For Immediate Release
March 4, 2025

Annemarie Waugh: Across the Pond, An Exhibit of Paintings and Prints at Suffolk County Community College’s Eastern Campus March 12 – April 17, 2025

Tartan, by Annemarie Waugh, 2025, 48 x 72 inches, house paint and pencil on canvas. For hi-res image, please visit https://photos.app.goo.gl/7unizXadBMUWjwZq7

Across the Pond, an exhibit of paintings and prints by Annemarie Waugh, will be on view at the Lyceum Gallery in the Montaukett Building on Suffolk County Community College’s Eastern Campus from March 12 through April 17, 2025. A reception for the artist will take place on Thursday, April 3, from 4 – 6 p.m., with light refreshments provided. The event is free and open to the public.

Born in Birmingham, UK, Waugh explores British culture in her work, painting glimpses of tartans, animals, foliage, and iconic characters from British television. She also incorporates silkscreened expressions of British colloquialisms from her upbringing, layering them into abstract compositions on canvases that reach up to six feet in size. The exhibition also features original illustrations from her upcoming book, Across the Pond, set to be published this spring.

Waugh’s exploration of language began in 2015 as an art installation, where she chalked British expressions onto a 10 x 20 ft. wall, with their meanings decoded on an opposite wall. This project later evolved into a book examining the richness of British phraseology. In Across the Pond, she invites viewers to embrace the humor and nuances of language, incorporating English, Irish, Welsh, Gaelic, Scottish, Cornish, and Yiddish sayings.

She writes: “The England I grew up in was chockablock with clotted cream, loaded baked potatoes, pints of beer, jumble sales, Victorian seaside piers, Ribena, soggy vegetables, and drizzle that never quite let up. My memories include moss, wit, tea shops, scrummy cakes and biscuits, fish and chips with mushy peas and curry sauce, dampness, nincompoops, and an aversion to taking life too seriously.”

Waugh emigrated to New York in 1994 and now resides in Setauket, NY. She earned a BA from Central Saint Martins, London (1992) and an MFA in Studio Art from Stony Brook University (2021). Her work has been exhibited at:

• The Long Island Museum, Stony Brook (2023)
• Serendip Gallery, Kobe, Japan (2023)
• Front Street Galleries, Brooklyn (2013)
• Orchard Street Gallery, NYC (2015)
• The Islip Art Museum (2015)
• The Museum of Contemporary Art, Patchogue (2019)
• You + Me Artist Films, Berlin (2021)
• The Royal Academy of Art in conjunction with Christie’s, London (1993)

She has received several accolades, including The Prince’s Trust Scholarship (UK, 1993) and The Stephanie Dinkins Kusama Scholarship (SUNY Stony Brook, 2021). With sponsorship from the Ashley Schiff Preserve and the Office of the President at Stony Brook University, Waugh created The Developer’s Midnight Fantasy (2021), a multidisciplinary environmental installation that combined original music, live musicians, poetry, neuroscience, and dance.

Before turning to fine art full-time, Waugh worked as a graphic designer in New York City during the 1990s, designing logos, posters, press materials, and billboards for Showtime, VH1, Radical Media, The World Financial Center (a David Byrne performance), and the American Institute of Graphic Arts. She has also created illustrations for The New York Times, Raygun Magazine, The Boston Globe, and Doctors Without Borders. Her paintings have appeared in storefront window displays for Hyper-Hyper (London) and Warehouse stores across the UK.

Her artwork is part of several private collections, including those of The Long Island Museum, VH1, ManMade Music, Showtime, and Doyle Partners.

In addition to her artistic practice, Waugh is an adjunct faculty member at Suffolk County Community College, where she teaches 2D & 3D Design, Drawing, and Art Appreciation.

Gallery Hours:

Monday – Thursday: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Saturday/Sunday: Closed (except for a special artist meet-and-greet on Saturday, April 5, from 1 – 4 p.m.)

About Suffolk County Community College

Suffolk County Community College is the largest, most comprehensive community college in the State University of New York (SUNY) system, enrolling more than 21,000 students in over 100 degree and certificate programs. With over 145,000 alumni, Suffolk County Community College is dedicated to meeting the demands of regional employers. The college has built an extensive track record of successfully training and educating its students through pathways from high school, to college, and into careers.