Biography & CV

Anna Gillespie was born in Surrey in 1964. She studied Philosophy, Politics, Economics at Wadham College, Oxford and then International Relations at the London School of Economics. In 1988 Anna returned to sculpture, taking a City and Guilds in Stone Masonry and Carving in Bath before going to the Centro d'Arte, Verrocchio, Italy to work as studio assistant to sculptor, Nigel Konstam. Anna then completed an MA in Fine and Media Arts in Cheltenham. Anna now lives and works in Bath.

Anna Gillespie has work in the collections of Chippenham Museum, The Prudential, Burghley House Sculpture Park, The Somerset Museum, Museo Arte Contemporanea Sicilia, Bodrum Sculpture Park in Turkey (Omer Koc Collection) and also in private collections throughout America, the Middle East and Europe.


Anna Gillespie Sculptor

Photo: Colin Hawkins

Anna Gillespie
Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors (MRSS)
Royal West of England Academician (RWA)
   
Education & Training
1997 Italy. Scholarship and teaching assistant at the Centro d'Arte Verrocchio, Italy
   
1996-98 MA Fine Arts, Cheltenham
   
1995 Studio assistant to Nigel Konstam at the Centro d'Arte Verrocchio. Italy
   
1986-87 Diploma International Relations, LSE
   
1983-86 BA Hons, Wadham College Oxford
   
Shows & Commissions
2024

Funeral For Nature, Bath – Mother Earth figure for procession


Beaux Arts Bath, London Art Fair
Moma, Machynllth. Group show. Consuming Passions with Vulgar Earth Artists Group
Teaching, West Dean College
ACE Arts, Somerton. Group show. Casting Shadows with Royal Society of Sculptors
Garrison Gallery, Chelsea. Group show. The Future is Female
The Sherborne, Dorset. Re-launch group show
Beaux Arts Bath, Solo exhibition

   
2023

Beaux Arts Bath, London Art Fair


Royal West of England Academy. Open Photography. ‘Three’ Collaboration.
Chelsea Barracks. Sculpture Trail – Contemporary Women Sculptors.
Teaching, West Dean College
Royal Society of Sculptors. Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens. Group exhibition.
Wells Art Contemporary. Open exhibition.

   
2022

Holburne Museum, Bath, Group show – People Make Museums


Beaux Arts Bath, Three person show
Beaux Arts Bath, London Art Fair
RWA. Group Exhibition. This Is Me.
Royal Society of Sculptors, Chichester Cathedral group exhibition – Together We Rise
Beaux Arts Bath, Solo exhibition
RA Summer Show, Photograph of Sinking House installation in Architecture section
Abdulmecid Efendi Mansion, Turkey. Group exhibition.
RWA annual
Beaux Arts Bath – Saatchi
Mnemosyne – Washington
Sinking House collaboration shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2022

   
2021

Sinking House installation at Pulteney Weir, Bath with Stride Treglown Architects


AJ100 Collaboration of the Year award (Architects Journal) Longlisted for Dezeen Award
Abbey House Gardens
10gsm Challenge
Open Studio – Slaughterford Mill
Beaulieu Sculpture Show
Canwood Gallery Open
Exhibition – The RWA Collection – Our Heritage, Our Future

   
2020

Watermans Art Centre, London. Solo exhibition plus dance performances collaboration


Beaux Arts Bath, Solo exhibition
Harvard University panel discussion "Festival of the Muses", Centre for Hellenic Studies

   
2019

Commission for Morecambe Bay Partnership at Half Moon Bay


Elected Academician at the Royal West of England Academy
Collaboration with Richard Chappell Dance, funded by Linbury Trust and Arts Council, performances at Royal Opera House, Oxford and Phoenix Exeter
CoLab Drawing Residency, Historic Collections and Owlpen Manor
Solo, Alderney Performing Arts Festival, Fort L’Etoc
Open Studio, Larkhall Studio Trail, Bath
The London Art Fair, Beaux Arts Bath
The Hepworth Wakefield Print Show with Spike Island Print Studio
Shortlisted for Women Make Sculpture prize organized by the CoLab

 
2018 Beaux Arts Bath, Solo Exhibition
Commission for Crest Nicholson at Riverside, Bath
The Steel Rooms, Solo Exhibition, Brigg, Grimsby
Two person show Christies Contemporary, Jersey
Collaboration with choreographer Richard Chappell. Preview at Royal Opera House
Grizedale Sculpture Park, Group RBS exhibition 'Inspired by Nature'
London Art Fair, Beaux Arts Bath
Member Spike Island Print Studio
 
2017 Baltic Triangle, Liverpool, Installation 'The Waiting'
Society of Women Artists, London, Group Show
Royal West of England Academy, Group Show 'Drawn'
Beaux Arts Bath, London Art Fair
Residency, Drawing Projects UK
CCA International Gallery, Jersey, Four person show
   
2016 Acclimatize E-exhibition, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
The Pound Arts Centre, Corsham, Solo Exhibition
Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition
Beaux Arts London, Summer Show
Beaux Arts Bath, Solo Exhibition
Open Studio Show, Bristol
Lacock Abbey, Group Show
   
2015 Glastonbury Festival, Greenfields gateway commission
RHS Chelsea Flower Show with Chris Beardshaw
Frensham Heights School Commission
Solo exhibition, Beaux Arts London
Group exhibition, Homo Sapiens, Beaux Arts London
   
2014 National Trust Headquarters, Heelis, Swindon
Glastonbury Festival, Greenfields gateway commission
Art in Action, Gateway installation, Oxford
Alderney Performing Arts Festival, site specific installation
Beaux Art Bath, Solo
London Art Fair, Solo Stand, Beaux Arts Bath
Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition
   
2013 5 Person Show, September Beaux Arts London
Gloucester Cathedral, Open West group Show
Solo Show, Beaux Arts Bath
160 Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy
RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Chris Beardshaw Gold Winning Garden
Glastonbury Festival, Greenfields gateway commission
Beaux Arts London, Summer Show
   
2012 Two Person Show, Beaux Arts Bath
Summer Show, Beaux Arts, London
Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Exhibition
Derwent Wye Fine Arts-Group Show
   
2011 Solo Show - Beaux Arts Bath
Burghley House, Sculpture Garden
The Big Draw Self-Portrait Drawing Show, Chapel Row Gallery, Bath
Work also shown at Byard Art, Cambridge and Artzu Gallery, Manchester
   
2010 Three person show with Peter Randall-Page and Sarah Gillespie. Waterhouse & Dodd, London
Cambridge -Solo Show. Byard Art, Cambridge
SEEDS Film Festival. Minneapolis, USA
London. Victor Felix Gallery, Three person show
   
2009 Manchester. Artzu Gallery. Solo
Bristol Contemporary Open. Group Show
Bristol. View Gallery. Opening Group Show
   
2008 London. "The Figure" at Sarah Myerscough Fine Art
London. "Coda" with Chuck Elliott at The Gallery in Cork Street
Plymouth University. "Art spaces". Group Show
   
2007 Bristol. Royal West of England Academy. Open Sculpture
Bath. Chapel Row Gallery, Solo Show
Bath. Beaux Arts Gallery, Summer Show
Cambridge. "Breath of Fresh Air" and Summer Show, Byard Art
Oxfordshire. Art in Action
Corsham. Pound Arts Centre, Solo Show
   
2006 Art Miami Art Fair with Osborne Samuel Gallery
Palm Beach Art Fair with Osborne Samuel Gallery
London, Osborne Samuel, Summer Show
Manchester, Artzu Gallery, Group Show
Oxfordhsire, Art in Action
   
2005 Bristol. New Gallery at the Royal West of England Academy Solo
Plymouth. Peninsula Art Centre. Four person show
London. Osborne Samuel. Three person show
Frome, Somerset. Black Swan Arts.
Buckfastleigh, Devon. Rill Centre
London. Osborne Samuel Gallery. Summer Show
Bath. BANA group exhibition
London. The Artist and Radio 4. South Bank Gallery
Manchester. Artzu Gallery. Big Shots
   
2004 Bristol. Royal West of England Academy 'Encore' group show
London. Candid Arts Trust. Network A.D. group show
Bristol. Centrespace group show
Bristol. Tobacco Factory. Black Cube group
Bristol. South Bristol Art Trail
Bath. Fringe Festival. Installation in Bath Abbey
Yorkshire. Hebdon Bridge Sculpture Trail
London. 'Art London' with the Berkeley Square Gallery
Athens. ARTiade 2004. 'Olympics of Visual Arts'
Gloucestershire. Prema Arts Centre. Solo
London. Spectrum Fine Arts
Bristol. Royal West of England Academy. Autumn Exhibition
Bath. Hotbath Gallery. Pause: capturing the sublime
Exeter. Home is Where the Hurt Is
Plymouth. New Street Gallery. Christmas Show
Ashburton. Gallery No 8. Christmas Show
Somerset Museum Services art collection
   
2003 Bristol. Centrespace Gallery. Solo
Dorset. Sherborne House Arts Centre. Two person show
Royal West of England Academy Open
Bristol. Botany Studios. Open studio show. Bristol
Black Cube group. UV light exhibition
Lichfield District Council. 'Inspire' 100 people collaboration
   
2001 Salisbury. Site-specific stone commission for Lord Chichester
Birth of second son
   
1999 Birth of first son
Bristol. Work shown at The 3-D Gallery
Totnes. Ariel Centre. Work shown alongside solo exhibition of paintings by Sarah Gillespie
   
1998 Work shown at the Gardens of Gaia Sculpture Park, Kent. 1998-1999
Work shown at the Michael Wright Gallery, Bristol
   
1997 Ireland. Work shown at the Yello Gallery, Kinsale. 1997-1998
Gloucestershire. Work shown at the Anderson Gallery. 1997-1998
   
1996 Italy.  Studio assistant at Centro d'Arte Verrocchio
Bristol. The Happening Gallery. Solo
London. Work shown at The Cadogan Gallery
London. Work shown at The McHardy Sculpture Gallery
Worcestershire. Work shown at the Ombersely Gallery
Bristol. Group show by 'Artery' at the Leadworks
Edinburgh. C Venue 19. Fringe Festival five women show
   
1995 Bristol. The Happening Gallery. Solo
Bristol. The Happening Gallery. 'Cruciform' group show
London. Wembley Exhibition Centre. Natural Stone Show
City of Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. 'Broad's Boards'
Edinburgh. C Venue 19, Fringe Festival group show
Royal West of England Academy Open.
   
1993-95 Royal West of England Academy Printmaking Open
Bath Society of Artists. Open
Royal West of England Academy Open
 
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