ANNA DAVERN
ABOUT:
Anna Davern works from her light filled studio on the eighth floor of an old building in Flinders Lane Melbourne, which she shares with 2 other fantastic and talented jewellers, Cass Partington and Nicky Hepburn. She regularly exhibits at e.g.etal in Melbourne, has held two major solo exhibitions at Craft Victoria, Melbourne and has been represented in numerous Australian and international group exhibitions.
Anna completed her undergraduate degree in Jewellery and Object Design at Sydney College of the arts under the tutelage of Margaret West. Her post graduate studies and subsequent Masters degree were completed in Gold and Silversmithing at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) where she was mentored by Carlier Makigawa, Robert Baines and Louise Weaver.
She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards and has participated in residencies in Sydney and Tallinn, Estonia.
She has written reviews for the Australian publications; Object Magazine, Artlink and Craft.
Anna teaches at Box Hill Institute and has taught and lectured at NMIT, RMIT, Sydney College of the Arts and the Estonian Academy of Art.