The creative output of Ann Churchill spans over fifty years. This incredible, ongoing body of work, encompassing drawing, painting, beading, knitting and more has, until recently, been largely unseen beyond family and friends. However, through Churchill’s inclusion in recent shows such as the Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition Not Without My Ghosts: The Artist as Medium (2020–22) and her exhibition at Quench Gallery in Margate (2023), her extraordinary work is finally finding the audience it deserves. This newfound recognition comes at a time of increased interest in the work and lives of artists such as Hilma af Klint (1862–1944), Georgiana Houghton (1814–84), Madge Gill (1882–1961) and Ithell Colquhoun (1906–88) – artists whose output during their lifetime was either completely unknown or who sat at the fringes of an art historical canon not quite ready to embrace their esoteric and spiritual vision. Like Churchill, these were women who placed automatism at the centre of their practices and whose spiritual and artistic development was intertwined.
ANN CHURCHILL (b. 1944, Oxford)
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Ann Churchill, Octagonal Drawing, 1976, Ink on paper, 55.6 x 56 cm

Ann Churchill, Blue Oval drawing, 1975, Ink on paper, 55.6 x 42.8cm (details below)









Ann Churchill, Large Scroll: Two Trees, 2015 - 2023. (detail)

Ann Churchill, Large Scroll: Covid Times, 2010 - 2023. (detail)

Ann Churchill, Large Scroll: Covid Times, 2010 - 2023. Mixed media on paper, 265 x 124 cm

Ann Churchill, Large Scroll: Two Ravens, 2010 - 2023. Mixed media on paper, 296 x 144 cm

Ann Churchill, Large Scroll: Two Ravens, 2010 - 2023 (detail)





Ann Churchill, Untitled Circles, 2020-23, Mixed media on paper, various dimensions.