Biography
Annie was educated at Cambridge School of Art and then at Central St. Martins, London where she was awarded a BA (Hons) in Fashion & Textiles.
Following a successful career as a senior fashion designer Annie retrained as a garden designer winning awards at both Chelsea and Hampton Court Flower Shows.
To expand her creative abilities she studied sculpture at Richmond Art School, West London. Also having become an Orthodox Christian she studied iconography at the Russian Cathedral in London and with The Prosopon School.
Annie has since taught iconography, given lectures and exhibited her icons regularly and has received numerous commissions for her work.
She and her husband moved to Ireland in 2020 and now concentrates on her egg tempera painting, icon commissions and sculpture.
Exhibitions
- ‘Angels in Fulham, - Lennox Gallery, Fulham, London - 2009
- British Association of Iconographers - Weston, Hertfordshire UK -2009
- Icon Exhibition - Russian Embassy – London 2010
- ‘Star of Bethlehem’ - Pushkin House – London 2011
- British Association of Iconographers – Pimlico Church, London - 2012, 2015, 2018
- Dungarvan Art Gallery - Christmas Exhibition 2016/17
- Dungarvan Art Gallery - Christmas Exhibition 2022/23
- Dungarvan Art Gallery - Christmas Exhibition 2023/24
- Various Exhibitions with the Surrey Sculpture Society
Lectures
- Dungarvan Art Gallery – Iconography 2023
- Waterford Gallery of Art – Iconography 2023
- The Art Fund - London
- U3A and to various societies in West London.
Teaching
- 2000– 2016 – Teaching iconography on a twice yearly basis in West London, plus weekly workshops.
Professional Associations
- MOR – East Cork / West Waterford Collective of Professional Artists
- British Association of Iconographers
- Surrey Sculpture Society