Jeremy Anderson (1921–82) was a sculptor and educator whose work bridged Surrealism, abstraction and the irreverence of Northern California Funk art. Born in Palo Alto, California, he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II before earning his B.F.A. from the California School of Fine Arts (later San Francisco Art Institute) in 1950. Awarded a Rosenberg Traveling Fellowship, he spent time in France, where prehistoric stone monuments inspired his interest in mythology, symbolism and ritual objects. Anderson became known for hand-carved redwood sculptures combining biomorphic shapes, mysterious figures and playful references to everyday life. His later works incorporated language, color and increasingly humorous narratives. He taught at the San Francisco Art Institute and served as a visiting artist at the University of California, Davis, in 1975. Anderson's work was included in the landmark exhibition FUNK at the University Art Museum, UC Berkeley, in 1967. His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Oakland Museum of California and Whitney Museum of American Art.