Annie Broderick was born an artist and bred in needlework. Annie’s use of fabric and stitching in her mixed media sculpture is an acknowledgement, on her own terms, of the southern needlework tradition that runs through her maternal female ancestry. Annie’s artistic mother nurtured her early experimentation and exploration with a wide array of materials and methods similar to those in Annie’s current work. In adolescence, Annie ventured away from the Deep South to study fine art at The Taft School, Wells College in Paris, and Davidson College, earning two art awards and a Studio Art degree. After college, Annie moved to the Washington, DC, area and spent the rest of her twenties immersed in letterpress printing, figure drawing, painting, sewing, and working with textiles in various applications. In the last three years, Annie’s devotion to her own physical form, strength, and power through the art of Olympic weightlifting has shaped and contributed to her creative process, artistic expression, and identity as a mixed media sculptor. Annie lives in Arlington, Virginia, USA, and creates in her home studio. She has shown work in the greater Washington, DC, area and sold work nationwide for the last five years.
