Ann Bridges CV
Grants / Awards / Residencies
2023 Shortlisted Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. UK Tour
2021 Shortlisted Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. UK Tour
2017 Artist in Residence (Drawing Day) Seasalt Store Sevenoaks
2016 Artist in Residence (Drawing Day) Habitat Store Sevenoaks
2010 Art in Nature Drawing/Printmaking Residency Wepre Park, Flintshire CC Arts Council Wales (Apr- June)
2009 Expedition Artist. Visual Diary documentation Voluntary Service Project orphanage South Africa
2008 Artist in Residence Plas Newydd, Llangollen Visual Diary drawing project ‘Ladies of Llangollen’
2006 Arts Council Wales Project Grant ‘Spinning a Yarn’ Drawing the natural history lifecycle of the Silkworm
2000 Arts Council Wales New Visual Artists Grant ‘Scratching the Surface’ Solo Show Oriel CTC, Mold
1999 Artist in Residence Chester Zoo North West Arts Board Arts Council England -2001(2 years)
2000 Member of the Royal Cambrian Academy (elected council member, served 2007-2010)
1996 Student of the Year Award National Eisteddfod
Art Education
1999 BA (1st Class Hons) Design (Illustration) North Wales College of Art and Design (NEWI/Glyndwr)
Works in Collections
2019 Västra Götaland Regional Council Sweden
2013 FCI Ltd, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2013 CW+ Paintings in Hospitals Charity (purchases and commissions)
2000 Royal Cambrian Academy members’ portfolio collection
Recent Exhibitions
2026 Hastings Museum and Art Gallery Open
Vespid. Kaleidoscope Sevenoaks
Small Wonders group show Margaret Bryan Gallery Margate Caves
Repositories. Artists books Kaleidoscope Gallery Sevenoaks
2024 Drawing Exhibition at the Arctic Circle. Galleria Napa. Lapland
The Kyffin Williams Drawing Prize. Ynys Mon, Wales
Strange Stories Kaleidoscope Gallery (invited group show) Sevenoaks
Samuel Palmer: Visionary Landscapes. Sir Peter Blake Gallery Dartford and Kaleidoscope Sevenoaks
2023 Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize Shortlist exhibition, UK Tour (The Queue concertina sketchbook)
Finalist Cheltenham Illustration Awards (A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in)
Haus_a_rest Issue 43 Artist books (online, website feature)
SOLO The Queue and Other Drawings Kaleidoscope Artist-led space Sevenoaks
noFormat Gallery Open Drawing & Open Painting. Deptford
Fourth Portal Heritage Paper project. Gravesend
2022 Oxmarket Contemporary Open (Drawing category) Chichester
Ty Pawb Open Wrexham (Drawing)
2021 Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize London and Drawing Projects, Trowbridge, Dundee (two drawings)
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair
Turner Contemporary Open Margate
Ty Pawb Print International (20th Anniversary Exhibition, invited artist)
no format Gallery Open Deptford
2020 Hastings Museum and Art Gallery International Open
Print International Ty Pawb Wrexham
Heritage Paper Trail project (Appletye) Maidstone Museum
East Kent Printmakers The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge Canterbury
Contemporary Print Group Show Royal Cambrian Academy
2019 Gallery 6 Mostyn Solo Show ‘The Welcome’
London Contemporary Art LCA Bloomsbury Featured Artist
Wales Contemporary, Mall Galleries London
Royal Cambrian Academy (members) Summer Show, Conwy
Algarden (Printfest7) Sweden
Lustre Old Big School Gallery Tonbridge
2018 Beyond War-Visualising Peace The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge Canterbury Kent
Kent Collects (Folkestone Museum)
2017 Ffin y Parc Gallery (shared show) Llanrwst.
PLAY Kaleidoscope Gallery Sevenoaks
2016 KO-AX Spinning a Yarn (drawings) Stories exhibition Mascall’s Gallery Paddock Wood, Kent