Ann Carrington

Ann Carrington’s practice centres on the use of discarded and found objects, exploring their cultural significance and transforming them into sculpture. Everyday materials such as knives, forks, barbed wire, pins and paintbrushes, each carrying their own histories and associations, are reimagined to create new meaning. By merging material and form, she tells stories through objects that are both familiar and unexpected.

Ann studied at Bourneville College of Art, Birmingham, and the Royal College of Art, London, graduating with an MA in Sculpture in 1987. She received The Herbert Read Award in 1988, followed by the Commonwealth Fellowship for Sculpture in 1992, and two major Arts Council of Great Britain awards in 1994 and 1997. In 2008, she won a national competition to create a major public artwork for Margate seafront, Mrs Booth and The Shell Ladies.

In 2010, Ann was invited by the United Nations to contribute to raising awareness of global issues through her work. She has since exhibited internationally and completed numerous private and public commissions, including Manhattan Mettle, unveiled at The W Hotel in Hoboken, USA, in 2011.