ANNA CURTIS

Professional development 

1981                              Completed Diploma of Fine Art, Bendigo College Advanced Education. 

1983-89              Resident, Mackay. 

1983-89                                 Part time tutor, printmaking, drawing and design, Mackay College of TAFE. 

1990                              Resident, Darwin. 

1993                             Travels to India, Nepal and Europe. 

1994-present                  Full time professional artist, now living in tropical North Queensland. 

Awards /Commissions 

2007                              Finalist in the Memento Australia Awards  

2004                              Finalist in Silkcut Linoprint Awards. 

2003                              Commissioned linoprint for ESA Conference, Armidale. 

2002                              Finalist in Fremantle Print Awards. 

1993                              Commissioned series of linoprints for Welfare State International, U.K. 

1990                              Commissioned to design Darwin’s Bougainvillea Festival Poster. 

1988 /89                        First Prize, Print Section, Art and Artists, Mackay. 

1987 /89                        Finalist Suncorp Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane. 

1987                              Major Art Prize, Art and Artists, Mackay. 

1987                              First Prize, Miniature Section, Art and Artists, Mackay. 

1984                                       First Prize, Print Section Caltex Exhibition, Mackay. 

Collections / Publications 

Art Gallery of N.S.W. 

Mitsuri City, Japan. 

Centre of Adult Education, Wangaratta. 

Australian Country Style, August 2003. 

ABC TV Stateline, N.T. June 2004. 

Anna has held numerous solo and group exhibitions in galleries around Australia and has won awards for her fine linoprints. Her work is represented in private and public collections.  

Inspired by her immediate environment and love of nature, Anna’s prints celebrate the essence of tropical and inland Australia. 

THE LINO PRINTING PROCESS

Anna has used the Reduction method to make the colour linoprints. This method requires only one lino block to create a multicoloured image. Parts of the lino are carved away, one colour printed, further areas carved away, another colour printed and so on until all colours have been printed, layer upon layer. With the addition of etching the lino with caustic soda, embossing and hand colouring, a contrast of textures is achieved.  

Once printing the edition is complete, further prints cannot be made from the linoblock as it is destroyed in the process. As this technique is labour intensive, requiring patience and skill, the prints are in a limited edition number.  

Every print in the edition has been individually made by hand, thus giving it a unique quality. The linoprints are signed, titled and numbered by the artist.