artist statement
Agnes Martin once wrote "
An Artist is the one who can fail and fail and still go on" - these powerful words reaffirmed my creative journey by inspiring me to realize that art is a process that when started can never be finished. While studying design and printmaking I discovered a great passion
for Books Arts. In my work I explore the book itself, the boundaries between the form and the content. As an emigrant I am infused with inspiration resident in my roots and history. I am interested in the continuous growing dialogue of identity and multiculturalism, which is a central element in modern society. The source of my imagery, which explores the connection between chaos and order amongst themes, is both derived by chance and experimentation.
bio
Born in Warsaw, Poland Ania Gilmore received her BFA with honors in Graphic Design from
Massachusetts College of Art and Design,
studied printmaking, book arts and fibre at the
Rhode Island School of Design, the
School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and at the
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine.
Her portfolio includes works on paper, artist books, fiber art and mixed-media. Ania worked as an independent curator in the US and internationally. She curated
Book Art the world of limitless and
Nothing twice (Nic dwa razy) exhibitions at
ArtSpace Gallery in Maynard, MA,
Resonance: books in time in
Rochester Public Library,
Rochester NY,
Resonance: books in time II in
Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA and
Correspondence 9th International Book Art Festival in Poland, and
Joy of Freedom in
Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America in New York.
In 2014 Ania was an invited artist to
Gallery Nori in Jeju Island, Korea; in 2017 had a Solo Exhibition in
Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea, and in 2018, her work was shown at the
Bojagi Forum and
Chojun
Textile & Quilt Art Museum in Seoul, Korea, and also in
From Lausanne to Beijing International Fiber Art
Biennale in
Tsinghua University Art Museum in Beijing, China. As an awarded artist of
2016 Excellence in
Fibers by Fiber Art Now magazine her work was shown at the
New Bedford Art Museum. Ania’s work was
featured in
Art New England magazine,
Woodstock magazine,
Fiber Art Now magazine, published in the
Artistry in Fiber: Wearable Art book by Anne Lee, and E. Ashley Rooney,
The Collection of Polish Book Art
from the 20th to the 21st Century at the
Musashino Art University Museum in Tokyo, Japan, awarded
Artscope Magazine Centerfold in May/June 2015, included in
1,000 Artists’ Books: Exploring the Book as Art
book by Peter and Donna Thomas, and
The Creators of the Image of Polonia by Fundacja Sedeka in Warsaw,
Poland. Her works are in public and private collections in Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany,
Hungry, Iraq, Japan, Korea, Lithuania, Monaco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, UK, Ukraine, and USA.
publications
Piękno i elegancja – papierowe arcydzieła Ani Gilmore z Bostonu by Joanna Sokołowska-Gwizdka from
Culture Avenue
Meet Ania Gilmore by
Boston Voyager
Featured Member Ania Gilmore by
New England Book Artists (NEBA)