Biography
2010
Biography of Anna Peach
Peach received her BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1995 before developing her work on islands around the world. She has received project support from Moving Theater Company’s Park Avenue Armory Artist Residency, New York, Miller Brewing LTD., Irish Helicopters, and the Pouch Cove Foundation Artist Residency in Newfoundland, Canada. Peach has exhibited at venues including The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI, The John Michael Kohler Arts Center, WI, The Honolulu Academy of Arts, the Textile Center, MN and the Queens Museum of Art, NY. She has been featured in B&W, Madame Figaro Voyage-Japan, Modern Luxury, Fiberarts, and Hawaiian Airlines magazines. In May, 2009 she co-presented a collaborative work for the La Mama Moves Festival, New York, which was reviewed by The New York Times.
Anna has lived and worked in diverse locations around the globe. Her first solo photography project gained sponsorship from the Irish Government in 1994. Over the course of nine months, the project took her to 27 islands around the coast of Ireland by helicopter. She then spent most of 1996 in Northern Sumatra, and then contrasted that experience with weeks spent in Singapore, Java, Malaysia, and Japan. In 1997 she received a grant so to return her 1994 photography exhibition to the Aran Islands, Ireland. A six month long expedition in 1998 allowed her to traverse the Nusa Tengara archipelago of Indonesia, from Bali to the remote island of Lomblen. On this journey, Peach began her study of textiles. The year 1999 into 2000 was used to study and explore the South Pacific islands of Tahiti, Cook, Fiji, Tonga, and New Zealand. This began her exploration of the ocean in detail through extensive scuba diving, as well as furthering her life at sea. Early 2001 brought a return to Nusa Tengara, and later that year she began what would become a five year relocation to the Hawaiian Islands. It was in Hawaii where she focused on creating a bridge between community and art through a public storefront project, The Golden Egret Studio. She also began honing her skills as an arts educator by working in public and private school systems as both a visiting artist and as an instructor. In 2007, a residency opportunity allowed her to begin working in the waters off Newfoundland, Canada. This extensive body of video became her first committed underwater study of place- a method that she has continued in the waters of Hawaii, the cenotes of South Mexico and in the Hudson River. Anna Peach is currently adapting to her new life on the island of Manhattan.
Anna has lived and worked in diverse locations around the globe. Her first solo photography project gained sponsorship from the Irish Government in 1994. Over the course of nine months, the project took her to 27 islands around the coast of Ireland by helicopter. She then spent most of 1996 in Northern Sumatra, and then contrasted that experience with weeks spent in Singapore, Java, Malaysia, and Japan. In 1997 she received a grant so to return her 1994 photography exhibition to the Aran Islands, Ireland. A six month long expedition in 1998 allowed her to traverse the Nusa Tengara archipelago of Indonesia, from Bali to the remote island of Lomblen. On this journey, Peach began her study of textiles. The year 1999 into 2000 was used to study and explore the South Pacific islands of Tahiti, Cook, Fiji, Tonga, and New Zealand. This began her exploration of the ocean in detail through extensive scuba diving, as well as furthering her life at sea. Early 2001 brought a return to Nusa Tengara, and later that year she began what would become a five year relocation to the Hawaiian Islands. It was in Hawaii where she focused on creating a bridge between community and art through a public storefront project, The Golden Egret Studio. She also began honing her skills as an arts educator by working in public and private school systems as both a visiting artist and as an instructor. In 2007, a residency opportunity allowed her to begin working in the waters off Newfoundland, Canada. This extensive body of video became her first committed underwater study of place- a method that she has continued in the waters of Hawaii, the cenotes of South Mexico and in the Hudson River. Anna Peach is currently adapting to her new life on the island of Manhattan.
