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anna clawson
Anna Clawson (b. Donaghadee, N.IRE) is an Irish artist living and working in Oslo, Norway. She graduated with an MFA in Fine Art from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts in 2023 and is an alumni of the School of the Damned (2017), an autonomous free art school in the UK. She received her BA in Art from University College Falmouth, UK, in 2009. In addition to her own independent art practice, Anna works as part of a collaborative duo with fellow artist Nicole Ward, under the name Clawson & Ward (since 2010).

Previous activities include exhibitions at Melk, Oslo, No; Atelier Nord, Oslo, NO; Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO; Academy Room, Oslo, NO; Intercultural Museum, Oslo, NO; Arnolfini, Bristol, UK; CCA Derry~Londonderry, N.IRE, Tenderpixel, London, UK; Royal West Academy, Bristol, UK; Glasgow International, Scotland, UK ; Ormston House, Limerick, IRE ; Guest Projects, London, UK , Malonioji 6, Vilnius, LT; CRATE , Margate, UK.

Previous residencies include RUPERT , Vilnius, LT; Studio Das Weisse Haus, Vienna, AU; Nida art colony, LT; Spike Island, Bristol, UK; KARST , Plymouth, UK.

Recent publications include: Dataton Dialogues a collaboration with Tris Vonna Michell, Henrik Follesø Egeland and Silje Iversen Kristiansen, launched at Vermillion Sands, Copenhagen. Shortsighted shown with Oslo Crit Klubb at B*stard Art Bookfair in Lillehammer, Bergen Art Bookfair and Athens Art Bookfair.

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