Anna Kirby

Collagist

Anna Kirby is a community college English instructor living in North Carolina, USA. Her collages have exhibited in juried exhibitions across the country. She makes her collages using second-hand books, scissors, and glue dots and accents her pieces with oil paints. Her works are sensory poems and express the complex emotions surrounding child loss, infertility, and female identity. She is inspired by the harmony of complementary colors.

Select Works

“Triplicate (She lives.)” [analog paper collage with oil paint accents]

“Faith, hope, and charity—I wanted each one.” [analog paper collage with oil paint accents]

“I go in and out of sleep to pass the time.” [analog paper collage with oil pastel accents]

Anna Kirby Collage