Ann Winship is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the complexity of communication, identity, and spirituality in a fast-paced, media-saturated world. Working across sculpture and painting, she uses both mediums to pose deep questions about how we find meaning amidst chaos.
Her Spirit Vessels are delicately woven copper wire sculptures; organic, floating forms that shimmer with light and cast intricate shadows. Each vessel symbolizes a spiritual quality such as compassion, intuition, or harmony, inviting reflection and inner calm.
In her painting series Lost in Translation: Our Search for Meaning, Ann uses acrylic gestural markings and asemic writing to examine how we digest the fragments of modern communication. These abstract works confront the overload of sound bites, disinformation, and emotional noise, challenging viewers to look beyond surface distractions and reconnect with deeper truths.
Based in New Zealand, Ann Winship continues to create thought-provoking pieces that bridge the cerebral and the spiritual, offering visual meditations on modern life.
Click on the images below to see enlargements of some of her work.
Ann Winship will be exhibiting at stop 45, during KOAST 2025 - buy a KOAST Trail Guide for further details!
