Annie Long
Annie Long is a visual artist with hand built ceramic sculpture at the heart of her practice. Originally from Sydney, she completed an Advanced Diploma in Ceramics in 2002 on the Sunshine Coast, concentrating on sculpture. After moving to the Northern Rivers in 2011, she completed a degree in Visual Arts (3D) with Honours in 2016 at Southern Cross University, expanding her art practice to explore multimedia sculptures and installations Travel and work in international language education have informed recurrent themes of journey (both inner and outer), the nomad and the migrant. In recent years, exploration into local stories and the local environment have become an increasing inspiration for her art practice. She has exhibited in both solo and group shows in Australia as well as Japan and Italy. In 2019, she undertook a residency at the Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute, Jingdezhen, PR China.
The Wood Wide Web acknowledges the communal and communicative nature of plants and microbes within the structure of a forest. Our local native forests are dynamic and evolving communities where survival dramas are played out daily despite their interconnectivity being disrupted since colonisation. This has resulted in increased isolation and stress, making them vulnerable to changing climatic conditions such as drought and fires. This body of work imagines the elements of a forest. Time spent in the forests of the Northern Rivers has allowed me to see how communities build resilience, adapting to the fragmentation of these ancient networks. While my art practice is centred around ceramic sculpture, painting and video allow me the freedom to explore other perspectives
The Wood Wide Web acknowledges the communal and communicative nature of plants and microbes within the structure of a forest. Our local native forests are dynamic and evolving communities where survival dramas are played out daily despite their interconnectivity being disrupted since colonisation. This has resulted in increased isolation and stress, making them vulnerable to changing climatic conditions such as drought and fires. This body of work imagines the elements of a forest. Time spent in the forests of the Northern Rivers has allowed me to see how communities build resilience, adapting to the fragmentation of these ancient networks. While my art practice is centred around ceramic sculpture, painting and video allow me the freedom to explore other perspectives
