An established award-winning artist, Anna Galea (b.1958) is best known for her large-scale floral and marine watercolours, although she is also very keen on life figure painting and abstractions. She has more recently taken to working on large canvases in oils and other mediums in addition to her expressions in watercolours. Tutored by Esprit Barthet, Sarah Warren, Harry Alden and Anton Calleja, Anna holds a Bachelor's degree in History of Art and Archeology (2009) from the University of Malta and a Master’s degree in Creativity and Innovation (2013) from the Edward de Bono Institute of Thinking, University of Malta. She has also participated in various workshops including Contemporary Painting and Expressionist Painting at Central St. Martins of London.
In Malta, Anna has a large Studio/Gallery and she has recently set up another residence and studio close to Rome in Italy, at Altipiani di Arcinazzo.
Anna is honored to have been selected to exhibit a large-scale watercolour triptych at the prestigious Florence Biennale at the Fortezza di Basso, Firenze in 2023.
Solo exhibitions include those at the Malta National Maritime Museum in 1999, at the National Museum of Fine Arts in 2003, at DIFC Dubai in 2014, at Heritage Malta Gallery in June 2016, and several times at the Malta Society of Arts, Valletta. In January-February 2018 the European Delegation hosted a duo exhibition Women's Perspectives in Washington DC, featuring paintings by Anna and photographs by her daughter, Stephanie.. Another duo exhibition with renowned Emirati artist Azza al Qubbaisi was held in Abu Dhabi in 2021. Furthermore, the Maltese Pavilion at the DUBAI EXPO 20 hosted a selection of Anna’s paintings.
Anna has also exhibited her works in Paris, Milan, Rome, Fabriano, Brussels, Georgia, Tunis, Sydney, Bogota, Mauritius, Poland, Turkey, China, Barcelona and New York.
She has conducted various workshops including Master's demonstrations to members of the International Watercolour Society at the Fabriano InArte Convention 2016, at the International Watercolour Society Festivals in Dubai 2018, in Turkey 2022, in Poland 2023, and China 2023.
Anna has won several prizes, including Best Watercolour Award (British Residents' Association) in 1998, First Placing in the National Art Competition in 2003; the Silver Palette Competition (Malta Society of Arts) in 2002 & 2004. She is founder member of the Friends of the Malta National Museum of Fine Arts.
Anna’s paintings have featured in books of the highly acclaimed ‘International Artist’ publishers of USA, on phone cards, calendars, book covers and other publications. Her works can be found in various private collections of art connoisseurs, in palaces and museums, banks and offices.
“Often shown with dramatic lighting that allows the artist to make the most of the semitransparent plant structures, Galea’s subjects pulse with life, celebrating the harmony of light and colour” – Agora Gallery, New York, 2017.
Galea’s favourite medium is watercolour, although she also paints in oils, acrylic, pastels and charcoal. She finds watercolour a challenging medium that can produce exciting, fluid and intense art. Inspired by nature, she delights in zooming in to produce dramatic and sometimes abstracted interpretations of normal mundane subjects which we all tend to take for granted.
In Malta and Rome, Anna's studio/gallery can be visited by appointment - email annagalea58@gmail.com, phone +356 99841055
In Dubai, represented by ZeeArts - https://www.zeearts.net/
In New York, represented by ART UpClose, 84 Orchards Street - http://www.artupclose.com/anna-galea/
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