Torsos

Anna Keiller

Fri 20 Jun 2008 - Thu 31 Jul 2008

Anna on Anna:

"I was born in Copenhagen and grew up in Sweden in the archipelago outside Gothenburg.

I graduated from Uppsala University 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 travelling, 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 and I have managed to stay put.

My work is hand built using a mixture of press-moulding, slab building, carving and coiling techniques.
I have become increasingly aware how deeply connected we humans are with one another and with other life forms on Earth. Not just through DNA, but on a spiritual level. This ancient knowledge is re emerging in many ways not least through the popular environmental concept of Earth as one living organism, Gaia. Making my torsos, I celebrate the Great Goddess Gaia in her various forms again and again, tracing plants, animals, birds and insects onto her skin."

Recent Shows
Westbourne Gallery, London, Christmas show 2005
The Spring Fair, Contemporary and Fine Art, Olympia, London. March 2006, represented by Finch&Co.
Abbeville, Centre de Tourisme, France, April 2006
Easton Rooms, Rye Art Gallery “Pausing the Eye” May 2006
Rye Society of Arists Summershow, Rye, August 4th - Sept.9th 2006
Headspace, SoCo gallery, Hastings August 10th - Sept.10th 2006

Newcastle Gateshead Art fair May 2007, represented by David Linley Fine Art
The Affordable Art Fair, Bristol, May 2007, represented by David Linley Fine Art
The Tour de France Ehibition in the Marlowe Archade, Canterbury July 2007
Kimberly Festival installation in the Bird garden, July 2007
Rye Society of Artists summer show, Rye Aug- Sept 2007
Canterbury Festival October 2007
Lainsdown Weekend Gallery ' Underneath the tree' Oct - Dec. 2007
Art Ireland 16-18 November represented by David Lilford Fine Art
The Edinburgh Art Fair 22-25 November, represented by David Lilford Fine Art
20/21 February 2008 at the Royal College of Art, represented by David Lilford Fine Art
The Glasgow Art Fair 27-30 March, represented by David Lilford Fine Art

Upcoming events

Cambridge Art Fair 6-8 June, represented by David Lilford Fine Art
Rye Society of Artists summer show, Rye, August

Anna's work can be found in:

Castle Arts, Canterbury,
Fairfax Gallery, Burnham Market, Norfolk
Stark Gallery, London
The Laindowns Weekend Gallery, Hastings Old Town
The Arts Hut, Herstmonceux
Icetwice Gallery, Olney, Buckinghamshire
Saffron Gallery, Battle, East Sussex