Ann Gadd

Ann is a vibrant and prolific artist, wildlife photographer, and author. She was voted in 2020 as one of South Africa's top artists.
She initially became known for her ‘ewe/sheep’ series of work. Whilst maintaining her ironic humor she has painted a number of other series of works, including ‘Wild Life’ ‘Zulu Lulu’ and 'Going to the Dogs series.
A recurring theme in her work is a play on words and the use of popular jargon. Her quirky, humorous, yet profoundly insightful art, allows the viewer not only to laugh at themselves but to examine many of the absurd aspects of life.

Ann has an exceptionally rich spectrum of professional and personal experience, abilities and talents to draw from. Her overall expression is one of change through consciousness and creation.
Having spent nearly two decades as a Commercial Artist/Creative Director in advertising, Cartoon Book Illustrator and as a co-director of an advertising agency, Ann began to indulge her passion for painting more seriously in 1997. Since then she has been a full time artist and writer. She has a diploma in Graphic Design.

Ann has participated in a large number of group and solo exhibitions both locally and abroad and her paintings and constructions now hang both internationally and locally. Ann is currently one of South Africa’s bestselling artists.
Exhibitions
• Joburg Art Fair – ‘Zulu Lulu’ series – first painting to sell at the show!
• Cape Gallery (group) June (‘Zulu Lulu’) and August (‘Wild Life’)
• Art at Five – UK
• Belfast, Ireland
• Imbizo Gallery, Ballito, solo
• Glascow Art Fair
• Edinburgh Art Fair
• Brighton, UK Art 5
• London, Brick Lane Gallery
• Zohar gallery New Zealand
• Glascow Art Fair
• Zohar gallery New Zealand – April solo
• Clarens Art Festival, Clarens/Blou Donki Art Gallery main guest artist
• Spitalfields London
Exhibitions 2007:
• Florence Biennale, Italy 2007
• Red the Gallery Steenberg – Nudes, Nature and Ewe. Joint exhibition with Anthony Gadd
• Bobby Breen – joint exhibition with Anthony Gadd
• KKNK
• Vanilla Canvas August 28 – The Big Five – The five top emerging South African female artists
• Orange Cactus - Joint exhibition with Anthony Gadd
• Swellendam Gallery – Joint exhibition with Anthony Gadd
• AVA (Association for Visual Arts) solo 'Palindromes and Popular Icons'
• Vuleka (x...