Photographs: Sarah Weal
Artist statement
Ane Christensen is an artist & maker working in metal, with a practice spanning over 25 years. Ane grew up in Scandinavia and its cultural anticipation and celebration of light continues to have a profound influence on her work and practice. The theme of presence and absence of light runs through every piece she makes. Parallel, recurring inspirations are the urban landscape, optical illusion and negative space. All Ane’s work begins with the simple geometry of cylinders, bowl forms and flat sheet. She often works with metal rods and wire, used like three-dimensional line drawing to frame space and disrupt the density of her material.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Ane Christensen grew up in Copenhagen and moved to London in 1993 to study a HND (Jewellery Design) at Sir John Cass Faculty of Art. She went on to work as an assistant for two designer silversmiths and completed her MA (Metalwork & Silversmithing) at the Royal College of Art, before establishing her practise in 1999. Her work is represented in several major museum collections including Victoria and Albert Museum, The Crafts Council UK, Koldinghus Museum DK, Museum for Decorative Art DK and the Goldsmiths’ Company. Ane lives and works in East London.
Contact
Tel: +44 (0) 7808 298785
Selected works available through:
Contemporary Applied Arts, London
Flow gallery, London
Galleri Montan, Copenhagen