ANNA WILSON BIO | CV
Artist Biography
Anna Wilson is an artist born and working in London, Ontario. She graduated from Western University in 2018, where she studied visual art and psychology. She worked as an artist in residence at TAP Centre for Creativity, pursuing her interest in drawing architecture and furniture from 2018 to 2022. Wilson had her first solo exhibition in June 2019, and has continued to show art in London, Ontario, as well as Toronto, Montreal, and Nova Scotia. She has received multiple grants including Canada Council for the Arts Explore and Create component for 2020, 2021, and 2022 and has also been granted the TAP Emerging Artist Program residency. Wilson works full time in her studio, where she is currently working on a series of drawings exploring the creation of newly imagined places inspired by local architecture and interiors. Wilson’s intricate drawings explore the intersections of imagined and real space and the evocation of feelings of comfort and familiarity for her viewers. The Colart Collection and Sifton Properties have acquired her works and Wilson’s drawings were recently featured in issue 24 of Create! Magazine. Wilson’s drawings are in private collections internationally.
B. 1996, London, Ontario, Canada. Lives and works in London, Ontario.
Education
2014- 2018: Bachelor of Fine Art Degree at the University of Western Ontario,
London, Ontario
Solo Exhibitions
2022: Deconstruct, curated by Chanel Desroches, Necessary Arts, Guelph, ON
2020: Anna Wilson Art, curated by Hendrikus Bervoets, One London Place, London, ON
2019: Between, TAP Centre for Creativity, London, ON
Group Exhibitions
2024: Grimoire, curated by Erica Berkowitz, Haven Gallery, Northport, NY
2024: Forest in the Village, curated by Al Stewart, Westland Gallery, London, ON
2023: Life Lines, curated by Danielle Hoevenaars and Al Stewart, Westland Gallery, London, ON
2023: Gallery Group Exhibition, curated by Danielle Hoevenaars, Westland Gallery, London, ON
2022: Anne, Anna, Annabel, curated by Sandra De Salvo, TAP Centre for Creativity, London, ON
2021: Art Gallery of Mississauga’s Annual Juried Show, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Toronto, ON
2021: Overexposed, The Visionary Project X Legion Paper Corp., online exhibition
2021: 2021 Open International Juried Exhibition, Society of Canadian Artists, online exhibition
2020: OSA Annual Open Juried Art Exhibition, Ontario Society of Artists, online exhibition
2020: Structures, curated by Phil Anderson, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2019: Members’ Show, curated by Matthew Kyba, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
2019: Upstairs Downstairs, curated by Sandra De Salvo. TAP Centre for Creativity, London, ON
2018: Upstairs Downstairs, curated by Sandra De Salvo, TAP Centre for Creativity, London, ON
Grants & Awards
2022-2023: Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create, Research and Creation
2021-2022: Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create, Research and Creation
2019-2020: Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create, Research and Creation
2018: TAP Centre for Creativity Emerging Artist Grant
Publications
2022- Beyond Words Literary Magazine, Issue 25
2021-Create! Magazine, Issue 24, curated by Christopher Jobson of Colossal
Commissions
2020- Sifton Properties, One London Place, One London Place, London, ON
Collections
2020- Colart Collection, Montreal, QC
Residencies
2019- 2022- Artist in Residence at TAP Centre for Creativity
2018-2019- TAP Centre for Creativity Emerging Artists Program
Teaching
2015-2020: Art instructor at Artventure Studio