Anna Camner b. 1977

Anna Camner creates paintings that hover between the tangible and the intangible, blending precise realism with a sense of mystery. Working with oil on acrylic sheet, she constructs luminous, introspective images that evoke an inner landscape where emotion and material converge.

Her process is guided by a careful balance of intention and instinct. Using a wet-on-wet technique, Camner paints each section in a single sitting, embracing the fluidity and unpredictability of the medium. This method allows subtle transitions and soft luminosities to emerge, giving her works their distinctive, almost breathing quality.

Recurring elements — folds of fabric, reflective surfaces, and organic forms — reveal a fascination with materiality and transformation. Camner’s imagery seems to oscillate between exposure and concealment, inviting viewers to look beyond the surface and sense what is hidden or in flux. Her paintings offer a quiet yet powerful meditation on perception, vulnerability, and the invisible currents of the inner world.

Anna Camner (b. 1977 in Sweden) lives and works in Stockholm. She holds an MFA (2003) from the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm.

Camner’s work has been featured in numerous solo and group shows, including Kumamoto Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto (JP), Liljevalchs Konsthall, Loyal Gallery, Wetterling Galery, Galerie Forsblom, Larsen Warner, all in Stockholm (SE), Stellan Holm Gallery, New York (USA), and Faggionato Gallery, London (UK). She participated in The International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Cartagena (CO) in 2014 and in Mumbai (IN) in 2019. In 2017, she received the prominent Beckers Art Award (SE).

Anna Camner is represented in the collections of UBS, London, UK, and in a number of Swedish collections as Magasin III Museum & Foundation for Contemporary Art, Wanås Konst, Ståhl Collection, Malmö Art Museum, Public Art Agency Sweden, Kulturförvaltningen Stockholm, and Stockholm Art, as well as in notable private collections throughout Europe and USA.