ANNA SNOWDON

Born in Sheffield, England, Anna Snowdon (1980) moved to London to study for a BA in Illustration at Kingston University. After graduating, she began her career as an illustrator and textile artist.

Following a move to Amsterdam, Snowdon started working with ceramics. This opened up a new world, where 3D meets 2D and form becomes an additional means of self-expression.

Drawing from her previous career as a 2-dimensional artist, Snowdon hand-builds a 3-dimensional canvas upon which to experiment, as she plays with the line between 2 and 3-dimensional art. Through this interplay, Snowdon seeks to question our perceptions, hoping to trigger a moment of pause and reflection. By exploring opposing themes; order and chaos; control and release, Snowdon creates a dialogue, in which she searches for balance.

Snowdon uses pattern and repetition to play with the senses; repetition serves to comfort and soothe, whilst unusual form and colour create discord from which beauty flourishes, creating an allegory for the ‘human’ experience.

Snowdon explores how an interaction and juxtaposition of colour evokes an emotional response, whilst the beauty in the ‘perfect imperfections’ of the deliberately hand-painted patterns reflects her reaction to an over-digitised world and a need for refreshed human connection.