Above and Below acquired by Parliament House Art Collection, Australia 2017

2018-2020 Promiscuous Provenance
Touring Exhibition, NSW, QLD, SA, Vic
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2018 Selected for Biennale Of Australian Art
2018 Awarded Artist in Residence
SITKA/USA & ARNA Sweden

Finalist

2018 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize
2018 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize
2018 Wyndham Art Prize, Australia
2017 Korea-Australia Arts Foundation Prize
2017 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize
2017 Kilgour Prize, Australia
2016 Heysen Prize for Landscape, Australia

2017 ‘Above and Below’ moving image acquired Parliament House Art Collection, Australia
2016 Winner Noosa Art Award - 'Cane' moving image Learn more

Dry Tortugas Artist In Residence Anna Glynn

Finalist Mandorla Art Award 2016

Anna Glynn’s video/moving image work
'Presence' was a finalist in the
2016 Mandorla Art Award
for contemporary religious art.

Australia’s most significant thematic Christian
art prize which ranks among major Australian art
awards in both artistic excellence and prize value

'Presence' has been acquired for the collection of
St John of God Healthcare, Mandorla’s major sponsor.

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Dry Tortugas Islands USA
Artist in Residence 2015

Anna Glynn was selected as the first
Artist in Residence by the Dry Tortugas National Park and the National Park Arts Foundation (NPAF) USA

30 days - 'off grid'
Art & Science at Loggerhead Key
An interdisciplinary collaboration
Anna Glynn multimedia artist
Peter Dalmazzo environmental scientist

View excerpt 'Above and Below' video artwork
A "poetic fantasia" from the Dry Tortugas Islands
View Loggerhead Key lighthouse storm timelapse

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2015 Kedumba Drawing Award

'Awaiting Discovery' by Anna Glynn has been selected for acquisition to the Kedumba Collection of Australian Drawings

The drawing references the work of the early European artists who visited Australia and plays with the notion of ‘discovery’.

“The Kedumba Collection has become the most representative collection of drawings of this period in this country.”
John Olsen AO OBE

Orange Regional Gallery
12 September to 15 November 2015

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2014 Albany art Prize finalist Marriage in Red by Anna Glynn

'The Sun Worshipper'

A tragic, anaesthetic-induced video selfie propels artist Anna Glynn into an examination of her carefree childhood frolicking under the Australian sun.

'The Sun Worshipper’ incorporates archival 8mm footage from the 1960s into a simple and moving true story of Australian beach culture.

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Gold Coast Art Prize Finalist 2014

'Forest Horse' by Anna Glynn has been selected as a finalist in the Gold Coast Art Prize 2014.

This poetic work relies on the natural materials - a sweep of a traditional brush laden with Chinese ink - precise but also random at the same time - water and ink – control and flow - duality of materials.

"The exhibition is a showcase for excellent contemporary art practice from across Australia and the selected artworks represent many of the key trends in contemporary art."

Gold Coast City Gallery
6 December 2014 - 8 February 2015

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Albany Art Prize Finalist 2014

'Marriage in Red' by Anna Glynn has been selected as a finalist in this major Australian national contemporary painting prize. The work fuses Chinese traditional ink painting techniques with a Western aesthetic - playing with the intersection and interpretation of cultures and ideas.

Australian Arts in Asia Awards' finalist Hidden Worlds

Anna Glynn was selected as a finalist in the inaugural 'Australian Arts in Asia Awards' in two categories Visual Arts and Individual, for her Hidden Worlds Exhibition in Beijing,

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Current Projects

Provenance ink and pencil on paper by Anna Glynn

‘Promiscuous Provenance’

Promiscuous Provenance re-interprets images of the Australian colonial painters through a naive playful engagement to express a nostalgia for an antipodean wonderland before the imprint of colonization was stamped over the landscape and its inhabitants.
View Promiscuous Provenance catalogue
View Promiscuous Provenance documentary

Touring Exhibition 2018 - 2020
Shoalhaven Regional Gallery
7th April - 2nd June
Dinner Event - live art performance
April 21st at 6pm sold out

Nature Entwined chinese paper, ink and pencil by Anna Glynn

'Above and Below’

‘Above and Below’ is a visually poetic moving image work reflecting the complex elegant natural rhythms and patterns of the isolated environment of the Dry Tortugas National Park, USA. "...a poetic fantasia that synthesizes images of the natural world of the Key.."

In 2017 the video was acquired by the Parliament House Art Collection, Australia.

Interdisciplinary Collaborations

Through international interdisciplinary collaborations at the intersection of art and science I explore landscape and nature, creating responsive artworks examining and engaging with the natural environment.

2017 Interface Inagh, Ireland →
2016 Kunstnarhuset Messen, Norway →
2015 Sitka Center for Art and Ecology USA →
2014 Caetani Cultural Centre, Canada →
2013 ARNA, Avian Kingdom, Sweden →

International artist in residence SITKA, USA & ARNA Sweden Australian artist Anna Glynn

Art, Ecology & Science 2018

An international interdisciplinary collaboration with SITKA-USA and ARNA-Sweden where myself and biologist Peter Dalmazzo through the Art, Ecology & Science Project find ways to connect a vision for a new UNESCO biosphere in Sweden which includes the cultural dimension of sustainability in its foundation.

Anna Glynn is an Australian contemporary multimedia artist.

Award winning Australian artist, Anna Glynn draws on a diversified practice that incorporates painting, drawing, film making, moving image, animation, sculpture, installation, photography, writing, music, sound and live performance.

Through international interdisciplinary collaborations of art and science she explores landscape and nature to create site-responsive artworks which examine the amplified response that a physical engagement with the natural environment has the power to evoke.

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At A Glance

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Acquired by Parliament House Art Collection 2017

My moving image work 'Above and Below' has been acquired by the Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra, Australia. This major public collection is of significant heritage value and is created specifically for Parliament House.

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Selected for BOAA, Biennale Of Australian Art 2018

I am happy to announce my official selection for BOAA – the Biennale Of Australian Art 2018… “festival of visual art showcasing over 150 of Australia’s most innovative contemporary artists from across Australia. BOAA will tell Australian stories; stories of our past, present and future. It will reflect what it means to be Australian today..."

Biennale Of Australian Art 2018

2017 Finalist Kilgour Prize

My work ‘Colonial Hybrid: George Raper Kangooroo of New Holland 1789 in evening dress from Anna King 1805’ has been selected as a finalist in the KILGOUR PRIZE 2017, Newcastle Art Gallery’s national art prize recognising the finest examples of Australian figurative and portrait painting.

2017 Kilgour Prize

2017 Finalist Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize

My moving image work ‘Flourish – Metamorphosis’ has been selected as a finalist in the 2017 Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize, the richest professional art prize for women in Australia.

Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize

2017 Artist in Residence 'Interface', Ireland

An art and science collaboration with biologist Peter Dalmazzo to explore, experience and respond to the Connemara landscape and environment.

Interface Inagh

2017 Introducing V exhibition
MAY SPACE, Sydney

Showing this year with MAY SPACE, formerly known as Brenda May Gallery (2001-2016) in Sydney. I have been invited to show in their forthcoming Introducing V exhibition, 28 March to 22 April 2017. I am one of five artists selected for an exhibition that aims to showcase the work of a small group of artists who are new to the Gallery.

Exhibition opening April 1st, 3- 5 pm

Exhibition invitation
View excerpt of moving image work

2016 Heysen Prize for Landscape

My moving image work ‘Cane’ has been selected as a finalist in the 2016 Heysen Prize for Landscape. This is a biennial award that encourages artists to express their deep connection with, or their deep concern for, the Australian landscape and environment.

Hahndorf Academy South Australia
Saturday 8 October - Sunday 4 December 2016

2016 Finalist Mandorla Art Award

My video/moving image work 'Presence' has been selected as a finalist in Australia’s most significant thematic Christian art prize which now ranks among major Australian art awards, in both artistic excellence and prize value. The 2016 theme is ‘The Resurrection’. The work has been acquired for the collection of St John of God Healthcare, Mandorla’s major sponsor.

Mandorla Art Award 2016
Exhibition at Linton and Kay Gallery Perth
July 15-24
View video about the award

2015 Kedumba Drawing Award

I am very excited that my drawing ‘Awaiting Discovery’has been selected for acquisition to the Kedumba Collection of Australian Drawings. This is the premier event for drawing in Australia where selected artists from across the nation are invited to participate.

“The Kedumba Collection has become the most representative collection of drawings of this period in this country.”
John Olsen AO OBE

Orange Regional Gallery
12 September to 15 November 2015

2016 Finalist Stanthorpe Art Festival

My ink and pencil work "Memory of Birds & Trees - Nature Entwined - 3" was selected by Ron Ramsey from over 1400 international entries as a finalist in the 2016 Stanthorpe Art Festival. The Nature Entwined series contains playful allegorical references...tales of relationships within nature...allusions to the connection of all aspects of our natural world...merging of the creatures and plant life...forms combine...myths and characters intersect.

Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery
June 3rd - July 17th 2016

‘The Sun Worshipper’

My video work ‘The Sun Worshipper’ is showing at the Shoalhaven City Arts Centre in conjunction with the The Van Dyke Album: Max Dupain, The Sunbaker and Culburra. The album documents a camping trip by Max Dupain, Olive Cotton and their friends to Culburra in the Shoalhaven during 1937. It gives context to Australia’s most iconic photograph, The Sunbaker. Earlier in my life I had lived and sunned on the beaches of Culburra so it seems serendipitous that my video work ‘The Sun Worshipper’ should accompany Dupain’s story and tell another experience of Australian beach culture.
Shoalhaven City Arts Centre
28th November 2015 – to 30th January 2016

My work will be featured in an exhibition ‘Resonating with Creative Minds: A Retrospective of the Artists-in-Residence’ at Lingnan University, Hong Kong.
22 October to 27 November 2015.

This exhibition will illuminate the 10 years history, unique characteristics and good memories of the artist-in-residence (AiR) programme. It lays emphasis on the interactions among artists-in-residency, students and audiences, revealing how professional artists resonated the creative minds of university students, faculty and other audiences through the AiR programme.

Finalist

Finalist Mandorla Art Award 2016

Dry Tortugas Islands USA Artist in Residence 2015

2015 Kedumba Drawing Award

'The Sun Worshipper'

Gold Coast Art Prize Finalist 2014

Albany Art Prize Finalist 2014

Australian Arts in Asia Awards' finalist Hidden Worlds

Current Projects

‘Promiscuous Provenance’

'Above and Below’

Interdisciplinary Collaborations

Art, Ecology & Science 2018

Dry Tortugas Islands USA
Artist in Residence 2015