‘Art with an Epic and Unsettling Edge’. Anna Keen is a British artist, born on the Isle of Wight in 1968 and brought up on the Isle of Arran in Scotland. She studied six years in the art school of Paris ‘l’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts’, where she obtained her diploma with distinctions. She then lived and worked as an artist in Paris, Rome, Venice, London and Amsterdam. She has had over a dozen solo shows, participated in many collective shows, won several prizes and is represented in important private collections. She returned to the UK 4 years ago and is Resident Artist of Dimbola Museum in Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight.
She has a solo show of large oil paintings and drawings within in the Classic Boat Museum Gallery in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, for the season of 2023 called ‘The Solent and Other Waters’.
She is currently working on a series of Landscapes, Portraits and Marines from both London and Isle of Wight. Commissions considered.
ANNA KEEN C.V.
Born: Isle of Wight, UK (1968)
Art School: l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Paris. Atelier Carron
Diploma: With Distinctions (Felicitations du jury) (1987 -1992)
Awards: Paul-Louis Weiller/Salon des Artistes Français/Andre et Berthe Noufflard/Morlotti/Bordighera/Sulmona
Publication: London The Metamorphosis, Unicorn Publishers (shop) (2020)
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2024 | Outdoor Art, Cowes Classic Boat Museum Shed |
| 2024 | Sewage Works of London: Crossness and Beckton, Thames Festival |
| 2024 | Artist’s Open Studio, Isle of Wight |
| 2023 | The Solent and Other Waters (Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK) |
| 2023 | Wandering Tilbury (Thames Festival, Tilbury Fort, UK) |
| 2023 | Fine-Art and Comic Relief. (Dimbola Museum, Isle of Wight, UK) |
| 2022 | From Brackish water to Freshwater (Dimbola Museum, Isle of Wight, UK) |
| 2022 | Wandering Newport (Clayden Gallery, Quay Arts Centre, Isle of Wight, UK) |
| 2022 | Wandering Trinity Buoy Wharf and Rainham Marshes (Thames Festival, London, UK) |
| 2022 | Mighty Thames of Oil and Ink. (Bermondsey Project Space Gallery, London, UK) |
| 2022 | Mighty Thames of Oil and Ink. (Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK) |
| 2022 | Wandering the Wilderness 22 (Thames Estuary Festival) |
| 2022 | Wandering the Wilderness of Newport (Clayden Gallery, Quay Arts Centre, IOW) |
| 2021 | Wandering The Thames Estuary, (Estuary 2021, multiple outdoor locations, UK |
| 2021 | On Red, Rough and Shivering Sands, Thames Forts (Whitstable Museum, UK) |
| 2021 | On Red, Rough, Shivering Sands The Thames Estuary Forts. (Whitstable Museum & Gallery, UK) |
| Dark Shades of Wight. (Dimbola Museum & Galleries, Isle of Wight, UK) | |
| Wandering the Wilderness. (Estuary Festival Multiple location outdoor event Essex & Kent, UK) | |
| 2020 | Lockdown Landscapes and Pandemic Portraits (OXO Tower, London, UK) |
| 2020 | London the Metamorphosis (OXO Tower, London) |
| 2020 | Dark Shades of Wight (Dimbola Museum, Isle of Wight, UK) |
| 2020 | Lockdown Landscapes and Pandemic Portraits (Oxo Tower, London, UK) |
| London The Metamorphosis. Totally Thames Festival (Oxo Tower, London, UK) | |
| 2018 | Porto Piccolo (Wolland Art Gallery, Trieste, Italy) |
| Portraits. (Ceylon Gallery, Dimbola Museum, Isle of Wight, UK) | |
| Open Studio Show (Freshwater, Isle of Wight) | |
| 2017 | From the Isle of Wight to London (Kendalls Fine Art, Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK) |
| 2011 | Open Studio Show (Ak9shed, Amsterdam, NL) |
| 2009 | Open Studio Show (Ak9shed, Amsterdam, NL) |
| Castle 9 (Collection H.A. Swets Amsterdam, NL) | |
| 2007 | ‘Consolations and Desolations’ (Galleria Il Polittico, Rome, Italy) |
| 2005 | ‘Retrospective’ (The Burnside Gallery, Isle of Arran, Scotland UK) |
| 2001 | ‘Summer Show’ (Gallery Davies and Tooth, London, UK) |
| 2000 | ‘Venezia Invernale’ (Galleria Il Polittico, Rome, Italy) |
| 1999 | ‘Viaggio in Italia’ (Galleria Jannone, Milan, Italy) |
| 1997 | ‘Fuori les Mures’ (Galleria Il Polittico, Rome, Italy) |
| 1995 | ‘Dessins’ (Gallerie la Regle d’Or, Paris, France) |
| 1991 | ‘Les Buveurs d’Alcohol’ (Connolley’s Corner, Paris, France) |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2023 | Dimbola Museum (Isle of Wight, UK) |
| 2022 | British Painting 3. (Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK) |
| 2021 | Estuary Festival 2021. Essex & Kent, UK |
| 2020 | Totally Thames Festival. London, UK |
| 2018 | Contemporary British Art. Black Swan Gallery(Černá labuť). Prague, Czech Republic. |
| 2016 | Be on the Way. Orsini Hall of Palace Chigi. Fornello, Italy |
| Seascapes & Isle of Arran. Whiting Bay Gallery. Isle of Arran, UK. | |
| 2015 | Iconic Interior painting. Fruscione Palace. Salerno, Italy |
| 2014 | Dark Green Bright Green. Galleria MoCA. Rome, Italy |
| 2013 | Roma Silenziosa, St Regis. Il Polittico Eventi. Rome, Italy |
| Calendario 2014, St. Regis. Il Polittico Eventi. Rome, Italy | |
| Dark Green Bright Green. Encounter Palace. Rome, Italy | |
| St. Francis and the places of His Spiritual way. Art Gallery le Logge, Assisi, Italy | |
| 2012 | Calendario 2013. St Regis.Il Polittico Eventi. Rome, Italy |
| 2011 | Calendario 2012. Galleria Il Polittico. Rome, Italy |
| 2010 | Calendario 2011. Galleria Il Polittico. Rome, Italy |
| Un Cibo senza tempo, Invito a cena con le Artisti. Galleria Il Polittico. Rome, Italy | |
| Citta di Labro. Eventi Il Polittico. Labro, Umbria, Italy | |
| 2009 | Galleria Il Polittico ‘Calandario 2010’ (Roma) |
| 2000 | Centre Culturel Francais, Palazzo delle Stelline ‘Misure Uniche per una collezione Part 2’ (Milan) |
| Teatro dell’Opera ‘Tosca’ (Roma) | |
| Chiesa di Santa Lucia in Gonfalone ‘Stations of the Cross, Via Crucis (Roma) | |
| Olympia Art Fair (London) | |
| The London Art Fair (London) | |
| 2008 | Palazzo Incontro, Il Vittoriano ‘Per Amore, La Recolta Caggiano (Roma) |
| Galleria Il Polittico ‘Calandario 2009’ (Roma) | |
| 2007 | Chiesa di Santa Lucia in Gonfalone ‘Pala d’Altare St. Edith Stein’ |
| 2006 | Chiesa di Santa Lucia in Gonfalone ‘Job’ (Roma) |
| Aldo Brandini per l’Arte ’15 anni (Frascati, Roma) | |
| 2005 | Book Presentation ‘Storia molte volte narratta’ (Roma) |
| Gallery Flowers East ‘Chiaroscuro’ (London) | |
| Galleria Il Polittico ‘Filosofia dei Fiori (Roma) | |
| 2004 | The Frissiras Museum, European Painting Award (Athens) |
| Museum. ‘Per Amore, La Recolta Gaggiano’ (Salerno) | |
| Premio Morlotti (Imbersago) | |
| 2003 | Galleria Il Polittico ‘Citta di Terra, Citta di Mare’ (Roma) |
| Rome St. Regis Grande, ‘Arte in Hotel’ (Roma) | |
| Hotel Regis Grande Rome, the Keen Suite | |
| 2002 | Flowers East Gallery ‘Small is Beautiful’ (London) |
| Museum ‘Artists of The Ideal, Nuovo Classicismo’ (Verona) | |
| Galleria Il Polittico ‘Figlio Prodigo’ (Roma) | |
| 1999 | Museo Internazionale del Imagine postale Belvedere (Ostrense, Ancona) |
| Premio Bordighera (Italy) | |
| Premio Morlotti (Imbersago, (Italy) | |
| Galleria Reginella ‘Dessins’ (Roma) | |
| Galleria Il Gabbiano ‘I corpi e le Mure’ (Roma) | |
| Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento, Il Monumento Vittoriana ‘ La Pittura Ritrovata’ (Roma) | |
| 1998 | Sedia Bulgari. La Pittura della Gioa’ (Rome)Villa Strohl-FernLa casa della vita’ (Rome) |
| Museo Young. ‘Misure Uniche per una collezione Part 2’ | |
| Palazzo Ducale, (Rovere, Mantova) | |
| 1997 | Institut de France,Paul-Louis Weiller (Paris) |
| XXIV Premio Sulmona (Italy) | |
| Galleria Don Chisciotte ‘I Buddenbrook e Roma’ (Rome) | |
| 1996 | Galleria Il Polittico Itinerante ‘Misure Unique per una Collectione’ (Rome,Lyon,Lisbon,Brussels,Grenoble) |
| Italian Cultural Institute (Brussels) | |
| Italian Cultural Institute (Grenoble) | |
| 1995 | Institut de France,Paul-Louis Weiller (Paris) |
| Galleria Il Polittico ‘Lungotevere’ (Rome) | |
| Galleria Il Polittico ‘Dodeci per Dodeci Mesi’ (Rome) | |
| 1994 | Art Fair Trevi (Italy) |
| Galerie France T (Paris) | |
| 1993 | Institut de France, Paul-Luis Weiller (Paris) |
| Galerie Catherine Guerard (Paris) | |
| Gallerie Phillipe Fregnac (Paris) | |
| 1992 | Colas (Paris) |
| Travaux des Diplomes de L’ENSBA (Paris) | |
| Salon des Artistes Francais, ENSBA students | |
| 1991 | Institut de France, Paul-Louis Weiller (Paris) |
| Fenetres sur l’art (Paris) | |
| Institut de France, Andre et Berthe Noufflard (Paris) | |
| Pignat Transport (Paris) | |
| Lafuma (Paris) | |
| Singer (Paris) | |
| Citroen (Paris) | |
| Mascarade Gallery (Villiers-sur-mer) | |
| Dessins d’après Poussin (Paris) | |
| 1990 | Institut de France, Andre et Berthe Noufflard (Paris) |
| Fenetres sur l’art (Paris) | |
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