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'''Anna Glynn''' (born 1958) is an Australian [[visual artist]] whose diverse work spans the mediums of painting, drawing, installation, moving image, sound and sculpture. Her works have been shown in multiple exhibitions and are represented in the collections of numerous public galleries.
'''Anna Glynn''' is an Australian [[visual artist]] whose diverse work spans the mediums of painting, drawing, installation, moving image, sound and sculpture. Her works have been shown in multiple exhibitions and are represented in the collections of numerous public galleries.


==Early life and biography==
==Early life and biography==
Anna Glynn was born in 1958.<ref name="daao">{{Cite web |title=Anna Glynn :: biography |url=https://www.daao.org.au/bio/anna-glynn/collections/ |access-date=2022-02-04 |website=[[Design and Art Australia Online]]}}</ref> She grew up on a one-hundred-acre Yarra riverfront farm at [[Warrandyte, Victoria|Warrandyte]] on a property with important wildlife habitat now owned by [[Parks Victoria]]. This bushland location formed the basis for a creative childhood interacting with nature and has influenced the subject matter of her work including her 2006 ''Strange Memories'',<ref>{{Cite book |last=Glynn |first=Anna |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/224167629 |title=Strange memories : it's only forever ... |date=2006 |publisher=JoJo Pub |isbn=0-9757471-0-X |location=Melbourne |oclc=224167629}}</ref> featured on ABC Radio in 2011.
Anna Glynn grew up on a one-hundred-acre Yarra riverfront farm at [[Warrandyte, Victoria|Warrandyte]] on a property with important wildlife habitat now owned by [[Parks Victoria]]. This bushland location formed the basis for a creative childhood interacting with nature and has influenced the subject matter of her work including her 2006 ''Strange Memories'',<ref>{{Cite book |last=Glynn |first=Anna |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/224167629 |title=Strange memories : it's only forever ... |date=2006 |publisher=JoJo Pub |isbn=0-9757471-0-X |location=Melbourne |oclc=224167629}}</ref> featured on ABC Radio in 2011.


In 1980, Glynn graduated from [[Melbourne Teachers' College|Melbourne State College]], University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Education majoring in sculpture and painting.{{cn|date=August 2023}}
In 1980, Glynn graduated from [[Melbourne Teachers' College|Melbourne State College]], University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Education majoring in sculpture and painting.{{cn|date=August 2023}}
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Her exhibition ''Promiscuous Provenance'', commissioned by [[Shoalhaven Regional Gallery]], explored Australia's colonial identity through a contemporary reinterpretation of early representations of Australian flora and fauna.<ref name=yumpu>{{Cite web|last=Yumpu.com|title=Promiscuous Provenance Exhibition catalogue|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/59949549/promiscuous-provenance-exhibition-catalogue|access-date=2022-02-04| website=yumpu.com|language=en}}</ref> It toured multiple museums and galleries across [[Queensland]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australian Capital Territory|ACT]], [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]] and [[South Australia]] from 2018 to 2021, supported by the [[Australian Government]]'s Visions of Australia touring program.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Office for the Arts|first=Department of Infrastructure|date=2019-01-23|title=Visions of Australia funding recipients—round 7—October 2018 funding round|url=https://www.arts.gov.au/visions-australia-funding-recipients-round-7-october-2018-funding-round|access-date=2022-02-05|website=www.arts.gov.au|language=en}}</ref>
Her exhibition ''Promiscuous Provenance'', commissioned by [[Shoalhaven Regional Gallery]], explored Australia's colonial identity through a contemporary reinterpretation of early representations of Australian flora and fauna.<ref name=yumpu>{{Cite web|last=Yumpu.com|title=Promiscuous Provenance Exhibition catalogue|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/59949549/promiscuous-provenance-exhibition-catalogue|access-date=2022-02-04| website=yumpu.com|language=en}}</ref> It toured multiple museums and galleries across [[Queensland]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australian Capital Territory|ACT]], [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]] and [[South Australia]] from 2018 to 2021, supported by the [[Australian Government]]'s Visions of Australia touring program.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Office for the Arts|first=Department of Infrastructure|date=2019-01-23|title=Visions of Australia funding recipients—round 7—October 2018 funding round|url=https://www.arts.gov.au/visions-australia-funding-recipients-round-7-october-2018-funding-round|access-date=2022-02-05|website=www.arts.gov.au|language=en}}</ref>


Throughout her career of more than thirty years, Glynn has been a finalist in a number of art prizes and has won awards and commissions both in Australia and internationally, including the Noosa Art Award (2016),<ref name="Promiscuous Provenance {{!}} NETS">{{Cite web|title=Promiscuous Provenance {{!}} NETS|url=https://netsaustralia.org.au/register/promiscuous-provenance/|access-date=2022-02-04|website=netsaustralia.org.au}}</ref> Kedumba Drawing Award (2015), the Shoalhaven City Arts Award (2001), and the Shoalhaven Arts Board Millennium Sculpture commission (2000).<ref name=daao />
Throughout her career of more than thirty years, Glynn has been a finalist in a number of art prizes and has won awards and commissions both in Australia and internationally, including the Noosa Art Award (2016),<ref name="Promiscuous Provenance {{!}} NETS">{{Cite web|title=Promiscuous Provenance {{!}} NETS|url=https://netsaustralia.org.au/register/promiscuous-provenance/|access-date=2022-02-04|website=netsaustralia.org.au}}</ref> Kedumba Drawing Award (2015), the Shoalhaven City Arts Award (2001), and the Shoalhaven Arts Board Millennium Sculpture commission (2000).<ref name="daao">{{Cite web |title=Anna Glynn :: biography |url=https://www.daao.org.au/bio/anna-glynn/collections/ |access-date=2022-02-04 |website=[[Design and Art Australia Online]]}}</ref>


== Recognition and awards ==
== Recognition and awards ==

Latest revision as of 03:48, 5 April 2024

Anna Glynn is an Australian visual artist whose diverse work spans the mediums of painting, drawing, installation, moving image, sound and sculpture. Her works have been shown in multiple exhibitions and are represented in the collections of numerous public galleries.

Early life and biography[edit]

Anna Glynn grew up on a one-hundred-acre Yarra riverfront farm at Warrandyte on a property with important wildlife habitat now owned by Parks Victoria. This bushland location formed the basis for a creative childhood interacting with nature and has influenced the subject matter of her work including her 2006 Strange Memories,[1] featured on ABC Radio in 2011.

In 1980, Glynn graduated from Melbourne State College, University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Education majoring in sculpture and painting.[citation needed]

Art practice and career[edit]

Glynn's artworks feature explorations of nature and the environment, and the human connection to landscape.[2]

Her exhibition Promiscuous Provenance, commissioned by Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, explored Australia's colonial identity through a contemporary reinterpretation of early representations of Australian flora and fauna.[2] It toured multiple museums and galleries across Queensland, New South Wales, ACT, Victoria and South Australia from 2018 to 2021, supported by the Australian Government's Visions of Australia touring program.[3]

Throughout her career of more than thirty years, Glynn has been a finalist in a number of art prizes and has won awards and commissions both in Australia and internationally, including the Noosa Art Award (2016),[4] Kedumba Drawing Award (2015), the Shoalhaven City Arts Award (2001), and the Shoalhaven Arts Board Millennium Sculpture commission (2000).[5]

Recognition and awards[edit]

Exhibitions[edit]

Selected solo exhibitions[edit]

2018–2021 - Promiscuous Provenance, touring exhibition: Shoalhaven Regional Gallery,[10] NSW; Margaret Whitlam Gallery,[11] NSW; Noosa Regional Gallery,[12] QLD; The World Theatre,[13] QLD; Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre,[14] NSW; Australian National Botanic Gardens,[15] ACT; Hahndorf Academy, SA; Swan Hill Regional Gallery, VIC; Jervis Bay Maritime Museum, NSW; Hawkesbury Regional Gallery,[16] NSW.[4]

2013 - Wonderment,[17] Leung Fong Oi Wan Art Gallery, Lingnan University, Hong Kong.

Collections[edit]

In 2021 her moving image works were acquired by the National Museum of Australia, Canberra and the Australian Parliament House Art Collection, both in Canberra.[18][19][20]

Other galleries holding her works include:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Glynn, Anna (2006). Strange memories : it's only forever ... Melbourne: JoJo Pub. ISBN 0-9757471-0-X. OCLC 224167629.
  2. ^ a b Yumpu.com. "Promiscuous Provenance Exhibition catalogue". yumpu.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  3. ^ Office for the Arts, Department of Infrastructure (23 January 2019). "Visions of Australia funding recipients—round 7—October 2018 funding round". www.arts.gov.au. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Promiscuous Provenance | NETS". netsaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Anna Glynn :: biography". Design and Art Australia Online. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  6. ^ "2021 Finalists — Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery Photography Awards". srag.org.au. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Heysen Prize for Landscape". Hahndorf Academy. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  8. ^ "The Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize in Landscape Painting". griffith.edu.au. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Past Prizes - 2019". Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Exhibition Details". shoalhavenregionalgallery.com.au. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Promiscuous Provenance | Art by Anna Glynn". Western Sydney University. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Noosa Regional Gallery - Discover Exhibitions, Workshops & Local Artists". Noosa Regional Gallery. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  13. ^ "The World Theatre - Charters Towers: At the Art Gallery: 'Promiscuous Provenance' by Anna Glynn". The World Theatre - Charters Towers. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  14. ^ Centre, Basil Sellers Exhibition (16 July 2021). "Anna Glynn | Promiscuous Provenance". thebas.com.au. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  15. ^ "Promiscuous Provenance". parksaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  16. ^ Gallery, Hawkesbury Regional (4 June 2018). "Hawkesbury Regional Gallery". Hawkesbury Regional Gallery. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  17. ^ "Department of Visual Studies - Lingnan University". www.ln.edu.hk. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  18. ^ "Anna Glynn: Iso Voyeur". City of Sydney - What’s On. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  19. ^ "Contemporary Australian Art". www.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  20. ^ "National Museum of Australia - Collection". National Museum of Australia. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  21. ^ "Explore the Collection - Shoalhaven Regional Gallery". Shoalhaven Regional Gallery Collection Online. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  22. ^ "BHRAG". www.bhartgallery.com.au. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  23. ^ "Collection". Bundanon. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

External links[edit]

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