ann ryan
After exploring many art mediums, Ann Ryan found her niche in collage.
Ann's background in fashion is ever-present in her work, which explores the often absurd contortions of the fashion silhouette and her belief that the more expensive the garment the more obscure the image.
Working with a range of fabrics and mediums, Ann creates collages that interpret and present fashion with affectionate irony. She draws on images from the past and present; from magazines, the digital world and street life. It's an obsession that attracts interest in many quarters, and donations of fabric remnants and miscellanea regularly appear in the studio. No scrap or found item is ever too small or obscure to have some use, either in an artwork or as inspiration. The humble tea towel has recently been a source of inspiration.
Mending and stitching is ever-present in Ann's work as a metaphor of sustainability and a nod to the slow fashion and visible mending movements.
Ann has a Diploma of Visual Arts, a Bachelor of Behavioural Sciences and a Graduate Diploma of Marketing, making her well-qualified to take a mischievous look at the many faces fashion shows the world.
Ann's background in fashion is ever-present in her work, which explores the often absurd contortions of the fashion silhouette and her belief that the more expensive the garment the more obscure the image.
Working with a range of fabrics and mediums, Ann creates collages that interpret and present fashion with affectionate irony. She draws on images from the past and present; from magazines, the digital world and street life. It's an obsession that attracts interest in many quarters, and donations of fabric remnants and miscellanea regularly appear in the studio. No scrap or found item is ever too small or obscure to have some use, either in an artwork or as inspiration. The humble tea towel has recently been a source of inspiration.
Mending and stitching is ever-present in Ann's work as a metaphor of sustainability and a nod to the slow fashion and visible mending movements.
Ann has a Diploma of Visual Arts, a Bachelor of Behavioural Sciences and a Graduate Diploma of Marketing, making her well-qualified to take a mischievous look at the many faces fashion shows the world.