Anne Downton

Anne Downton graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Arts, degree from Memorial University, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in 2006. Her work has been primarily concentrated in the media of printmaking and painting; however, she has also explored digital video, photography and mixed media. Through her most recent bodies of work she has explored the idea of layers of history and memories being revealed in various ways: through architectural surface deterioration, juxtaposition of abstraction with representation and the creation of physical layers in the works through the processes used to create numerous serigraphs and paintings. She describes these works as her exploration of an aesthetic for a movement through time and memory.

Since she graduated from Memorial University Anne has completed two curating assignments with First Space Gallery. These were Assembly Required, 2006, and Segment, 2007. Anne was the recipient of the 2006/2007 Don Wright Scholarship awarded from St. Michael’s Print Shop for an emerging artist. She has been working as a freelance artist for the past several years, participating in numerous solo and group exhibitions, as well as concentrating on both commission and personal bodies of work. Her work is also a part of numerous private, corporate and provincial permanent collections.