Ann Ponce was born in 1950 and has been painting and teaching art since 1976, in Denver, Indianapolis, and Chicago. Classically trained in art, Ann first studied drawing and painting at Indiana University, then at the Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design in Denver, Colorado, where she joined the faculty from 1976 to 1978. From 1988 until 1997, she taught classes in Portraiture, Figure Drawing, and Painting at the Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois. Ann has held workshops from her own studio since 2000. Her work is in many private and public collections.
