Born in Regional NSW, Anna McGirr is a visual artist currently based in Melbourne. She will complete her BA of Fine Arts at the VCA in 2020. McGirr’s sculptural and video practice aims to link the visual image to the written word. Through memory tracing she writes personal narratives in poetry, prose and script that inform abstract video, collage and textile works. Instinct directs her delicately chosen colour palette as she finds beauty in the quiet appreciation of life, creating cosy, multimedia installations.

Education

2021 Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), Victorian College of the Arts, Southbank.

2018-2020 Bachelor of Fine Art (Photography), Victorian College of the Arts, Southbank.

2020 Intro to Directing (online short course with Lucy Gaffy), AFTRS, Sydney.

2019 Intro to Screenwriting (online short course with Anne Brooksbank), AFTRS, Sydney.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021 Fresh! Craft Victoria, VIC. (artist)

2020/2021 VCA Graduate Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts, VIC. (artist)

2020 Latch, Punch, Weave, Tuft, Sleep, collection of video works on the Buxton Contemporary Screen, VIC, (artist)

Majlis Travelling Scholarship Finalists Exhibition, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, VIC.

2019 Can I Please Have a Minute? VCA student Gallery, VIC, (group curation).

Everyone Sins in Venice, VCA Student Gallery, VIC, (group curation).

Undoing (or collegially suggested Obstructions), Curated by Kiron Robinson and Sanja Pahoki, George Paton Gallery VIC.

2018 Play, Curated by Martina Copley, Blindside Gallery VIC.

In Touch Out of Touch: A consideration of how reality intersects with the digital world, Curated by Ash Hogan, VCA Student Gallery, VIC.