Blue Bird Acrobat, Chinese
ink on Shu
Xuan paper, 29 x 23 cm
My work often
references our natural world and expresses
curiosity and wonderment. I am intrigued by our human interpretations
of nature. My work often references our natural
world and expresses curiosity and wonderment,
investigating the connection between humans and
nature, land and place, ideas and the ephemeral. I am especially interested in the
intersection of cultures and ideas – the crossing
of cultural borders and the sharing of the
consequent experiences. My art-practice has been
inspired by working and collaborating
internationally, including considerable time in
Asia especially China. In recent years I have worked to develop a
genre that fuses Chinese traditional ink painting
techniques with a Western aesthetic utilising the
natural character of the Chinese materials,
generating a meeting between East and West,
traditional and contemporary. I work with a multimedia palette of painting,
drawing, photography, sculpture, writing, music,
sound, installation, film making, moving image,
digital animation and theatre.
Anna Glynn was a finalist in the
2013 'Australian Art in Asia Awards' which
recognised her ongoing commitment to international
collaboration. In 2014 she was Awarded a Veolia
Creative Arts Scholarship in recognition of her
"commitment and contribution to the creative arts".
She has undertaken a number of successful
residencies both within Australia and
internationally, most recently in 2013 in the
Department of Visual Studies, Lingnan University,
Hong Kong where she undertook research, taught
multimedia, lectured and mounted the 'Wonderment'
exhibition at the University.
In 1998 she received an
International Women’s Day Award for contribution to
'Women, Art & the Community'. In 2009 her
painting ‘Brave Hunter’ was chosen as the iconic
Australian image for the cover of ‘A Concise History
of Australia’
She regularly exhibits
internationally: including the Art Museum of Zhu Qi
Zhan, Peking University/ China & the Kyoto
Museum / Japan. Her soundscape work 'Yarra River
Stories' was featured on the Australian Broadcasting
Commissions Radio National ‘360 Documentaries’ in
2011 and 2013.
Her digital video artworks have
gained international awards: 'The Traveller’ won the
Animation section at the 2010 International Film
Festival Ireland and was selected as the premier
work to launch the Albury Regional Gallery 2011
Outdoor Digital Gallery. In a unanimous decision by
the judges, her digital video artwork ‘Verse Versus’
won the 2009 Australian Historic Houses Trust,
Meroogal Women's Art Prize. [from the artist's
website]
Marriage in Red. Chinese ink on Shu Xuan paper, 132 x
70 cm.