Ann Christopher

Ann Christopher RA (born 4 December 1947) is a British sculptor known for her large-scale abstract works.

Early life and education

Ann Christopher was born on 4 December 1947 in Watford, Hertfordshire. She studied at the Harrow School of Art from 1965 to 1966 and the West of England College of Art in Bristol from 1966 to 1969. She lives and works north of Bath.

Career Christopher's first solo exhibition was at the Mignon Gallery, Bath in 1969. She continued to have solo exhibitions throughout the 1970s and 1980s. In 1989, she had a retrospective of her work produced between 1969 and 1989 at the Dorset County Museum.

Works Christopher's commissioned work exist in many locations, including the University of Bristol, the City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, the Chantrey Bequest, the Royal Academy of Arts in London, and World Wide Business Centres Inc., Philadelphia.

Awards and honors 1968: First prize in the Harrison-Cowley Sculpture Competition 1996: Frampton Award for sculpture in a public place 1997: Otto Beit Medal of Sculpture of Outstanding Merit Christopher was first elected to the Royal Academy in 1980 (ARA) becoming Royal Academician in 1989. She was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1992.