Ann Christopher RA

Ann Christopher RA was born in Watford in 1947. After attending Harrow School of Art she studied sculpture at the West of England College of Art, and became at the time the youngest female sculptor to be elected to the Royal Academy in 1980. Her work is non-figurative and she works primarily in cast bronze, stainless steel, silver and fabricated corten. Ann's work comprises both large and small scale sculptures, as well as site specific commissions, drawings, prints - etchings and photo assemblages.

Christopher has had commissions in the UK and USA, and can be found in many public and private collections including those of the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co. Mayo; British Museum, London; City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol; Chantry Bequest, London; Contemporary Art Society, London; Corcoran Legacy Collection, Washington DC, USA, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea; Granville Holdings Plc, London; Gruss & Co, New York, USA; Holburne Museum, Bath; Linklaters, London; Pallant House Gallery, Chichester; Parabola Art Collection, Edinburgh; Royal Academy, London; Rwenzori Sculpture Foundation, Uganda; Stefansson Nef, Washington DC, USA; Talboys Bequest, Bristol.

Ann’s sculptures, and works on paper, are the physical representation of many years of visual inquiry. Looking intently and with curiosity, she draws inspiration from a broad range of visual sources: soaring skyscrapers and modern architecture to rugged coastlines, plant structures and ancient artefacts combining modernity with an ancient timelessness. Throughout her career she has remained dedicated to the artistic principles established in the 1960's by artists such as Sir Anthony Caro: that a sculpture can be considered a mysterious monument or an abstract ‘presence’, without being directly descriptive.