Anna Geerdes

Born in Katwijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, she moved to Scotland in 1991. She graduated from Gray’s School of Art in 2010, achieving a 1st Class BA Hons Degree in Painting Fine Art. On meeting Anna at her highly successful degree show, she was invited to have a solo exhibition in Compass Gallery in 2015 which was met with critical acclaim from audiences both in Scotland and abroad. Her paintings display equally intriguing and superbly powerful scenes which explore and develop her interest in human interaction with our planet, the maps of our land and the nature of the landscape, relating to today’s shifting circumstances. Since graduating, she has had eight successful solo exhibitions in Compass Gallery, Glasgow; Meffan Institute, Forfar; and in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Orkney. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions and events including: the Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition; Islington Art Fair; the SSA; a regular exhibitor at Aberdeen Artist Society; Paisley Art Institute; and mixed and themed exhibitions in New York. She is a recipient of numerous awards, with her work being exhibited throughout the UK, and is in private, public and corporate collections.

Solo Shows 2021 ‘Borderline’ Compass Gallery, Glasgow 2019 ‘Dust In My Eyes’ Gallowgate Artists Studios, Glasgow 2017 ‘The Ground Beneath Our Feet’ Compass Gallery, Glasgow 2015 ‘As Far As The Eye Can See’ Compass Gallery, Glasgow 2012 ‘No Place’ The Meffan Institute, Forfar 2009 ‘Flux’, Limousine Bull, Aberdeen 2004 ‘Still Lives’, The Belmont Cinema, Aberdeen 2002 ‘Moments in Time’, The Green Room, Hoy, Orkney Selected Group Exhibitions 2021 Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition 2020 Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition 2018 Themed Exhibition, Central Booking, New York (USA) Paisley Art Institute, Annual Exhibition, Paisley Spring Exhibition, The Velvet Easel, Portobello, Edinburgh Selected for publication in Vellum Art Magazine20, New York 2017 Islington Art Fair, London (represented by Compass Gallery) Central Booking, New York (USA) Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition 2017, Edinburgh 2016 Islington Art Fair, London. (represented by Compass Gallery) Paisley Art Institute, Open exhibition, Paisley Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition 2016, Edinburgh 100 Paintings, 20 Artists. Dovehill Studios, Glasgow Summer Exhibition 2016, Compass Gallery, Glasgow 2015 Winter Exhibition 2015, the Meffan, Forfar Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition 2015, Edinburgh Winter Exhibition 2015, Compass Gallery, Glasgow Selected for Publication in ‘Pushing Out the Boat’ North-East Scotland’s Magazine of New Writing and the Visual Arts 2014 Winter Exhibition 2014, the Meffan, Forfar Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition 2014, Edinburgh Islington Art Fair, London. Representing Compass Gallery, Glasgow 2013 ‘Still Spaces: The Allotment Project’ Compass Gallery, Glasgow 2012 Aberdeen Art Fair, representing Aberdeen Artist Society. 2011 Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition 2011, Edinburgh ‘Northern Lights’ Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh ‘Venus + Demarco + Beuys’ Richard Demarco, Edinburgh ‘New Contemporaries’ Royal Scottish Society, Edinburgh Scottish Society of Artists; Annual Exhibition (invited) Edinburgh 2008-15 Annual Exhibition. Aberdeen Artist Society, Aberdeen