Anna King (artist)
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Anna King, is a Scottish
landscape art
ist "who seeks out forgotten spaces and derelict buildings."
She was born in Shetland in 1984, spent most of her life in the Scottish Borders
, and lives in the village of Greenlaw
, near Kelso.
She first came to attention of the general public at her degree show at Dundee's
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
in 2005. As a young artist, this, her first exhibition, was a sell out, a pattern that was followed in several of her future exhibitions.
in 2007 - the inaugural year for the prize. This the largest prize award in Scotland, established by John Lowrie Morrison
and awarded to Scottish Landscape Artists.
She also received the Royal Scottish Academy
Landscape Award from the RSA Student Exhibition and also received the Ian Eadie Award from the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
She has also exhibited at many other art galleries including the Glasgow Art Fair and the Gallery Heinzel.
visited her during one of her residencies at the Watchie and explored what drew Joan Eardley
to Catterline
. Also she is the featured artist in a recent Blackberry Ad which shows William Ramsay, founder of the Affordable Art Fair, visiting the artist and then using his BlackBerry Torch to share her paintings with his colleagues.
"I love to explore empty, feral places: wastelands, abandoned buildings and barren pieces of scrub-land.
"I find myself in a no-mans land. Unclaimed territory, that, for a while anyway, I can have as my own. It’s an adventure playground that nobody meant to build, a desolate, wild expanse of cracking concrete and decaying structures. Once a hive of human activity, these forgotten places have no purpose left – but no rules either – and nature is slowly and relentlessly taking the land back."
Anna King, Artist's Statement (see her website ).
FINANCIAL TIMES REVIEW 12 April 2008, by Jackie Wullschlager, chief art critic of the Financial Times.
Also there is a selection of paintings on her official website.
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
landscape art
Landscape art
Landscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works landscape backgrounds for figures can still...
ist "who seeks out forgotten spaces and derelict buildings."
She was born in Shetland in 1984, spent most of her life in the Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
, and lives in the village of Greenlaw
Greenlaw
Greenlaw is a small town situated in the foothills of the Lammermuir Hills on Blackadder Water at the junction of the A697 and the A6105 in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Greenlaw was first made the county town of Berwickshire in 1596, and was the first town to take on this role since the...
, near Kelso.
She first came to attention of the general public at her degree show at Dundee's
Dundee
Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design is an integral part of the University of Dundee in Dundee, Scotland. It is ranked as one of the top schools of art and design in the United Kingdom and has an outstanding reputation in both practice and research.-History:Attempts were made to...
in 2005. As a young artist, this, her first exhibition, was a sell out, a pattern that was followed in several of her future exhibitions.
Awards
She won the top prize of £20,000 in the annual Jolomo AwardJolomo Award
Founded in 2007 by the Scottish Landscape Artist John Lowrie Morrison, the biennial Jolomo Award is the largest arts award in Scotland and the UK's largest privately-funded arts award with a prize currently of £25,000 for the winner in 2011....
in 2007 - the inaugural year for the prize. This the largest prize award in Scotland, established by John Lowrie Morrison
John Lowrie Morrison
John Lowrie Morrison OBE , known as Jolomo, is a Scottish contemporary artist.He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to art and charity in Scotland....
and awarded to Scottish Landscape Artists.
She also received the Royal Scottish Academy
Royal Scottish Academy
The Royal Scottish Academy is a Scottish organisation that promotes contemporary Scottish art. Founded in 1826, as the Royal Institution for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts, the RSA maintains a unique position in Scotland as an independently funded institution led by eminent artists and...
Landscape Award from the RSA Student Exhibition and also received the Ian Eadie Award from the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design is an integral part of the University of Dundee in Dundee, Scotland. It is ranked as one of the top schools of art and design in the United Kingdom and has an outstanding reputation in both practice and research.-History:Attempts were made to...
Exhibitions
She has had solo exhibitions at:- Open Eye Gallery in Edinburgh
- Beaux Art Gallery Bath
- 108 Fine Art, Harrogate
She has also exhibited at many other art galleries including the Glasgow Art Fair and the Gallery Heinzel.
Residencies
She has been twice artist in residence at the Watchie studio in Catterline. Also artist in residence at Traon Nevez, Brittany.TV
She featured on the BBC Coast Series, when Alice RobertsAlice Roberts
Alice May Roberts is an English anatomist, osteoarchaeologist, anthropologist, television presenter, and author.Best known for her TV appearances in the BBC series Coast, Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young, and The Incredible Human Journey, she has also appeared as an expert osteoarchaeologist on...
visited her during one of her residencies at the Watchie and explored what drew Joan Eardley
Joan Eardley
Joan Eardley was a British artist.Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley was born in Warnham, Sussex, England where her parents were dairy farmers. Her mother, Irene Morrison, was Scottish. Joan had a sister, Patricia, born in 1922...
to Catterline
Catterline
Catterline is a coastal village on the North Sea in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is situated about six kilometres south of Stonehaven; nearby to the north are Dunnottar Castle and Fowlsheugh Nature Reserve. Other noted architectural or historic features in the general area include Fetteresso...
. Also she is the featured artist in a recent Blackberry Ad which shows William Ramsay, founder of the Affordable Art Fair, visiting the artist and then using his BlackBerry Torch to share her paintings with his colleagues.
Art
She normally works in oil and pencil, on paper and board."I love to explore empty, feral places: wastelands, abandoned buildings and barren pieces of scrub-land.
"I find myself in a no-mans land. Unclaimed territory, that, for a while anyway, I can have as my own. It’s an adventure playground that nobody meant to build, a desolate, wild expanse of cracking concrete and decaying structures. Once a hive of human activity, these forgotten places have no purpose left – but no rules either – and nature is slowly and relentlessly taking the land back."
Anna King, Artist's Statement (see her website ).
"This gifted young artist has spent the past two winters working at Joan Eardley's clifftop studio at Catterline. The results are very different from Eardley's wild, densely painted seascapes: cooler, more cerebral, with an almost icy range of colours. Yet something of Eardley's response to nature as an untameable force is echoed in King's bleakly attractive images of post-industrial landscapes: empty feral places where nature is slowly reclaiming the land."
FINANCIAL TIMES REVIEW 12 April 2008, by Jackie Wullschlager, chief art critic of the Financial Times.
External links
- Anna King - the artist's official web site.
- Painter Anna King tells why barren spaces and discarded objects inspire her, New Scotsman, 30 May 2009, by Susan Mansfield
- Red Lorry Yellow Lorry Scotland on Sunday, Aidan Smith 6 January 2008
- Bio. of Anna King at "108 Fine Art" "one of the most promising artists to have emerged from Scotland in recent years"
Online galleries
These are on-line galleries of some of her recent exhibitions.- Anna King's paintings at the Open Eye Gallery in Edinburgh
- Anna King at Beaux Arts Bath Summer Exhibition 2010
- Anna King's Second Exhibition at the Heinzel Gallery, Aberdeen
- Anna King at 108 Fine Art
- Anna King at Wall Projects Montrose
Also there is a selection of paintings on her official website.