Clay is my medium for exploring.

Clay is my medium for exploring unknown and forgotten dreams, myths and connections.  Creating new work is a journey into the dark center where everything is born and everything is connected. It is a solitary adventure, full of mystery and wonder which I bring back to share with you.

Making my torsos, I celebrate the Great Goddess in her various forms again and again, tracing plants, animals, birds and insects onto her skin.

My work is hand built using a mixture of press-moulding, slab building, carving and coiling techniques. I often use smoke firing techniques to paint the surface of unglazed work or add an extra glow to glazes.

I was born in Copenhagen and grew up in Sweden in the archipelago outside Gothenburg.
I graduated from Uppsala University with a BA in Fine Art  and then managed the Ceramics Department at Medborgar skolan in Uppsala for a few years before working as a ceramic designer at the Tao Fong Shan mission in Hong Kong. After Hong Kong I spent the next five years traveling, making a living as a free lance journalist and photographer before moving to Napa Valley in California to live with my wine making boy friend.

In 1988 I moved to Hastings in East Sussex, got married and then unmarried but have managed to stay put in a place where the hills sing.
I changed my name from Anne to Anna when I moved to England because few English people pronounce the e in my name and I couldn’t get used to being called Ann.

Recent Shows

20/21 February 2008 at the Royal College of Art, represented by David Lilford Fine Art
The Glasgow Art Fair 27-30 March 2008, represented by David Lilford Fine Art
Cambridge Art Fair 6-8 June 2008, represented by David Lilford Fine Art
Rye Society of Artists summer show, Rye, 8th August to 5th September 2008
Edinburgh Art Fair 21st – 23rd November 2008, represented by David Lilford Fine Art
Weekend Gallery Christmas show, Hastings Old Town
20/21 International Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London, represented by David Lilford 21-21 February 2009
The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, represented by David Lilford, 12-15th March 2009
Hastings Hot Houses 1-9 August in my studios in Dudley Road
Rye Society of Artists Summer show 31st July-4th September
Buy Art Fair, Manchester 24th – 27th September represented by Castle Arts
Edinburgh Art Fair, 21 – 23rd November represented by David Lilford Fine Art
Hastings Hot Houses Christmas Show in my studios in Dudley Road 27-29th November
Brighton Artists Open Houses, Fiveways, Kate Osborne, 32 Stanford Avenue, Brighton BN16EA 27-29 November and 5-6 December.
11-14 March 2010 The Affordable Art Fair (Battersea), represented by David Lilford Fine Art
25th – 28th March 2010 The Glasgow Art Fair, represented by David Lilford Fine Art
3-5 April and 10-11 April Hastings Hot Houses at my studios in Dudley road, Hastings
Brighton festival. During the first four weekends in May I am showing my work in Kate Osborne’s house on 32 Stanford Avenue, which is part of the Fiveways Art trail in Brighton.
Rye Society of Artists Summer show 2010
Two man show at Saffron Gallery, Battle 7th August – 21st August 2010.
‘The Sculpted Sea’ Pomegranate, 50 George Street, Hastings 16 Sept 2010
Battle Contemporary Fine Art fair  17-26th Sept. 2010 Powdermills Hotel, Powdermill Lane, Battle.

Coming up in 2012

I’m looking forward to showing my work at the Artwave festival in August -Sept