ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My work explores the complex role humans play in shaping the natural world. This work is always political, though only sometimes overtly so. In particular, I am interested in the peculiar human instinct to make claim to earth that must inherently be shared, and the subtle, observable ways nature adapts and responds. Through this lens, I attempt to create beauty from perceivably ugly acts as a means to question traditional paths toward political and environmental justice. And, perhaps more personally, to contend with the grief that results when these systems inevitably fail us.
BIOGRAPHY
Anne Covell is a book artist, edition bookbinder, and hand papermaker. She holds an MFA in Book Arts from the University of Iowa Center for the Book where she was the recipient of an Iowa Arts Fellowship, and an MA in Library and Information Science & Graduate Certificate in Book Studies from the University of Iowa where she was a Robert A. Olsen Fellow in Special Collections. She studied Asian and Western papermaking techniques with Timothy Barrett, and has taught for numerous educational institutions including the Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory, Penland School of Craft, and the University of Georgia study abroad program in Cortona, Italy, among others. Her work has been exhibited internationally and can be seen in an expanding list of private collections, special collections libraries, and museums worldwide. Covell lives and works out of her home studio in La Mesa, California.
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Ontario
Augustana College
Auburn University
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
Bank Street Arts
Baylor University
Boston Athenaeum
Bowdoin College
The British Library
Cal State University, East Bay
CalPoly San Luis Obispo
Carnegie Mellon University
Chapman University
Colorado College
Columbia University
Emory University
Furman University
George Mason University
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington
James Madison University
Lafayette College
Library of Congress
MacEwan University
Maryland Institute College of Art
Minneapolis College of Art & Design
MIT
National Library of Chile
New York Public Library
Newberry Library
Ohio University
Otis College of Art + Design
Penn State University
Phoenix Public Library
RISD
Ringling College of Art + Design
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rollins College
Samford University
San Francisco MOMA
Scripps College
St. Louis University
Swarthmore College
Topeka & Shawnee Public Library
Truman State University
Tufts University
UC Berkeley
UC Davis
UCLA
UC San Diego
UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Cruz
University of Central Florida
University of Colorado
University of Denver
University of Florida
University of Iowa
University of Iowa Center for the Book
University of Kentucky
University of Louisville
University of Miami
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
University of Northern Texas
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania
University of Richmond
University of Southern California
University of Texas at Austin
University of Utah
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin Madison
Virginia Commonwealth University
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Yale University Arts Library
Private Collections*