Annie Giles-Hobbs

Annie was born and bred in Cardiff/South Wales. After bringing up a family, she embarked on a degree course studying Fine Art from 1989 to 1992 at University of Wales Institute Cardiff (BA). She has her studio in Cardiff Bay (Bute Str), but also teaches part-time at a number of institutions in Cardiff.

Artist's Statement: "Layers of monoprints and hand made papers delicately stained and coloured form the basis of some of my images. I create the monoprints by applying printing ink to a flat surface and transferring it to the paper. The working surface is cleaned off and reworked with new colour to take a second impression. This is repeated several times until a depth of colour reminiscent of paintings by Giotto is achieved. Tearing these papers I overlay and assemble them to create an atmosphere evocative of Romanesque wall paintings and pentimenti visible through overpainted areas that have become transparent with age. Heads emerge from this complex surface. They gaze out obliquely and all knowingly. They are the natural focal point of the human dramas which in reality have remained timeless".

Teaching Experiences:
Part-time lecturer in the Fine Art Printing Department of the University of Wales Institute Cardiff;

Public & Corporate Collections:
Candel Services, Surrey; Centre Parks-Longkar, Ewesden Sherwood; Crown Court, Basildon; Dept. of Trade & Commerce, Warwick; Ecclesiastical, Gloucester; Halifax Building Society; Lord Chancellor's Dept.; National Museum of Wales; Neville Hall Hospital, Abergavenny; Princes of Wales Hospital, Bridgend; South Glamorgan County Council; Tenby Museum & Art Gallery.

Awards: 2002 winner of the selectors' first prize at St.David's Hall annual Christmas Exhibition (Off The Wall).

Commissions: 2004 eighty prints for MacDonald's Holland House Hotel in Cardiff.

International Links:
exhibitions abroad: .....................
collections abroad: Deutsche Bank