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BIO

Anna Souter is an independent writer, researcher and curator. She is interested in the intersections between contemporary art and ecology, and has published criticism, essays and fiction.

Anna has written for publications including The Architectural Review, The Guardian, Burlington Contemporary, The Brooklyn Rail, Artsy, Hyperallergic, this is tomorrow, Dateagle Art, The Ecologist, Roman Road Journal and The Learned Pig. She also works on exhibitions about art and ecology, including Darlings of the Underground at Subsidiary Projects (1-8 March 2019) and Rewind/Rewild at OmVed Gardens (1-7 May 2019). From 2018 to 2019, she was editor of Roman Road Journal. In 2020, she was appointed writer-in-residence by Corridor8 for the project Thinking Through Extinction, created in partnership with University of Leeds and Manchester Museum.

RESIDENCIES, RESEARCH GROUPS & AWARDS

Group residency, ‘In Light of Plants‘, 2022, Saari Residency hosted by Kone Foundation

Writer-in-residence, Thinking Through Extinction, 2020. Hosted by Corridor8 in partnership with University of Leeds & Manchester Museum

Recipient of the GRAIN Projects Writing Bursary 2020 supported by Arts Council England

Artquest Peer Forum at Camden Arts Centre, 2019-[ongoing]. Organised by artist Lea Collet, the group explores the importance of collective affection and how artists can organise, communicate, present themselves and work towards social change by sharing a more personal and intimate voice through their work.

‘Intelligence Debiased‘ research group at Exposed Art Projects, 2020-[ongoing]. The group is investigating how intelligence can be recognised and understood beyond the anthropomorphic bias.

Shortlisted for the Financial Times/Bodley Head Essay Prize 2018