Anna studied Fine Art at Leicester DeMontford and Goldsmiths College London. Her inspiration comes from the cities she inhabits, a stark contrast to the Lancashire countryside where she grew up. She aims to challenge the relationships between colour and space, using monochromatic, industrial, hazardous, instructive colours in much the same way as a city does. This is anchored by her use of gaffer tape and plastic within her work. Traditionally Anna produced 'site specific' installations but has now translated her unique style to the canvas.

 

"When I start a piece of artwork I am dealing with the way colour works within space, and the way space works within colour. Previously, my works have been site specific, existing only in relation to the spaces that had prompted them. Subsequently, I have started to make transitional works, quite often being made up of many different pieces that can be adapted in many different ways and fitted into many different spaces."

 

"When installing my work into a space, it fills the area at the same time as separating it from it’s surroundings. Therefore, creating a new space. For example, looking at an old photograph, for a while you are drawn into that photograph's space. When you move away from the photo, you will think more about the space you now occupy, whether mental or physical, based on your perceptions of the space within the old photograph - You have created a new space."

 

"So, in transporting my work to new spaces, I am in turn bringing together, separating and highlighting spaces for the viewer, mentally expanding the space that the viewer occupies."

 

"I have a conscious involvement with colour throughout my work. Colour plays a huge part in helping you to navigate the spaces around ‘your city’. When I use colour I am using it much in the same way as a city does – Flat, monochromatic, industrial, hazardous, instructive colour. Colour that people are used to responding to.

I am influenced a lot by what happens in and around cities. Everything is controlled, often using different coloured symbols to instruct us on what we are allowed or forbidden to do."

 

"My industrial colour manifests from using a lot of manufactured materials such as gaffer tape and office stickers – Therefore, the colour I use is often determined for me. As a result of this, finding new materials to work with often gives my work a new direction."