ANNA SNOWDON

Born in Sheffield, England, Anna Snowdon (1980) studied for a BA in Illustration at Kingston University, London. After graduating, she began her career as an illustrator and textile artist. Following a move to Amsterdam in 2018, Snowdon started working with ceramics, unleashing a new and surprising world where 3D meets 2D and the emotion evoked when form also becomes a means of self-expression. Snowdon handbuilds her ceramic artwork using a combination of slabs, coils and extrusion. Drawing from her previous career as a 2-dimensional artist, Snowdon builds a 3-dimensional canvas upon which she experiments with 2-dimensional patterns brought to life in 3D form. The beauty in the perfect imperfections of the deliberately hand-painted patterns reflects Snowdon’s reaction to an over-digitised world and the need for refreshed human connection. In her work Snowdon uses pattern and repetition to play with the senses; repetition serves to comfort and soothe, whilst unusual form and colour creates both discord and harmony, as Snowdon explores how an interaction/juxtaposition of colour stirs an emotional response. Snowdon’s work serves as a allegory for the ‘human experience’, embracing the handmade, celebrating differences, and highlighting the bold and the unique.