Hackney Olympic Site

Anne Desmet RA

Woodcut
10cm x 13cm
Produced c2015

Donated to the Collection by the artist in 2016

Anne Desmet was born in Liverpool, She gained a BA & MA at the Ruskin School of Art (Oxford University) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Printmaking at Central School of Art and Design (London). She was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts as the third wood engraver ever to be elected in the RA’s history. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE) and the Society of Wood Engravers (SWE).

Anne specialises in engraving, linocuts and mixed media collages.

‘…her subject matter pulls in two directions: one is essentially topographical, yet subject to metamorphoses; the other is concerned with intuitive architectural fantasies, urban myths and histories of urban destruction and regeneration. She aims to suggest the sense of timelessness and solidity that buildings can convey, as well as their impermanence and vulnerability.’