Anna Lorenz is a Gold & Silversmith based in the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham, UK
Originally from the South of Germany, Anna apprentice trained with a Master Goldsmith in Regensburg, gained a BA (Hons) First Class Degree in Jewellery and Silversmithing from the School of Jewellery and completed a Master of Fine Art Degree at the School of Art, Birmingham City University in 2013.
Anna works across the disciplines of Jewellery, Silversmithing and Sculpture with a similar, minimalist aesthetic.
Her work is diverse and multi-layered, utilising Gold & Metalworking techniques to investigate formal concerns of geometric structures, space, layering, while conceptual thinking questions the transformation of materials and the importance of the creative engagement for the individual.
Anna is a scholar of the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust. She exhibits internationally and her work is represented in the Grassi Museum in Germany, the Jewellery Quarter Museum in Birmingham, the Goldsmiths Contemporary Silver Collection in London and in private collections.
EXHIBITIONS Selected
2019 - FUTURE HERITAGE at Decorex International 2019, Olympia, London, UK FerroCity, Group exhibition, Shanghai, China FerroCity, Group exhibition, Munich, Germany
2018 - ‘_ZWISCHENRÄUME_’, Solo exhibition, Luft- Museum, Amberg, Germany ‘NEXUS: Meeting at the Edge’, Fife Contemporary, Kirkcaldy, Scotland & Ruthin Craft Centre, UK ‘Made For The Table’, Goldsmiths’ Company touring exhibition, UK
2017 - ‘Feuer & Flamme’, Museum for Applied Arts Deggendorf, Germany ‘In the Loupe’, Vittoria Street Gallery, Birmingham, UK Goldsmiths’ Fair 2017, London, UK
2016 - ‘Silver Speaks’, V&A, London, UK ‘Made in the Middle’, Craftspace touring exhibition in the East & West Midlands, UK
2015 - ‘SALON’, Waterhall, Museum & Art Gallery Birmingham, UK ‘PULPA II’, R K Burt Gallery, London, UK ‘The Silversmith’s Art: Made in Britain Today’, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK Goldsmiths’ Fair 2015, London, UK ‘Global Paper 3’, International Paper Triennial, Museum Deggendorf, Deggendorf, Germany Solo Show: ‘Beyond Materiality’, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham, UK
2014 - ‘Birmingham and Beyond’, RBSA, Birmingham, UK ‘PULPA’, R K Burt Gallery, London, UK Goldsmiths’ Fair 2014, London, UK ‘Next Wave’ Project, RBSA, Birmingham, UK
2013 - Masters of Fine Art Show: ‘Who punched the Unicorn?’, School of Art in Margaret Street, BCU, Birmingham, UK ‘ENCOUNTER’, collaborative exhibition in A.H. Harries Factory, Birmingham. UK
2012 - ‘Made in the Middle’ touring exhibition by Craftspace, Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham, UK Goldsmiths’ Fair 2012, London, UK
2011 - ‘ALL GOLDS’, School of Jewellery,BCU, Birmingham , UK ‘10 Years Museum Schmitd House’, Nabburg, Germany Goldsmiths’ Fair 2011, London, UK ‘FOCUS Metalwork’, Electrum Gallery London, UK
2010 - ‘FOCUS’, Contemporary Applied Arts, London, UK Goldsmiths’ Fair, London, UK PARADIGMA, Beijing, China West Midlands Open 2010, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
COLLECTIONS/ COMMISSIONS
2019 - ‘Fingerbowl‘, New College Oxford, Oxford, UK
2017 - Votive Candle Stand for St. Phillips Cathedral Birmingham, UK
2011 - ‘embrace‘ object acquired by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths for the Collection, London, UK ‘journeys‘ wall mounted paper art work, Commissioned by St. George Hospital, London, UK
2010 - Jewellery Quarter Museums Commission, Birmingham, UK
2009 - ’insight’, wall mounted work for St. Georges Hospital, London, UK ‘Fruit Bowl’ for the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths’ Collection, London, UK
2008 - Interpretation of Schauberger for a ’Bio-Resonance-Therapy tool’ for Johanna Koller, Practice for Alternative Medicine and Healing, Germany
2007 - ‘insight’ wall mounted paper art work, Practice for Alternative Medicine and Healing, J. Koller, Germany
2004/ 05/ 06 Trophies for the Institute of Directors, ’Young Director of the Year’ Award, Birmingham, UK
2003 - The 9th IAFF World Championship in Athletics, ‘Commemorative trophy for Colin Jackson’ competition- 1st prize
2003 - Grassi-Museum, Leipzig, Germany