Anna Campbell Bliss
General Information
Occupation: Artist, Architect, Design Consultant
Birth City: Morristown
Birth State/Province: New Jersey
Birth Country: United States
Resident State/Province: Utah
Resident Country: United States
Archive/Repository: IAWA, Special Collection, Newman Library, Ms2000-017
Specialties
Subject: Color Consultancy
Jobs
Employer: Bliss and Campbell
Title: Partner, Architect
City: Salt Lake City
Collaborators
No collaborators on record
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Name: Celanese Interior Design Competition and Exhibit, Regional Winner
Notes: New York City
Name: Bliss & Campbell, Architects
Description: survery presentation of work, Northwest Architect
Date Received: March 01, 1963
Name: Record Houses of 1963 and 1964
Description: Minnesota Residences, Architectural Record
Name: NSID Exhibit
Description: EXPO 1970
Notes: Osaka, Japan
Name: Design of USIS Exhibit
Notes: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Name: Graham Foundation Grant
Description: to support Color research and experimentation
Name: ASID Presidential Citation
Name: AAR/NEA Fellowship
Description: American Academy in Rome
Name: Minnesota Society of Architects Award
Description: Pavilion
Name: International Solar House Competition, Second Prize
Name: Porcelain Enamel Design Competition, School Design
Name: Carrier Air Conditioning Competition, House Design
Name: National Endowment for the Arts Jury for Artists' Grants
Name: The World's Who's Who of Women
Description: 6th Edition
Name: Archives of American Art
Exhibitions
Title: Transformations, Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific
Description: group shows
City: Stockton
Country: delete
Notes: Purchase Award
Title: Art from the Computer, California College of Arts and Crafts
Description: group shows
City: Oakland
Country: delete
Title: Art for Worship, Salt Lake Arts Council
Description: group shows
City: Salt Lake City
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Title: Salt Lake Council for the Arts Exhibit
Description: group shows
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Title: Utah Painting and Sculpture
Description: group shows
Country: delete
Notes: also in 1978, 1975, 1964
Title: American Academy in Rome
Description: group shows
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Title: Critics Choice, Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Description: group shows
City: Salt Lake City
Country: delete
Title: Modular Serigraphs, Salt Lake Art Center
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Title: Utah Women Artists 1985, AAUW, Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Description: group shows
City: Salt Lake City
Country: delete
Notes: Florence Ware Cash Award
Title: Focus Gallery, San Diego Museum of Art
Description: paintings, screenprints and environmental work
City: San Diego
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Title: Marriott Library, University of Utah
Description: paintings, screenprints and environmental work; prints only
Country: delete
Title: Color Into Light, Source Gallery
Description: paintings, screenprints and environmental work
City: San Francisco
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Title: Contemporary Utah Artists, (from the permanent collection UMFA), Finch Lane Gallery of SLC Arts Coucil
Description: group shows
Country: delete
Notes: also in 1980
Title: Suzanne Kohn Gallery
Description: paintings, screenprints and environmental work
City: St. Paul
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Title: Department of Architecture, Yale University
Description: paintings, screenprints and environmental work
City: New haven
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Title: Salt Lake Arts Center
Description: paintings, screenprints and environmental work
City: Salt Lake City
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Title: Atrium Gallery, Salt Lake City Library
Description: paintings, screenprints and environmental work
City: Salt Lake City
Country: delete
Title: Lee Hall Gallery, Clemson University
Description: paintings, screenprints and environmental work
City: Clemson
Country: delete
Title: University Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio State University
Description: paintings, screenprints and environmental work; Conference on Women in Art
City: Columbus
Country: delete
Title: Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Traveling Exhibit
Description: paintings, screenprints and environmental work
Country: delete
Title: Computer as Art, The Science Place, Southwest Museum of Science and Technology
Description: group shows
City: Dallas
Country: delete
Title: Color/Light/Module, Lowe Art Gallery
Description: paintings, screenprints and environmental work
City: Syracuse
Country: delete
Title: Cliff Lodge Inaugural Exhibition
Description: group shows
City: Snowbird
Country: delete
Notes: Purchase Award
Title: Stuttgart Design Center, International Color/Design Contest
Description: group shows
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Title: Utah Painting/Sculpture, Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Description: group shows
City: Salt Lake City
Country: delete
Notes: 1980, 1978, 1975, 1964
Title: 20-20 Vision, Utah Arts Festival
Description: group shows
City: Salt Lake City
Country: delete
Title: Contemporary Women Artists, Utah Museum of FIne Arts
Description: group shows
City: Salt Lake City
Country: delete
Notes: also in 1983
Title: Printmakers West, N.E. Harrison Museum
Description: group shows
City: Logan
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Title: Utah Originals, Utah Arts Council Exhibit
Description: group shows
Country: delete
Title: Women Artists of Utah, Springville Museum of Art
Description: group shows
Country: delete
Notes: also in 1983, 1984
Title: Eleven Utah Printmakers
Description: group shows
Country: delete
Title: Color/Light/Architecture, Graham Foundation
Description: group shows
City: Chicago
Country: delete
Title: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Description: group shows; Exchange State Exhibit with Utah, sponsored by Utah Arts Council
City: Richmond
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Title: Four Women Artists, Kimball Arts Center
Description: group shows
City: Park City
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Title: Biennials of Intermountain Painting
Description: group shows
Country: delete
Notes: Cash Award 1978, Purchase Award 1974
Title: Utah Women Artists Invitational (Curator)
Description: group shows
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Title: Museum Without Walls
Description: group shows, Invited Artists' billboard project
Country: delete
Title: Davidson National Print and Drawing Competition
Description: group shows
Country: delete
Notable Projects
No projects on record
Education
Institution: Wellesley College
Department: Department of Art
Degree: Bachelor of Arts, Art History
Institution: Harvard Graduate School of Design
Degree: Master of Architecture
Institution: University of Minnesota
Department: Color Studies
Notes: Minneapolis, MN
Institution: University of Utah
Department: School of Art
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
Organization: First National Bank, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Notes: Collections
Organization: Standard Oil Co. (Indiana), Chicago
Notes: Collections
Organization: Salt Lake Art Center
Notes: Collections
Organization: Minnesota Mining and manufacturing Co., St. Paul
Notes: Collections
Organization: Marriott Library, Salt Lake City, Utah
Notes: Collections
Organization: Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah
Notes: Collections
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Notes: Collections
Organization: The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
Notes: Collections
Organization: Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City
Notes: Gallery Affiliations
Organization: Cliff Lodge, Snowbird, Utah
Notes: Collections
Organization: Metropolitan Museum, New York, New York
Notes: Collections
Organization: Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah
Notes: Collections
Organization: Galerie Denise Rene (Graphics) New York City
Notes: Gallery Affiliations
Organization: Utah Innovation Center, Research Park Asscociates, Salt Lake City, Utah
Notes: Collections
Organization: Utah Museam of Fine Arts
Role: Advisory Board
Organization: Art Source, Los Angeles
Notes: Gallery Affiliations
Organization: Artists Equity
Role: member
Organization: The Contemporary Arts Group
Role: President, 1985 Conference chairman "New Technologies of Art"
Organization: Salt Lake City Art Design Board
Organization: Inter-Society Color Council
Role: Board of Directors (1983-86), Delegation Chairman, papers
Organization: Harris Bank, Chicago, Illinois
Notes: Collections
Organization: Utah Arts Festival Board
Organization: Color Marketing Group
Role: Seminars
Organization: American Society of Interior Designers
Role: 1976-84: chairman, ASID delegation to ISCC; Board member of Utah chapter
Organization: University of the Pacific, Stockton, California
Notes: Collections
Organization: Walker Art Center Coucil
Role: Executive Board
Organization: Atlantic Richfield, Los Angeles, CA
Notes: Collections
Organization: Suzanne Kohn Gallery, St. Paul
Notes: Gallery Affiliations
Organization: Source Gallery, San Francisco
Notes: Gallery Affiliations
Organization: Repertory Dance Theatre
Role: Advisory Board
Organization: van Straaten Gallery, Chicago
Notes: Gallery Affiliations
Organization: Salt Lake County Complex
Notes: Collections
Organization: Prudential Insurance Co., Indiana, Illinois
Notes: Collections
Organization: Minami Gallery, Tokyo
Notes: Collections
Organization: American Tel and Tel, San Francisco, CA
Notes: Collections
Organization: Fendrick Gallery
Notes: Gallery Affiliations
Organization: Federal Reserve Bank, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Notes: Collections
Organization: Utah Bank and Trust, Salt Lake City, Utah
Notes: Collections
Organization: Utah State Retirement Board, Salt Lake City, Utah
Notes: Collections
Organization: Detroit Plaza Hotel, Detroit, Michigan
Notes: Collections
Organization: Idaho First National Bank, Boise, Idaho
Notes: Collections
Organization: Utah State Collection
Notes: Collections
Publications By
Title: Visiting Lecturer on Color
Publication: University of California
City: Los Angeles
State: California
Country: United States
Title: Visiting Lecturer on Color
Publication: Kuwait University
Title: Women Artists of Utah
Publisher: Springville Museum of Art
Date Published: November 03, 1984
Title: Bedside Color (Hospitals)
Publication: Color Marketing Group, National Conference
City: Nashville
State: Tennessee
Country: United States
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops
Title: Visiting Lecturer on Color
Publication: Utah State University
Title: Visiting Lecturer on Color
Publication: Syracuse University
City: Syracuse
State: New York
Country: United States
Title: Color/Light/Architecture
Publication: Graham Foundation Lectures and Exhibition Curator
City: Chicago
State: Illinois
Country: United States
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops
Title: New Perspectives in Color
Publication: American Society of Interior Designers, Regional Conference
City: Salt Lake City
State: Utah
Country: United States
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops
Title: Visiting Lecturer on Color
Publication: University of Maryland
City: College Park
State: Maryland
Country: United States
Title: What Color is a City?
Publication: Color Marketing Group, National Conference
State: District of Columbia
Country: United States
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops
Title: The Design of Fantasy
Publication: Color Marketing Group, Regional Conference
City: Las Vegas
State: Nevada
Country: United States
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops
Title: On Color in Art and Architecture
Publication: American Academy in Rome
City: Rome
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops
Title: Color/Light/Module
Publication: Screen Prints
City: Salt Lake City
State: Utah
Country: United States
Date Published: August 01, 1973
Title: Color: Concepts and Contexts
Publication: American Academy in Rome
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops
Title: Color in Context: Art and Architecture
Publication: Inter-Society Color Council
City: New York City
State: New York
Country: United States
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops
Title: Color and Illusion
Publication: University of Utah, University Lecture
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops
Title: Ten Lectures on Color School of Art
Publication: Salt Lake Art Center, Docent Lectures
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops; 1981-83, 1978, 1974, 1972, 1971, 1965-67
Title: Color, the Added Dimension
Publication: Wool Bureau Conference
City: Atlanta
State: Georgia
Country: United States
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops
Title: Visiting Lecturer on Color
Publication: University of Utah, Graduate School of Architecture
Notes: also in 1969
Title: Utah Originals
Publisher: Utah Arts Council
Title: Visiting Lecturer on Color
Publication: Clemson University
Title: Solar Energy in Architectural Design
Publication: Commission Internacinale d'Eclairage
City: Venice
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops
Title: Spanish Influences on Contemporary American Architecture
Publication: University of Utah, KUED
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops
Title: New Talent Annual
Publication: Art in America
Volume: 47
Issue: 1
Date Published: April 01, 1959
Title: Color Resources for Interior Designers
Publication: American Society of Interior Designers, National Conference
City: Boston
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops
Title: Annual Exhibition American Academy in Rome
Date Published: June 04, 1984
Title: 25 Prize Buildings for the Community
Publication: Architectural Forum
Volume: 104
Issue: 3
Page: 139
Date Published: March 01, 1956
Title: Color Selection as a Design Decision
Publication: AIA Journal
Date Published: October 01, 1978
Title: New Technologies of Art
Publication: Utah Architect
Date Published: October 01, 1985
Title: Salt Lake County Fine Arts Collection
City: Salt Lake City
State: Utah
Country: United States
Title: Children's Furniture
Publication: Design Quarterly
Volume: 57
Notes: Guest editor
Title: Review of Color and Human Response by Faber Birren
Publication: Color Research and Application
Date Published: October 01, 1980
Title: New Technologies of Art - Where Art and Science Meet.
Publication: Leonardo
Volume: 19
Issue: 4
Title: Art, Color, Architecture
Publication: AIA Journal
Date Published: February 01, 1982
Title: Designing a Kitchen
Publication: Better Homes and Gardens, Kitchen and Family Room Ideas
Page: 46-47
Title: Record Houses of 1963
Publication: Architectural Record
Volume: 133
Issue: 6
Page: 118-121
Date Published: May 01, 1963
Title: Celanese Interior Design Competition for Young Professionals
Publication: Interiors
Volume: 121
Issue: 4
Page: 36
Title: A Creative Approach to Color Interiors and Architecture
Publication: American Society of Interior Designers
City: Salt Lake City
State: Utah
Country: United States
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops; Post Graduate Seminars, 6 lectures
Title: First International Colour Design Prize 1980/81
Publisher: Stuttgart Design Center
Title: Record Houses of 1964
Publication: Architectural Record
Volume: 135
Page: 84-87
Date Published: May 01, 1964
Title: Ambivalent Color
Publication: Utah Architect
Date Published: July 01, 1967
Title: Third International Colour Design Prize 1986/87
Publisher: Stuttgart Design Center
Title: Bliss and Campbell Architects
Publication: Northwest Architect
Volume: 27
Issue: 2
Page: 19-25
Title: A Beautifully Planned Kitchen
Publication: Better Homes and Gardens, Improvement Ideas
Page: 94-95
Date Published: November 01, 1974
Notes: also in 1975 fall/winter
Title: Is There an Antidote to Academic Color?
Publication: University of Utah, Fine Arts
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops
Title: Contemporary Architecture
Publication: Wellesley College, Careers Conference
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops
Title: Visual and Psychological Aspects of Color Important for the Designer
Publication: American Society of Interior Designers, National Conference
City: Los Angeles
State: California
Country: United States
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops
Title: Color & Ornament
Publication: University of Utah, Graduate School of Architecture
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops
Title: Walls
Publication: American Society of Interior Designers, National Conference
City: Dever
State: Colorado
Country: United States
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops
Title: Off Color Learning
Publication: Inter-Society Color Council, 50th Annual
City: New York City
State: New York
Country: United States
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops
Title: Impact of Color and Light on the Built Environment
Publication: InterSociety Color Council
Notes: Selected Lectures, Papers and Workshops; Primary Report of Research Project for the Committee #33
Title: Color in Architecture
Publication: American Society of Interior Designers, American Institute of Architects Seminar, National Convention
State: Hawaii
Country: United States
Title: Visiting Lecturer on Color
Publication: California Polytechnic State University
City: San Luis Obispo
Notes: also in 1973, 1975
Title: Visiting Lecturer on Color
Publication: Yale University
Title: Visiting Lecturer on Color
Publication: Ohio State University
Title: Visiting Lecturer on Color
Publication: University of Virginia
Publications About
Title: Color/Light Exhibition Lets Viewer Perceive Meanings, Pleasures of Color
Author: Eva Lanyi
Publication: Syracuse University Daily Orange
Date Published: September 24, 1976
Title: Art Exhibit Focuses on Color
Author: Dan Ferrara
Publication: Ohio State lantern
Date Published: April 23, 1980
Title: Color in the Art of Anna Campbell Bliss
Author: Barbara Groseclose
Publication: Dialogue
Date Published: March 01, 1980
Title: Art/Dimensions of Design
Author: Katherine Nelson
Publication: Utah Holiday
Page: 18
Date Published: April 01, 1983
Title: Review and News
Publication: Salt Lake Tribune
Date Published: January 02, 1983
Notes: also in 1983-01-16
Title: Exploring the Fascination of Color
Author: George Dibble
Publication: Salt Lake Tribune
Date Published: February 15, 1981
Title: Review
Author: Richard Christenson
Publication: Desert News
Date Published: January 30, 1983
Title: Review
Author: Richard Christenson
Publication: Desert News
Date Published: September 27, 1987
Title: Contemporary Utah Artists Exhibition
Author: Robert S. Olpin
Publication: Utah Holiday
Volume: III
Issue: 16
Page: 15-22
Title: Review
Author: Don Morrison
Publication: Minneapolis Star
Date Published: October 24, 1974
Title: News and Comments
Author: Barbara Flanagan
Publication: Minneapolis Star
Date Published: October 10, 1974
Title: Review
Author: George Dibble
Publication: Salt Lake Tribune
Date Published: August 29, 1971
Title: M.I.T. Explores Sight and Structure in Visual Education of Architects
Publication: Architectural Forum
Volume: 92
Page: 152
Date Published: March 01, 1950
Title: Review
Author: Ann Hartranft
Publication: Syracuse Herald American
Date Published: October 17, 1976
Title: Review
Author: Ruth Ann Appelhof
Publication: Syracuse New Times
Date Published: November 06, 1976