Anne Low
Anne Low (b. 1981) is based in Sointula, Canada. Recent solo exhibitions include Medlar, Unit 17, Vancouver (2021); Chair for a woman, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (2019); Paperstainer, Mercer Union, Toronto (2018); A wall as a table with candlestick legs, Tensta konsthal, Stockholm (2018) and Witch with Comb, Artspeak, Vancouver (2017). Recent group exhibitions include Interior, Michael Werner Gallery, London (2023); Art Encounters Biennial, Timisoara, Romania (2019); Soon Enough – Art in Action, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm (2018); Separation Penetrates, Mercer Union, Toronto (2017); Dream Islands, Nanaimo Art Gallery (2017); Ambivalent Pleasures, Vancouver Art Gallery (2016) and Reading the Line, the Western Front, Vancouver (2015). In 2017 Low was included in the Loewe Craft Prize, La Fundación Arquitectura COAM, Madrid; Chamber Gallery, New York; and 21_21 Museum, Tokyo.
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Exhibitions
Butter and Breads (2018)
Residue (2019)
Sorry (2020)
Writing & Press
Tromp as Writ, The Capilano Review
Thread-Twisters: On a Barbarian Loom by Lisa Robertson
women workers could be found on the medieval construction site, 2016-17, found materials,
hand forged iron, hand dyed and woven wool, walnut, silver. 264.1 x 76.2 x 60.9cm
women workers could be found on the medieval construction site, 2016-17
women workers could be found on the medieval construction site, 2016-17 (detail)
women workers could be found on the medieval construction site, 2016-17 (detail)
a sunked ash pit, 2017, aluminum, handwoven linen, powder coated steel, walnut, dimensions variable
a sunked ash pit, 2017 (detail)
O.B., 2016, monoprint and silkscreen on paper, artist’s frame, 62.2 x 55.9cm
O.B., 2016
Ingress to the Ugly Room, 2018, calcium carbonate and hide glue composite, paint, wood, 213.3 x 81.2 x 40.6cm &
Garbage eater, 2018, cardboard, found paper, pigment, 63.5 x 45.7 x 20.3cm
Garbage eater, 2018
Garbage eater, 2018
Paperstainer, installation view, Mercer Union (Toronto)
Dusting paper, 2018, paint, wallpaper made in collaboration with Sylvain Sailly;
printed by Handtrycka Tapeter (Stockholm), wood, 86.3 x 38 x 17.7cm
Dusting paper, 2018
Paperstainer, installation view, Mercer Union, (Toronto)
Paperstainer, installation view, Mercer Union (Toronto)
Bedchamber of a paper stainer (bedsteps), 2018, brass nails, calcium carbonate and hide glue composite, foam, handwoven and hand dyed embossed wool, paint, paper, wood, 44.4 x 55.8 x 53.3cm
Chair for a woman, installation view, Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver)
Chair for a woman, installation view, Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver)
Bedchamber of a paper stainer (wall), 2018, wood, paint, calcium carbonate and hide glue composite,
flock, paper, wallpaper made by Papetiere Saint-Armand, 213.4 x 533.4 cm
Bedchamber of a paper stainer (wall), 2018
Bedchamber of a paper stainer (wall), 2018 (detail)
Ancestress, 2018, maple, paint, silver, foiled stamped pencils, distemper on paper,
handwoven silk, plastic, 88.9 x 76.2 x 55.9cm
Ancestress, 2018 (detail)
Ancestress, 2018 (detail)
Ancestress, 2018 (detail)
Ancestress, 2018 (detail)
Grubby, 2018, cherry and poplar wood, cotton, handwoven silk, sequins, 97.8 x 47 x 2.5cm
Grubby, 2018 (detail)
Grubby, 2018
Grubby, 2018 (detail)
Bedchamber of a paper stainer (bedsteps), 2018
Bedchamber of a paper stainer (bedsteps), 2018
Bedchamber of a paper stainer (bedsteps), 2018 (detail)
Chair for a woman, 2018, maple, basswood, beeswax, iron oxide pigment, mother of pearl, 81.2 x 71.1 x 76.2cm
Chair for a woman, 2018 (detail)
Paper eater, 2019, wallpaper made in collaboration with Sylvain Sailly (printed by Handtrycka Tapeter,
Stockholm), tissue paper, rice paper, paint, crepe paper, handwoven silk, plywood, 47.7 x 15.2 x 17.8cm
Paper eater, 2019 (detail)
installation view, Art Encounters Biennial, Helios Gallery, Timișoara (Romania)
Dust bed, 2018-19, hand woven silk, cotton, foam, dimensions variable
installation view, Art Encounters Biennial, Helios Gallery, Timișoara (Romania)
Dust bed, 2018-19, hand woven silk, cotton, foam, dimensions variable
installation view, Art Encounters Biennial, Helios Gallery, Timișoara (Romania)
Dust bed, 2018-19, hand woven silk, cotton, foam, dimensions variable
installation view, Sorunda Folkets Hus, Sweden, commissioned by Tensta konsthal, Stockholm
A wall as a table with candlestick legs, 2018, wood, wallpaper, textiles from the collections of Ann Wahlfors,
Sorunda Hembygdsförening and Sorunda Hemslöjdsförening
installation view, Sorunda Folkets Hus, Sweden, commissioned by Tensta konsthal, Stockholm
A wall as a table with candlestick legs, 2018, wood, wallpaper, textiles from the collections of Ann Wahlfors,
Sorunda Hembygdsförening and Sorunda Hemslöjdsförening
installation view, Sorunda Folkets Hus, Sweden, commissioned by Tensta konsthal, Stockholm
A wall as a table with candlestick legs, 2018, wood, wallpaper, textiles from the collections of Ann Wahlfors,
Sorunda Hembygdsförening and Sorunda Hemslöjdsförening
installation view, Sorunda Folkets Hus, Sweden, commissioned by Tensta konsthal, Stockholm
A wall as a table with candlestick legs, 2018, wood, wallpaper, textiles from the collections
of Ann Wahlfors, Sorunda Hembygdsförening and Sorunda Hemslöjdsförening
installation view, Sorunda Folkets Hus, Sweden, commissioned by Tensta konsthal, Stockholm
A wall as a table with candlestick legs, 2018, wood, wallpaper, textiles from the collections
of Ann Wahlfors, Sorunda Hembygdsförening and Sorunda Hemslöjdsförening
installation view, Sorunda Folkets Hus, Sweden, commissioned by Tensta konsthal, Stockholm
A wall as a table with candlestick legs, 2018, wood, wallpaper, textiles from the collections
of Ann Wahlfors, Sorunda Hembygdsförening and Sorunda Hemslöjdsförening
Rose. Cards., 2018-19, calcium carbonate and hide glue composite, paint, wood, cotton rag paper, chalk, clay, pigment, acrylic binder, tissue paper, hand woven silk, found upholstery tacks, 114.3 x 236.2 x 36.8cm
Rose. Cards., 2018-19
Daisy, 2019, handwoven cotton, tinsel, 68.5 x 55.9cm
Chair for a woman, 2018
Chair for a woman, 2018 (detail)