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Ann Holsberry
Ann Holsberry was born in 1943 at the Gulf Coast of Florida, United States. She is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area and Paris. Ann Holsberry is an artist whose work celebrates the inherent beauty of the natural order of things- from the microscopic to the cosmic. Her work explores mixed media and the experimental photographic process of cyanotype. The cyanotype process, derived from Greek word cyan, meaning "dark-blue impression", gives Ann Holsberry's work a breathtaking and distinguishable color. Often working outdoors, Ann Holsberry sources materials directly from the surroundings and allows both time- and weather- based natural phenomena to influence each art piece. In the studio, she enhances these works with meditative mark-making and the addition of other pigments, inks, wax, and embroidery. The sense of freedom that Ann Holsberry explores with the various mediums of each piece allows her to work with unpredictable, yet unique elements.

The artist's fascination with the movement of humans and animals across the globe with the interconnectedness of their waves and transit influences her artwork greatly, deepening a connection with each place she visits and creates artwork at. It is evident that Ann Holsberry is an emerging artist who takes her passion for travel and adventure, along with the interest in the connections of nature, to pursue creating tangible pieces of work that utilizes Sun exposure and natural elements as its main medium.

Social Media and Contact

 * Website: https://annholsberry.com/
 * Instagram: (@annholsberry) https://www.instagram.com/annholsberry/?hl=en
 * Contact: Ann at annholsberry.com

Early Life and Education
Growing up at the Gulf Coast of Florida, many of Ann Holsberry's early cultural influences come from the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. Prior to Ann Holsberry's career as an artist, her background in environmental law and the healing arts allowed for the exploration of mediums throughout her artwork over the years. After graduating from highschool, she received a Bachelor's Degree of Fine Arts from Randolph-Macon Woman's College and a Masters Degree studying design and urbanization systems at Cornell University. Ann Holsberry also earned a law degree, studying at both Cornell University and UC Berkeley (Boalt Hall). While practicing law for thirteen years in the Bay Area, she continued to paint while raising her son as a single mother.

Careers
After moving on from her practice of law, Ann Holsberry decided to fully devote time to painting and the healing arts. Exploration of the body-mind connection, mediation, and painting as a guide to the unconscious were all methods that continued to spark her special approaches to making artwork. Studying with The Painting Experience in San Francisco, she was able to appreciate painting for the process rather than solely the result. Along with the start of her extensive artistic career, Ann Holsberry worked as a Rosen Method Bodywork Practitioner and Movement teacher, sharing her knowledge of Rosen Movement in the United States, Canada, and Europe while conducting classes in Painting Process and Movement.

After fifteen years of exploring this process, she began to exhibit and sell her paintings again in 2007. These past two decades, Ann Holsberry has been back and forth between her home in the Bay Area of San Francisco to living and working in France, finding further inspiration within the rich cultures of Europe. Since then, Ann Holsberry has continued to share her artwork nationally and internationally, with most of her recent work exhibiting an examination of the migratory patterns of people and animals as they travel around the globe.

Notable Achievements and Exhibitions

 * 2022 - Uncharted Waters Immersive Environment at the David Brower Center - Berkeley, CA, United States
 * 2021 - Time, Tide & Seasons Exhibition at Inclusions Gallery - San Francisco, CA, United States
 * 2020 - Art/Act: Local - Wild Places Group Installation at David Brower Center - Berkeley, CA, United States
 * 2020 - Bird, Nest, Nature Group Exhibition at Bedford Gallery - Walnut Creek, CA, United States
 * 2019 - Traces Exhibition at Gearbox Gallery - Oakland, CA, United States
 * 2018 to 2019 - Civic Arts Grant Recipient for the City of Berkeley, CA - Berkeley, CA, United States
 * 2017 - Interconnections: Mari Andrews & Ann Holsberry at Olive Hyde Art Gallery - Fremont, CA, United States
 * 2017 - Botanicals at Erica Tanov Retail Stores in Berkeley and Larkspur, CA - Berkeley and Larkspur, CA, United States
 * 2016 - New Navigation Pop-up Show - Emeryville, CA, United States
 * 2014 - Migration at Los Medanos College Art Gallery - Pittsburg, CA, United States

Recent Notable Works
2022 - Uncharted Waters Immersive Environment at the David Brower Center - Berkeley, CA, United States


 * Displaying one of Ann Holsberry’s largest pieces, silk cyanotypes of sea kelp represents the beauty and fragility of underwater ecosystems, making visitors feel as if they’re underwater.

2021 - Time, Tide & Seasons Exhibition at Inclusions Gallery - San Francisco, CA, United States


 * Ann Holsberry explores the interconnections in nature using mixed media and the experimental photographic process of cyanotype through her work at this gallery.

2020 - Art/Act: Local - Wild Places Group Installation at David Brower Center - Berkeley, CA, United States


 * Endangered sea kelp on silk featured along other group art pieces celebrates the importance of human connection to wild places.

2020 - Bird, Nest, Nature Group Exhibition at Bedford Gallery - Walnut Creek, CA, United States

2019 - Traces Exhibition at Gearbox Gallery - Berkeley, CA, United States
 * This group exhibition features work from local and national artists, capturing the exquisite beauty of birds and nature from flora to fauna.


 * Incorporating Ann Holsberry's fascination with migration and cosmic events, she displays a cyanotype using outdoor sunlight, the forces of nature, and natural elements in exposure to create a gratifying moving piece.