About the Exhibition

Spotlighting local architecture and community spaces, Anna invites us to reflect on all the memories and stories these places hold. She illustrates digitally with simplified lines, enhanced symmetry, and soft, complementary tones, resulting in a series of limited edition prints.  

Rather unusually, she creates using Microsoft PowerPoint, a common presentation software that has not been developed with artists in mind. You wouldn’t know this from first glance, but behind the scenes, her process is more akin to collage, using a simple toolkit of shapes to slowly construct the desired image. Enjoying both the process and resulting style, Anna is still holding strong to this unusual method – a lockdown experiment turned obsession.  

About the Artist

Anna Victoria moved to Auckland from London in 2016, continuing her career within the creative advertising industry. She has always followed an artistic path, inspired and encouraged by her artist father, enjoying life drawing and paper collage.

It was during the first lockdown that she began to explore a unique digital medium, and discovered a style of her own. She is grateful to the Devonport locals, Sofia and Cary, who spotted her work in those early days and offered encouragement and opportunities. One of which led to Anna winning the Emerging Artist Award at the inaugural Art in the Park.

Recently, all focus has been on raising her toddler, which has given her a new perspective on the importance of local community, and the precious nature of time. Both inspiring her latest series.

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Artwork: Anna Victoria, Welcome, Digital illustration, limited edition giclee print on archival quality paper. Featuring the iconic welcome sign on Lake Road. Original artist is Tom Smith from Devonport Signs.