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 |
| 2011 | Selector for 1st Istanbul Summer Show, Istanbul, Turkey Shorlisted for RIBA pylon competition (Ian Ritchie architects team) |
| 2012 | Sculpture residency at the Rwenzori Sculpture Foundation, Uganda Fellow - Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co.Mayo, Ireland |
| 2014 | Studio residency in France |
| 2015 | Published book of photographs and drawings - Drawing Lines Residency at Ruwenzori Sculpture Foundation, Uganda |
| 2016 | Residency at Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co Mayo Three drawings used by NEBT as backdrops to ballet Vortex The Lines of Time - 22 used as Pangolin London Christmas card |
| 2017 | Selection and hanging committee for the RA Summer Exhibition Designed Christmas card for the Royal Academy Studio residency in France |
| 2018 | Residency at Ruwenzori Sculpture Foundation, Uganda Residency at Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co Mayo, Ireland Solo exhibition at Chez Bras, Laguiole, France |
2019 | Edge and Line – First solo exhibition, in New York On selection panel of RWA sculpture exhibition If You Stop Asking Questions - - - Solo exhibition, Pangolin London |