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A

nne was born in London and worked as an IT consultant until 1998, pursuing her interest in art and textiles on a part-time basis.

After moving to the Cotswolds, she gave up full-time employment and studied at Gloucestershire College and University of West of England. She began lecturing on a part-time basis for Gloucestershire College in 2003 and holds Cert Ed (FE).

In 2006, Anne was appointed lead artist for "Designs for Life", a collaboration with Oxford Trust, Diamond Light Source and the Oxfordshire Federation of WI's and funded by Wellcome Trust. Further to this she became Artist in Residence for Diamond Light Source read the blog on her experiences.

In 2007 Anne provided designs for a number of collaborative pieces with sculptor Paula Groves for her Bronze-Medal-winning stand at the Chelsea Flower Show.

Anne's releationship with Diamond and Drugs company Evotec continues with a new collaboration "Largest Diffraction in the World". She now has her studio at Diamond where she can work on this and other projects and commissions.

She also continues to lecture part time at Gloucestershire College as well as exhibiting, working to commission and giving talks and workshops throughout the country.

Artist Statement

Anne specialises in working with transparent materials, embellished with stitch or paint and sometimes combined with heavier materials, such as acrylic or metal to create durable pieces. Her starting points are often a word or quotation that demands visual representation.

Following her body of work, entitled Liminality, exploring the ambiguity and tension that exists in the boundaries between the fibres in woven fabrics, she has completed a series pieces entitled Anamnesis. Inspired by her residency at Diamond Light Source where she investigated a number of scientific projects involving iron. In this work, the memory of materials are imprinted on cloth, this could be the patterns formed by magnetic fields, the prints made by rusting materials or the stains from iron pigments.

Some of these pieces were made in collaboration with Paula Groves as part of stainless steel sculptures.

Anne is interested in collaborating with industry, medical institutions etc. to produce contemporary and innovative artwork representing specific areas of research and development.

Exhibitions & Shows

  • The Ignition Gallery, The Joiners Shop, Chatham Dockyard, November-December 2009
  • Farfield Mill Arts Centre, Installation, Sedburgh, September-November 2009
  • Weaver's Gallery Ledbury, July 2009
  • Mill Arts Centre Banbury, July 2009
  • Vale & Downland Museum, Exhibition of Local Artists, June 2009
  • The Motto Project: Cloth is my Bread, Kendal, September 2008
  • Bluecoat Gallery Liverpool, September 2008
  • Mill Arts Centre Banbury, May 2008
  • Contemporary Texiles Fair, Landmark Arts Teddington, March 2008
  • Vale & Downland Museum, Solo Exhibition, February 2008
  • Banbury Museum, December 2007
  • Harrogate Fashion and Embroidery Show, October 2007
  • New Arts Centre Chatham, July 2007
  • Festival of Quilts, August 2006
  • Said Business School, Oxford, May 2006
  • Harrogate Fashion and Embroidery Show, October 2005

Press, Media & Publications

  • Sky - Countryside Channel, "Talking Threads", September 2009
  • Wellcome News, "Designs for Life Update", April 2007
  • Oxfordshire Life, "Life's Rich Tapestry", Featured Artist February 2007
  • BBC Oxford, Oxford Inspires, Radio Interview, 2007
  • Trends in Textile Technology, Hazel King, 2007
  • Embroidery "Designs for Life", November 2006
  • Oxfordshire Limited Edition, "A Stitch in Time", August 2006
  • Workbox, "Machine Embroidery with Anne Griffiths", Februrary 2005
  • The Encylopedia of Machine Embroidery, Val Holmes, 2004
  • The Textile Directory, 2003-2005