Press Release

I have always been influenced by natural forms and whether this is the sensousness of natural forms and textures or more wild shapes and patterns, there is always a connection to organic shapes in my work.

Changes in the artist’s life and professional direction, and a move from anger to joy, has led to a journey of creative exploration that was influenced by six months of traveling to different seas around the world in 2004. This trip was a source of inspiration for current work in ceramics, print and paint.

Annika has found that working in three different media simultaneously causes an exciting interchange of ideas and techniques. Her inherently sensual forms are sensitively made with subtle textured surfaces that invite the hand an eye. In her prints and paintings one can see echoes of the images that have also inspired her ceramics. Annika has approached this exhibition as an exciting opportunity to show all aspects of her creative abilities.

This new body of work celebrates the endless possibilities that a variety of materials and techniques present and marks this stage of Annika’s journey as an artist.

Annika has exhibited on numerous occasions with Ceramics Ireland, participated in “Blade on the Feather”, an all female exhibition at Trinity college, the Open Art Exhibition 2005 in the Mermaid Art Centre and Sculpture in Context 2005 in the Botanical Gardens and 2006 and have also recently exhibited at the OSB Gallery in Enniskerry.

Grainne Watts from Ceramics Ireland will open the exhibition.