Anna Sellen
Multimedia artist, photographer, researcher and trainer
anna@annanas.org.uk | 07989854787 | www.annanas.co.uk | IG: annasellenphotography
Selected awards, distinctions, nominations (2021 – 2023)
2023 New Blood Art Emerging Art Prize2023 (nominated, shortlisted)
2023 Single Image Winner, OpenWalls Arles Photography Awards by British Journal of Photography,
1854 Media and Galerie Huit Arles
2023 Sidney Nolan Trust Prize winner, Earth Photo International Competition, UK
2023 GMC Trust 3rd Prize winner, The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, UK
2023 Awarded the distinction ofAssociate of The Royal Photographic Society of GB
2022 Graduate Showcase Artist 2022, Photoworks UK
2022 Graduate Showcase Artist 2022, The Pupil Sphere, UK
2022 Daylight Photo Awards, jurors’ selection
2022 Athens Photo Festival, shortlisted
2021 Shutter Hub Portfolio Award, FORMAT21 International Photography Festival, UK
2021 Scholarship Award, StrudelMediaLive and Reflektor, German
Selected exhibitions (2021-2023)
2023 New Blood Art Emerging Art Prize 2023, StART Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London
2023 OpenWalls Arles Photography Awards Vol.4, Galerie Huit Arles, France
2023 Earth Photo, The Royal Geographical Society, London & UK-wide tour
2023 FORMAT 2023 International Photography Festival, Derby, UK
2023 Women in Photography, The Royal Photographic Society, Bristol, UK
2023 Photography Prize exhibition, The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists gallery, UK
2023 International Photo Exhibition 164, The Royal Photographic Society, Bristol, UK
2022 Photo Fringe, Brighton, UK (with INK Collective)
2022 Peer to Peer: UK/ Hong Kong 2022 exchange, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2022 Look Photo Biennial 2022, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK (INK Collective)
2022 Digital/ VR exhibition, CULTVRLab, Cardiff, UK
2021 Diffusion 2021 International Photography Festival, Cardiff, UK (INK Collective)
2021 SALON21, Photofusion London, UK
Selected publicity and publications (2021- 2023)
2023 Collage saves the world, publication by Kolaj Institute, USA
2023 The Royal Photographic Society, magazine
2022 Photoworks UK, Photography+ magazine
2022 The Royal Photographic Society, Women in Photography We Are Magazine
2022 Source Magazine, Graduate Photography online
2022/21 Shutter Hub 2022 Yearbook and 2021 Yearbook, printed editions
Residencies, artist exchange and professional development programmes
2024 Artist residency at Sidney NolanTrust, The Rodd, Presteigne, UK
2023 Experimental Photography, Alternative analogue techniques, AGORA Festival, Spain
2022/23 East Meets West, masterclass by FORMAT, Derby Quad and GRAIN projects
2022/23 TRACE mentorship programme, UK
2022 Politics in Collage online residency, Kolaj Institute, USA
2022 Power of Place, UK/ Hong Kong artist exchange programme
2020 /23 Artist in residence, the Kelvedon Hatch nuclear bunker, Brentwood, UK
2021 /22 Lightbox professional development programme, Redeye Photography Network, UK
Collections
2020 Cold War Museum, the Kelvedon Hatch nuclear bunker, UK
Education
University for the Creative Arts, First Class BA (Photography), 2023
London Academy of Media, Filmmaking (Diploma), 2014
Background education history: BA in Law and MA in International Development