Anna King (artist)

Anna King
Born	Anna King 1984 (age 32–33) Shetland
Nationality	Scottish
Education	Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
Known for	Painting
Movement	landscape art
Awards	Jolomo Award

Anna King, is a Scottish landscape artist "who seeks out forgotten spaces and derelict buildings."

She was born in Shetland in 1984, spent most of her life in the Scottish Borders, and lives in the village of Greenlaw, near Kelso.

She first came to attention of the general public at her degree show at Dundee's Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in 2005. As a young artist, this, her first exhibition, was a sell out, a pattern that was followed in several of her future exhibitions.

She won the top prize of £20,000 in the annual Jolomo Award in 2007 - the inaugural year for the prize. This the largest prize award in Scotland, established by John Lowrie Morrison and awarded to Scottish Landscape Artists.

She also received the Royal Scottish Academy Landscape Award from the RSA Student Exhibition and also received the Ian Eadie Award from the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design

She has had solo exhibitions at:

She has also exhibited at many other art galleries including the Glasgow Art Fair and the Gallery Heinzel.

She has been twice artist in residence at the Watchie studio in Catterline. Also artist in residence at Traon Nevez, Brittany.

She featured on the BBC Coast Series, when Alice Roberts visited her during one of her residencies at the Watchie and explored what drew Joan Eardley to Catterline. Also she is the featured artist in a recent Blackberry Ad which shows William Ramsay, founder of the Affordable Art Fair, visiting the artist and then using his BlackBerry Torch to share her paintings with his colleagues. She also featured in a BBC program "Making Art Work: First Idea to Final Piece"

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