Anna Pike
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Biography
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Anna is a scientist by training, having studied Zoology before embarking on a research career investigating the biomechanical properties of mammalian tendons. She taught animal form and function, biomechanics and anatomy in several universities for 20 years. Early in her academic career, Anna fell in love with life-drawing. Her art practice has since grown out of her interests in structure, function and changes in materiality.
“I am fascinated in what has been left behind: I collect traces of what once was. These can be physical, such as pieces of skeleton, a rock or a fragment of rusted metal; or something more ephemeral such as a memory or a transient mark left in the sand at low tide These traces act as mementos of a different time and place. By collecting them I link them to the present, creating both spatial and temporal narratives.” Working in a variety of media, much of Anna’s work is experimental, incorporating unusual elements and materials. At times her studio resembles more of a science laboratory or a natural history museum than it does a painting studio. www.annapike.co.uk |
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