Biography
Anna Mueller was born in Italy in 1960 and grew up in Switzerland. She studied interior design, but has since 1994 been an active artist, mainly abroad. Some of her work include art workshops in Africa, artwork for the use in greeting cards for the Red Cross of Cameroon, ICRC Colombo and ICRC Budapest and a mobile exhibition on the architect Borromini on behalf of the Italian Foreign Ministry, just to name a few. In the late 1990's the Dutch painter Carolina Olivieri-Munroe introduces her to the tempera and since then uses the technique to paint mainly on large sized canvases. In 2000 she was invited to a workshop of a Sri Lankan gem expert where she learned the necessary skills to create small sculptures and rings. Since then Anna enjoys creating small sculptures and rings made of diverse materials and silver.
Journeys to many parts of the world like Kenya, Cameroon, Sri Lanka, Macedonia, Jordan, Angola, South Africa, and the sometimes tragic realities of those places deeply inspire her work. Those impressions in her own words: "If some lives form a perfect circle, others take-up different shapes we cannot predict nor fully understand. Pain and joy are part of the human and social struggle. Art is an important way to stir-up the society who is unwilling to see!". She has exhibited her works in Switzerland, Cameroon, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Senegal and Kosovo.
Journeys to many parts of the world like Kenya, Cameroon, Sri Lanka, Macedonia, Jordan, Angola, South Africa, and the sometimes tragic realities of those places deeply inspire her work. Those impressions in her own words: "If some lives form a perfect circle, others take-up different shapes we cannot predict nor fully understand. Pain and joy are part of the human and social struggle. Art is an important way to stir-up the society who is unwilling to see!". She has exhibited her works in Switzerland, Cameroon, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Senegal and Kosovo.
Collections
Cape Town, South Africa - Tel Aviv, Israel - Mestre, Italy - Torino, Italy - Rome, Italy - Yaoundé, Cameroon -
Draguignan, France - Beirut, Lebanon - Sydney, Australia - Perth, Australia - Washington, USA - Berlin, Germany - Geneva, Switzerland - Locarno, Switzerland - Ascona, Switzerland -Basel, Switzerland - Lilongwe, Malawi - Calgary, Canada - Colombo, Sri Lanka - Bombay, India – Singapore, Singapore - Toulon, France - Washington, USA - Red Cross Museum, Geneva - Dakar, Senegal - New York, USA
Draguignan, France - Beirut, Lebanon - Sydney, Australia - Perth, Australia - Washington, USA - Berlin, Germany - Geneva, Switzerland - Locarno, Switzerland - Ascona, Switzerland -Basel, Switzerland - Lilongwe, Malawi - Calgary, Canada - Colombo, Sri Lanka - Bombay, India – Singapore, Singapore - Toulon, France - Washington, USA - Red Cross Museum, Geneva - Dakar, Senegal - New York, USA