About
Curious creatures and watchful birds inhabit a world of secret gardens and hidden places - a borderland between nature, myth, memory and dreams.
Amanda Anderson’s vibrant mosaics draw inspiration from the natural world both real and imagined, half forgotten childhood tales, hand drawn animated films and traditional mosaic motifs woven together with the formal concerns of line, balance and colour.
She enriches intricately cut stained glass, ceramic pieces and mid century pottery fragments with a dark charcoal cement.
Her whimsical style, bold silhouettes and saturated hues imbue her mosaics with a vivid joyful energy.
Amanda Anderson grew up in Wolverhampton, a culturally diverse, post industrial city in the English Midlands.
She originally studied Fine Art at Liverpool School of Art and Design where she specialised in sculpture.
After leaving university she began working on community art projects as a way to support her studio work. It was during this time she started experimenting with mosaic.
Increasingly interested in the mosaic making process, she soon made it the sole focus of her practice, enabling her to evolve and develop her own distinctive and colourful style.
Amanda Anderson now exhibits widely and has work in both private and public collections, as well as several large public commissions.