BIOGRAPHY
PROFILE
A non-figurative sculptor working primarily in cast bronze, stainless steel, silver and fabricated corten; her work comprises both large and small sculptures, site specific commissions, drawings, prints - etchings and photo assemblages. She was elected to the Royal Academy in 1980 and currently lives and works near Bath, UK.
| 1947 | Born Watford, Hertfordshire, UK |
| 1965-66 | Harrow School of Art |
| 1966-69 | West of England College of Art, Bristol (BA Fine Art) |
| 1968 | 1st prize in Harrison-Cowley Sculpture Competition |
| 1970 | Set up first studio |
| 1971 | Prizewinner in Daily Telegraph Magazine, Young Sculptors Competition Received Peter Stuyvesant Award First exhibited at the Royal Academy |
| 1973 | Received Birds Charity Award Arts Council Award, Thornton Bequest |
| 1974 | Made reconstruction, with Ken Cook, of Jacob Epstein’s Rock Drill |
| 1976 | South West Arts Award |
| 1977 | Arts Council Grant |
| 1980 | Elected to the Royal Academy of Arts (ARA) |
| 1983 | Elected to the Royal West of England Academy (RWA) |
| 1989 | Elected as a Royal Academician (RA) Retrospective exhibition Ann Christopher1969-89 at Dorset County Museum with support from the Henry Moore Foundation |
| 1992 | Elected as a Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors (FRBS) |
| 1994 | Awarded RBS Silver Medal for Sculpture of Outstanding Merit |
| 1995-97 | External assessor of sculpture at City and Guilds Art School, London |
| 1996 | Frampton Award for sculpture in a public place Curated A Sculptors Choice Royal Academy, London |
| 1997 | St Cuthbert’s Mill print award Otto Beit Medal for Sculpture of Outstanding Merit |
| 2001 | First studio residency near Cordes, France |
| 2003 | Selector – 4th Triennial Sculpture Exhibition RWA |
| 2005 | Short listed for the Charles Woollaston Award Royal Academy |
| 2006 | Quarter leader in Drawing Quarters practice based Symposium UWE, Bristol |
| 2007 | Selector – 5th Triennial Sculpture Exhibition RWA |
| 2009 | Senior co-ordinator of Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London |
COMMISSIONS INCLUDE
| 2007/8 | BEYOND THE EDGE 46 cm Ed. of 12 bronze sculptures Parabola Land Ltd |
| 2004 | IN THE SKY THERE IS NO EAST OR WEST medal for BAMS - British Art Medal Society |
| 2001 | SHADOW LINE 48 cm bronze Cass Sculpture Foundation ‘New Concepts’ LINES OF TIME 19 cm st / steel multiple for Wingfield Arts, Suffolk |
| 1995 | WHITE LINES Glass multiple for the Royal Academy of Arts |
| 1985-87 | THE LAURENCE OLIVIER AWARD 54 bronze sculptures for the Society of West End Theatre |
PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS
| 2002 | THE EDGE OF LIGHT 2.2 m bronze private site nr Albi, France |
| 2000/01 | TOWARDS THE SKY 5.5 m corten steel Port Marine, Portishead for Crest Nicholson (South West) |
| 1999 | STILL LINES 2.5 m stone / stainless steel / water sculpture St Peters Hospital, Bristol for the John Pontin Trust |
| 1998 | THE SILENCE OF SHADOWS 3.3 m bronze private residence Great Barrington, USA |
| 1997 | SILENT SHADOW 2.4 m bronze for Linklaters LLP, One Silk St, London |
| 1996 | CUTTING LINE 4.9 m corten steel Marsh Mills, Plymouth |
| 1994 | BEYOND SILENCE 2.3 m bronze private site in George Town, Washington DC USA |
| 1993 | LINE FROM WITHIN 4.6 m bronze Castle Park, Bristol funded by the Talboys Bequest, RWA |
| 1989 | SQUARE LINE 3.2 m bronze sculpture incorporating water 224/226 Tower Bridge Rd, London for Grosvenor Square Properties |
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
| ATE International, London Bristol Schools Arts Services Bristol University British Museum, London Cass Sculpture Foundation Chantrey Bequest, London City of Bristol Museum & Art Gallery Contemporary Arts Society, London Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea Granville Holdings Plc, London Grosvenor Square Properties, London Gruss & Co, New York, USA Harrison Weir Collection, London John Creasey Museum Linklaters & Paines, London Nef – Stefansson, Washington DC, USA Prior’s Court School, Newbury Royal Academy, London Royal West of England Academy Salisbury Art Gallery Sharjar Art Museum UAE Talboys Bequest, Bristol World Wide Business Centers Inc, Philadelphia USA private collections in Europe and USA. |