Anne Siems

b. 1965, Berlin, Germany
The tattoos are fables, they are mythical signs, they are excerpts from poetry, they are rites of passage. These tattoos are unapologetic and brave, political, even if not in a direct way. They are markers of the world we live in at this time that on so many levels feels right on the edge in many ways, both personal and general.
Lagoon
Lagoon

Anne Siems is known internationally for eloquent, ethereal paintings of figures and animals immersed in early European and American landscapes. Based in part on her childhood spent in the woodlands of Germany, her memory inspires the settings for her narrative paintings. At once ancient and contemporary, fantastic and real, present and post-apocalyptic, her works delve into subconscious realms as if journeys into the unknown. Examining feminine psychology and identity through history, figures of young women are Siems’ primary, recurring focal point. While their faces and hands are fully present, their bodies are cloaked in transparent, intricately woven clothes, rendered nearly invisible by patterns that overlay and obscure. In a personal response to the profound sentiments of recent Feminist movements like #metoo, Siems newest portraits depict women as almost supernatural in form, fashion and color. Untethered and unabashed, their fantastic features boldy rise from backdrops of abstracted, gestural veils.

Anne Siems was born and raised in Berlin and lives and works in Seattle. She attended the University of the South in Tennessee under a Fulbright Scholarship and completed her MFA at the Hochschule der Kunste in Berlin. Her work has been shown in a myriad of exhibitions in galleries and institutions in New York, Berlin, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Boston, Vancouver, San Francisco and Los Angeles, among other cities. Her work can be found in collections spanning the globe, such has American Airlines, Seattle; The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock; Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID; Harry Connick, Jr; Hallmark Collection, Kansas City, MO; Kemper Museum for Contemporary Art & Design, Kansas City, MO; Lucy Liu; Microsoft, Redmond WA; Nestle USA, Glendale, CA; Nordstrom Corporation Stores, Seattle; and Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, among others.

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Lagoon
Lagoon
Devotion
Devotion
Shouldering
Shouldering
What I'll Want
What I'll Want
Heresy
Heresy
Tipped Nest
Tipped Nest
Forget Me Not
Forget Me Not
Bruise
Bruise
Birdman
Birdman
Love and Rage
Love and Rage
Two Elements
Two Elements
Feel
Feel
Like Bees to Honey
Like Bees to Honey
Ida
Ida
Ida Face
Ida Face
Evander Face
Evander Face
What
What
Embodied Max
Embodied Max
Sam Hands
Sam Hands
Temple of Me
Temple of Me
Spider
Spider
Blue Scarf
Blue Scarf
Just to Be Here
Just to Be Here
Aqua
Aqua
Stone Soup
Stone Soup
Wild Ember
Wild Ember
Absence
Absence
Miserable Magnificent
Miserable Magnificent
Young Magician
Young Magician
Houndstooth
Houndstooth
Grounded (Wolf)
Grounded (Wolf)
In My Truth
In My Truth
Her Hands Are Wild and Dangerous II
Her Hands Are Wild and Dangerous II
Iska Tree
Iska Tree
Sound Rings Drawing
Sound Rings Drawing
Lagoon
Lagoon
acrylic on panel, 60x84
2024
Devotion
Devotion
acrylic on wood panel, 48x48
2023
Shouldering
Shouldering
acrylic on wood panel, 36x36
2023
What I'll Want
What I'll Want
acrylic on wood panel, 60x30
2023
Heresy
Heresy
acrylic on wood panel, 60x40
2023
Tipped Nest
Tipped Nest
acrylic on wood panel, 60x36
2023
Forget Me Not
Forget Me Not
acrylic on wood panel, 48x36
2023
Bruise
Bruise
acrylic on panel, 48x36
2023
Birdman
Birdman
acrylic on wood panel, 48x36
2023
Love and Rage
Love and Rage
acrylic on wood panel, 48x36
2023
Two Elements
Two Elements
acrylic on wood panel, 40x40
2023
Feel
Feel
acrylic on wood panel, 36x36
2023
Like Bees to Honey
Like Bees to Honey
acrylic on panel, 60x30
2023
Ida
Ida
watercolor and graphite on paper, 60x46
2022
Ida Face
Ida Face
watercolor and graphite on paper, 24x18
2022
Evander Face
Evander Face
watercolor and graphite on paper, 24x18
2022
What
What
watercolor and graphite on paper, 24x18
2022
Embodied Max
Embodied Max
watercolor and graphite on paper, 45x37.5
2022
Sam Hands
Sam Hands
watercolor and graphite on paper, 17.5x18
2022
Temple of Me
Temple of Me
watercolor and graphite on paper, 64x55
2022
Spider
Spider
watercolor and graphite on paper, 55x60
2022
Blue Scarf
Blue Scarf
watercolor and graphite on paper, 40x38
2022
Just to Be Here
Just to Be Here
watercolor and graphite on paper, 24x18
2022
Aqua
Aqua
watercolor and graphite on paper, 59x47
2022
Stone Soup
Stone Soup
gouache and graphite on paper, 37x31
2022
Wild Ember
Wild Ember
watercolor and graphite on paper, 79x55
2022
Absence
Absence
gouache and graphite on paper, 58x52
2022
Miserable Magnificent
Miserable Magnificent
guache and graphite on paper, 62x55
2022
Young Magician
Young Magician
acrylic on paper, 50x38
2022
Houndstooth
Houndstooth
acrylic on paper, 50x38
2018
Grounded (Wolf)
Grounded (Wolf)
acrylic on paper, 40.5x38.25
2021
In My Truth
In My Truth
acrylic on panel, 36x36
2020
Her Hands Are Wild and Dangerous II
Her Hands Are Wild and Dangerous II
acrylic on panel, 60x48
2019
Iska Tree
Iska Tree
acrylic on panel, 36x36
2014
Sound Rings Drawing
Sound Rings Drawing
mixed media on paper, 30x22
2016

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