Anne Desmet RA
Anne Desmet is a highly acclaimed British artist and printmaker, known for her intricate wood engravings and mixed-media collages depicting the urban landscape. Elected as only the third wood engraver in the history of the Royal Academy of Arts, she is a leading figure in the medium.
She uses the traditional printmaking techniques of wood engraving and lino-cutting but draws on a variety of materials to create distinctive layered collages. Her work ranges from small scale, detailed examinations to sweeping, often fantastical, panoramas viewed from a bird’s eye perspective.
Her unique perspective and technical mastery have earned her over 40 international awards, and her work is held in major public and private collections worldwide, including the British Museum and the V&A. Her commissions include the Royal Mint, V&A, British Library, the British Museum and the National Gallery, amongst many others.
Over 50 solo exhibitions have included museum retrospectives at the Ashmolean, Whitworth and Pallant House Gallery, among others. She currently has a solo show at the Escher in the Palace museum in The Hague, where she is being described as ’The British Escher’.
We first exhibited Anne's work at Godfrey & Watt in 1993.
She uses the traditional printmaking techniques of wood engraving and lino-cutting but draws on a variety of materials to create distinctive layered collages. Her work ranges from small scale, detailed examinations to sweeping, often fantastical, panoramas viewed from a bird’s eye perspective.
Her unique perspective and technical mastery have earned her over 40 international awards, and her work is held in major public and private collections worldwide, including the British Museum and the V&A. Her commissions include the Royal Mint, V&A, British Library, the British Museum and the National Gallery, amongst many others.
Over 50 solo exhibitions have included museum retrospectives at the Ashmolean, Whitworth and Pallant House Gallery, among others. She currently has a solo show at the Escher in the Palace museum in The Hague, where she is being described as ’The British Escher’.
We first exhibited Anne's work at Godfrey & Watt in 1993.
