Anna Jenkins

Anna is a London based abstract painter who works predominately with acrylic on canvas. She studied Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University, graduating in 2014.

Since then she has pursued a career working alongside children with additional needs and, in doing so, discovered the unique and powerful benefits of using art therapeutically. Using the art as a means to connect, communicate and process experiences inspired Anna to study a two-year Masters Degree in Art therapy, from which she graduated in 2022.

This change of approach to art making enabled Anna to rediscover her love of painting and shifted her focus from the outcome to the making process. It became a cathartic form of escapism to untangle thoughts and feelings.

Anna’s paintings are immersed in an embodied process, constantly being reworked and evolving over time.

Although the process starts the same, each painting is unique and speaks its own language, embodied in rich colours and textures. Anna enjoys playing with and developing a sense of ambiguity around each painting, allowing the viewer to make their own interpretation and be transported to a different place.

University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire 2020-2022
MA Art Therapy


Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham 2012-2014
BA Hons Fine Art

University Of Reading, Reading 2011-2012
BA Hons Fine Art

Richmond Upon Thames College, Twickenham 2009-2011
BTEC Level 3 Art and Design