gemma anderson
Gemma Anderson was born in Belfast in 1981. In 2002 she worked as an artist on projects in North Wales and Nigeria before returning to the U.K to study Fine Art at Falmouth College of Art.
Anderson has shown at venues around London, Cornwall and Belfast and been awarded residencies in Cork, Venice, Belize, Nigeria and The Burren,(Co.Clare).
The distinctive line drawing she developed led her to practice etching which she became almost puritanical about throughout the Royal College of Art. Her life size etchings are all drawn directly onto the plate from the subject and then elaborated on in the studio. It is rare to see etchings on this scale and rarer stil to find etchings drawn directly onto copper from life.
The work Anderson shows here is an insight into her time spent on her Residencies, her places of research,(namely the Darwin Centres specimen rooms and the Hunterian Museums Cabinets) and the personal lives of her friends and family.
Anderson currently works and lives in London and Belfast.
