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Anna is a Dundee-based visual artist working primarily in textiles, drawing and painting. Much of her work reflects a search for connection, solace and belonging within the natural world as she captures its processes of growth and decay. Anna's creative approach is process-driven and led by her materials as she works quickly and intuitively to create many series of paintings and drawings, often feeding into a slower, more considered practice of textile making with hand and machine processes. Playfulness is at the heart of Anna's practice as she explores colour and pattern and often encourages tactile interaction with her textile work.
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Anna Rooney
Born 2002 in Aberdeen, based in Dundee.
Education
2024
BDes Textile Design with Honours from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee
Exhibitions
2026
“Room To Be” community exhibition at POD! Community Gallery, ScrapAntics Community Space, Wellgate Shopping Centre, Dundee
(1st - 30th June)
“FABRICATE” solo exhibition at Green Gallery, Dundee Botanic Garden
(11th - 22nd May)
“Recent Acquisitions” by University of Dundee Museums Collections at Tower Foyer Gallery, Dundee
(22nd January - 27th March)
“Members Show 2026” at Generator Projects, Dundee
(31st January - 1st March)
2025
“Making Sense - A Collaborative Textile Exhibition” at Ninewells Community Garden as part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival
(October 20th - November 9th)
"The Harvest/Lammas" at Foursticks Gallery with Art and Nature Collective
Falkland, Fife
(1st - 30th August)
Angus Creatives Exhibition - REMNANTS: Traces of the Past in the Present
St John's Methodist Church, Arbroath
(9th - 18th May)
"The Nature of Art Edinburgh" with Art and Nature Collective at Custom House, Leith, Edinburgh
(25th - 27th April)
"The Nature of Art" with Art and Nature Collective at Green Gallery, Dundee Botanic Garden
(1st - 30th March)
2024
"Autumn Treasures" with Art and Nature Collective at Green Gallery, Dundee Botanic Garden
(23rd November - 15th December)
“Residence Residence” at Generator Projects, Dundee
(17th September - 4th October artists on display, final exhibition October 5th - 6th)
“Flourish: Celebrating Feminine Nature and Vivid Imagination” at The Living Room Curators in curator’s home, Dundee
(20th June - 21st September)
“New Designers” at Business Design Centre, London
(26th - 29th June)
“DJCAD Undergraduate Degree Show”, University of Dundee
(25th May - 2nd June)
Collections
2024
Degree show sample, acquired by University of Dundee Museums
Residencies
2026
“Materialise” residency with Fife Contemporary
(9th - 12th January)
2025
Self-directed residency at Clashnettie Arts Centre, Strathdon
(1st - 28th February)
2024
“Residence Residence” at Generator Projects, Dundee
(17th September - 4th October)
Awards/Grants
2026
VACMA Early Career Bursary - Dundee
2025
Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival Regional Participatory Arts Fund
2024
VACMA Early Career Bursary - Angus
One to Watch for Colour in Design Awards
Fife Contemporary New Maker Award
Saltern Prize for Textiles
Publications/Features
2026
“Materialise 8” with Fife Contemporary
https://onlineexhibitions.fcac.co.uk/exhibits/anna-rooney/
(online exhibition)
2025
“5 Angus artists you might meet at this year’s festival of makers”, The Courier article by Chris Mugan, April 30th
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/5231485/artists-to-meet-angus-festival-of-makers/
2024
"Seedlings III: Autumn", Seedlings Studio magazine, Autumn issue
“Creative Base: People Who Shape Dundee”, Creative Dundee article
https://creativedundee.com/2024/10/creative-base-people-who-shape-dundee/
“Colour In Design Awards One to Watch”, Colour in Design Awards article
https://www.colourindesignaward.org/post/one-to-watch-anna-rooney
“Fife Contemporary Selects New Makers Awards 2024”, Fife Contemporary blog post
https://www.fcac.co.uk/2024/06/fife-contemporary-selects-new-makers-awards-2024/