Anna Jepson
Artist
Anna Jepson
Artist
Anna is a contemporary artist, of Ngai Tahu and Danish descent living and working in Hawke’s Bay Te Matau-a-Maui, New Zealand.
She has been painting for well over two decades, initially inspired by attending art classes and completing a Fine Arts Diploma in painting and drawing in 2002.
The human form plays a decisive role in Anna's work; she enjoys painting on a larger scale with a mixture of mediums, alternating between abstract and realism.
Anna’s other passion is portraiture, she has been studying classical portraiture at the Charles H. Cecil Atelier in Florence for the past four summers, where she was taught the techniques of the old masters.
Anna has also attended the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Venice 2018 studying modern contemporary painting from life.
Anna's work is displayed in many private collections throughout New Zealand and she welcomes commissions in both contemporary art and portraiture.
Finalist in the Norsewear Art Exhibition 1994
Art Feast 2002
Fine Arts Diploma group show 2002
Art Rage 2003
Fine Arts Diploma completion group show 2004
Salon de Refuse Exhibition, Wine Country Gallery 2004
Exhibition wth Mirjam Lugt, Wine Country Gallery 2005
Finalist Adams Portraiture Exhibition, Wellington 2006
Humanities Group Exhibition 2014/15/16/17/18/19
Finalist in East Contemporary Art Exhibition 2016
Tondo Group Show Muse Gallery 2017
Finalist in The Hawkes Bay Review 2017
Lysaght Watt Trust Art Award 2018, Taranaki 20
Tondo Group Show Muse Gallery 2018/19
Selected to be the Hawke’s Bay Wine Auction Artist 2020
Selected for East Contemporary Art Exhibition 2020
Shortlisted for the Royal Academy London Summer Show 2021
Finalist in the Adams Portraiture Awards 2022
Finalist in the Kiiingi Tuheitia Portrait Awards 2023
Mobile Gallery, Auckland
Tennyson Gallery, Napier
Muse Gallery, Havelock North
Kura Gallery Wellington
