Rema Hort-Mann Foundation’s Individual Artists Grant, and The Joan Mitchell Foundation. Kunz currently lives and works in Buchanan, Michigan.