Biography
Anne Grigoriadis is an Adelaide based artist who graduated with a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Adelaide Central School of Art in 2021.
On graduation Anne was awarded the Surewise Major Travel Award and the James Martin Award for out standing student.
In 2019 she was awarded the Emerging Artist Award at the St. Ignatius Art Show with her art work displayed on a promotional billboard.
Her practice explores profound issues surrounding women - their stories, anecdotes from the past and her own life experiences. Working across a variety of mediums, Anne sculpts or paints surrealist creatures as a way to express feelings and the challenges faced by women in contemporary culture. Many of her artworks are in private collections.
Anne is a studio member of the artists run initiative (ARI), Collective Haunt inc., a member of Red House Group, and regularly exhibits in group exhibitions, SALA and the Fringe.
Artist Statement
Stories! How I love gathering stories, especially stories that include and celebrate women. Women throughout the ages have shared stories of who they are, from mother to daughter, sister to aunt, women to women, quietly and privately in their own homes and amongst their friends.
My work draws upon the stories I hear, the social influences of western culture and the beliefs and myths that we pass on, often wise, sometimes funny, or sometimes unwittingly harmful - without realising the consequences.
Influenced by Australian artist Linda Marrinon, as well as surrealist artists such as Leonora Carrington and Remedies Varo, I work across a variety of mediums such as oils, ceramic, and plaster creating surrealist creatures or worlds.
My sculptural creatures are often adorned with recycled costume jewellery, fabric or other found objects as a way to playfully celebrate the ageing woman, the woman who is not so ‘perfect’ in the eyes of contemporary culture: the woman who is often seen as The Other.
Art Jewellery
I enjoy the challenges that come with making an object for the body, playing and working with metal and found objects, with the end result of creating something that can be worn as a mini piece of art.
When ever possible I use re cycled or up cycled materials such as costume jewellery, broken records, electroplated silver table ware and off cuts of commercial acrylic. Copper and silver are also frequently used in my work.
Whilst using recycled materials brings limitations and challenges for me as the artist, the end result is that each piece of jewellery that may look similar to the one next to it, is both bespoke and unique.