About The Artist - Anna Falk
My work explores the complexities of the natural world and the distortion of memory; the interplay between abstraction and representation, the static and the sequential. Rooted in a desire to balance the familiar and the foreign, I create imagery that feels both dreamlike and disorienting.
I am drawn to how perception and memory inform one another, and to how emotion shapes recollection. Shadowed or overexposed figures reflect the psychological nuances of lived experience, while negative space mirrors the fracturing and fading of memory.
Trees recur throughout my paintings as symbols of connection and endurance. Looming, branching forms serving as Plathian extensions of desire and memory. In this sense, nature acts not only as a compositional element but as an active presence, a purveyor of memory and lived experience.
The integration of hand-painted sequences examines the coexistence of time and movement in a fixed medium, while also considering the function of my traditional works within our increasingly digitized world. Through layered, atmospheric brushwork, I aim to create spaces that feel intimate yet distant, where the familiar fades into the unknown.
Anna Falk (b. 2004, Philadelphia) is an emerging painter splitting her time between Philadelphia, PA, and Savannah, GA. She is pursuing a B.F.A. in Painting at the Savannah College of Art and Design, where she is projected to graduate in 2026. Falk is a self-described “figurative abstractionist,” aiming to explore mark-making, distortion, and the utilization of negative space within shadowy, dreamlike landscapes and portraits. When not depicting the form, Falk investigates natural motifs throughout her work. She is particularly drawn to trees, viewing them as multifaceted metaphors for desire and longing, growth and grounding, the energetic connection between all living things. Rooted in themes of femininity and the impermanence of memory, her paintings and studio have been shown at SCAD’s Fine Arts Showcase (2023-25), as well as at ARTS Southeast Gallery’s “Wild Things” Summer exhibition. Currently, her work is featured in the “Reflections” issue of PJAS Magazine, and she has an artist profile in Up The Staircase Quarterly.