Education

Master of Fine Arts, Metal. 2004
State University of New York at New Paltz

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Jewelry/Metals. 1999
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Solo Exhibitions and Invitationals

2008
Solo Exhibition Lamar Dodd School of Art Broad Street Gallery, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
The Surrealist Impulse, New Acquisitions from the Tacoma Art Museum Collection (scheduled Spring),
         Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington

2007
Blind Spot (Solo Exhibition ), Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts (catalogue)
Emerging Jewelers, Sculptural Objects Functional Art (SOFA) Chicago , Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts    
NewArt Northwest (scheduled Fall 2007), Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon. Curators: Kelly        Kerwick, Larry Fong (catalogue)
Laced With History, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygen, Wisconsin (catalogue), Curator: Lena Vigna
White Out: Yevgeniya Kaganovich and Anya Kivarkis , Gallery M, Cleveland Ohio, traveled to Lowe Jewelry Studio, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

2006
RAZZLE DAZZLE , John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygen, Wisconsin, Curator: Lena Vigna
Eye Contact , Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon

2005
Juxtapositions / Markers of Contemporary Metals II , Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, New York, Curators: Jamie Bennett and Myra Mimlitsch-Gray
State University of New York-New Paltz selected Alumni Exhibition , D&H Canal Museum, High Falls, New York

2004
Marzee Graduate Show 2004. Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Curator: Manuel Vilhena
MIDORA Leipzig - Jewellery Fair. Galerie Marzee. Leipzig, Germany

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007
Schmuck 2007, International Jewelry Exhibition, New Munich Trade Fair Center, Munich, Germany (catalogue),         Curator: Ramon Puig Cuyas
Northwest Biennial , Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, Jurors: Rock Hushka, Curator, Tacoma Art Museum,          David Kiehl, Curator – Whitney Museum of American Art (catalogue)

2006
Coming Into View , Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference (Yaan Wooley, Chicago), Chicago, Illinois, traveled to Lowe Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and Jordan Schnitzer Musuem of Art, Eugene, Oregon, Curators:         Mary Hallam Pearse and Sakurako Shimizu
Metamorphosis , Enamelist Society Conference Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee         (catalogue)
Craft Forms 2005 , Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania, Juror: David R. McFadden

2002
Openings , Heaven Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
16 th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial , Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois, Jurors: Kathy Cottong, Michael Rooks,       Curators, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art
Steel City: Contemporary Metal in America , Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, Colorado
24 th Annual Contemporary Crafts Exhibition , Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona, Juror: Mark R. Leach, Director, Mint Museum of Craft and Design

2001
Yul-tensils, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon

2000
New Metal: Emerging Views , Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Curator: Billie Jean Theidi
Craft Forms 2000, Wayne Art Center, Wayne Pennsylvania, Juror: Gail Brown
Seduction of Metals, LeMoyne Art Foundation, The Florida Society of Goldsmiths, Tallahassee, Florida (catalogue)
Midwestern Juried Exhibition , Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois, Juror: James Yood (catalogue)

1999
USA Craft Today 99 , Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut, Juror: Dr. Jeremy Adamson, Senior Curator, Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art at the SmithsonianInstitution
In the Palm of Your Hand , The Fine Arts Building, Maryville University, The Society of North American Goldsmiths,
Talismans for the Coming Millennium , Emerson Gallery, Society for Midwest Metalsmiths, St. Louis, Missouri

Visiting Artist/Public Lectures

2008
Visiting Artist, Art Lecture Series (scheduled Spring), University Of Georgia, Athens

2007
NewArt Northwest Lecture (scheduled Fall), Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon
Emerging Jewelers Lecture Series (scheduled Fall), Sculptural Objects Functional Arts (SOFA) Chicago, Illinois

2005
Panelist on Collecting , Art Jewelry Forum Symposium, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNYNew Paltz
Visiting Artist, Lecture and Workshop, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

1999-00
Visiting Artist, Cartier 1900-1939 Exhibition, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois

Awards/Grants

2006
National 2006 Emerging Jeweler Award, Sienna Gallery, Lenox Massachusetts

2002
Research and Creative Project Award Grant, State University of New York, New Paltz
CAAP (Community Arts Assistance Program) Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, Illinois

2001
Illinois Arts Council Finalist Award in Crafts Grant

Curatorial

2007-8 Co-Curator (with Kate Wagle), The Thinking Body , Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, traveling to the San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design

1999
Visual Arts Committee/Curator, Ladyfest Midwest Chicago, Artemesia Gallery, Illinois

Works Cited

2007
Schmuck 2007, International Fair, Exhibition Catalogue, Herausberger Publishers, Munich, Germany
8 th Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum Biennial Catalogue, 2007
‘Disparate Beauties', 8 th Northwest Biennial Review, Adrianna Grant, Seattle Weekly, March 2007
Laced with History, Exhibition Catalogue, Essay: Lena Vigna, Curator, John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Metalsmith Magazine, Spring Issue, 2007
‘ New Designers' , Giovanna Maselli, Italian ELLE Magazine, March 2007 Issue, Milan, Italy
Fashion Source: Jewellery Design, Mao Mao Publications, Barcelona, Spain

2006
‘Anya Kivarkis Jewelry', Joshua Wentz, www.mocoloco.com, September 2006
Metalsmith Magazine, Exhibition in Print , Summer 2006

2005
500 Brooches, Lark Books, Asheville, North Carolina

2000
American Craft Magazine , April/May 2000, Volume 60, Number 2, New York, New York

Professional Experience

2004-07 Visiting Assistant Professor in Jewelry/Metalsmithing. University of Oregon, Eugene
1998-04 Designer/Goldsmith, Peggie Robinson Designs, Studio of Handcrafted Jewelry, Evanston, Illinois
1997-98 Jewelry Production Assistant, Marcie White Designs in Metal, Chicago, Illinois

Collections

Rotasa Foundation, California
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, New York