Artist Statement

My work is a vessel for both history and haunting. Through a blend of abstraction, constructed assemblage, and figurative painting, I depict the ways personal and collective histories echo within our culture.

Scavenging is an intimate and restorative act. I gather materials from abandoned institutions, small industry towns, and family archives. Stitching together fragments of the past, emotional maps appear, laying the foundation for narratives embedded within. The works take the form of shrines; quiet structures that hold memory.

Looking to past to serve as oracle for the present and future, this is my depiction of what it feels like to know something is coming, and to keep living in it.

Bio

Anna Sellers (b. 1998) is an artist based in Pensacola, Florida, whose work explores grief, ritual, and inherited memory through assemblage and painting. Influenced by abandoned places and the stories embedded within architectural remains, Sellers integrates reclaimed materials from historic sites to construct objects that function as vessels for personal and collective narrative. Her most recent body of work examines her family’s connection to the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida, situating that history within the broader context of juvenile reformation institutions in the American South. Drawing from the documented histories of victims and survivors, she engages these narratives as a means of confronting systemic abuse, institutional silence, and generational trauma.

Her work has been exhibited at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center and the SCAD Fine Arts Showcase. She is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in Painting at the Savannah College of Art and Design and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art from the University of West Florida.

In addition to her studio practice, Sellers operates as an independent artist vendor and curator in Pensacola, where she presents original works and curated objects as an extension of her artistic practice. She has also worked as an art instructor and caregiver for adults with developmental disabilities in Las Vegas, designing accessible creative programming that prioritized participant leadership and expressive development.