Artist's Statement

My work draws upon seemingly small observations from daily life as a means for exploring human influence on the natural world. In particular, I am interested in the human capacity to physically shape environment, to make claim to earth that must inherently be shared, and the subtle, observable ways nature adapts and responds. Through this lens, I attempt create beauty from perceivably ugly acts as an entry for exploring complex human response to transience and decay.

Biography

Anne Covell is a book artist and hand papermaker living in San Diego, CA. She received her MFA in Book Arts from the University of Iowa Center for the Book where she was the recipient of an Iowa Arts Fellowship. She has studied Asian and Western papermaking techniques with Timothy Barrett, and has taught for numerous professional organizations including the Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory, Penland School of Crafts, and the University of Georgia study abroad program in Cortona, Italy, among others. Her work has been exhibited internationally and can be seen in a growing list of private collections, special collections libraries, and museums worldwide.

Currently, Covell is working on a new artist book concerning the ecological impact of wildfires in California’s varied forest and chaparral landscapes. Follow @annecovell on Instagram.

COLLECTIONS

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
Bank Street Arts, Sheffield, UK
Baylor University
Bowdoin College
Cal State University, East Bay
CalPoly, Kennedy Library, San Luis Obispo
Carnegie Mellon University, Hunt Library
Chapman University
Colorado College
Columbia University
Emory University
George Mason University, Fenwick Library
George Washington University
Indiana University, Lilly Library
Indiana University Bloomington, Wells Library
Lafayette College, Skillman Library
Library of Congress
MacEwan University, Edmonton, Alberta
Minneapolis College of Art & Design
MIT, Art & Architecture Library
National Library of Chile, Santiago, Chile
New York Public Library
Newberry Library
Otis College of Art + Design
Penn State University
Phoenix Public Library, Rare Book Room
RISD, Fleet Library
Ringling College of Art + Design
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rollins College
Samford University
San Francisco MOMA
Scripps College
Swarthmore College
Topeka & Shawnee Public Library
UC Berkeley, Environmental Design Library
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
UCLA, Biomedical Library
UCLA, Clark Library
UC San Diego
UC Santa Barbara, Davidson Library
UC Santa Cruz
University of Central Florida
University of Colorado, Norlin Library
University of Denver
University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries
University of Iowa
University of Iowa Center for the Book
University of Kentucky
University of Louisville, Bridwell Art Library
University of Miami
University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Love Library, Blue Heron Press Collection of Artists’ Books
University of Pennsylvania
University of Richmond
University of Texas at Austin
University of Utah, Marriott Library
University of Washington
Virginia Commonwealth University
Wesleyan University
Yale University Arts Library