Ann Carrington

Ann Carrington studied at Bourneville College of Art, Birmingham, Nottingham Polytechnic, and The Royal College of Art graduating in 1987. In 1988 she received The Herbert Read Award, followed by the Commonwealth Fellowship for Sculpture in 1992. Two major Arts Council of Great Britain awards followed in 1994 and 1997. In 2008 she was the winner of a national competition to produce a major new artwork for Margate sea front.

Last year Ann was invited by the United Nations to help raise awareness of current issues through her artwork - her first art work for The UN was presented at the UN Human Trafficking conference in Luxor Egypt, December 2010. She has exhibited worldwide and fulfilled many private and public commissions, her most recent public artwork - Manhattan Mettle - has just been unveiled at The W Hotel, Hoboken, USA.

Collections / Commissions

United Nations, Rothschild, Guinness, Issey Miyake, Lilly Saffra, Duke of Westminster, Levi Strauss, Dunhill, DAKS, Elton John, Paul Smith, Lulu Guinness, Agent Provocateur, Fred Segal, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mercury Telephones, David Tang, Citibank, Clarks, National Trust, Mars, W Hotels.