Anna Mossman

Anna Mossman’s practice explores line, duration, and the hand-made through processes of repetition, pattern, and variation. Working within the expanded field of drawing, she produces finely wrought, long-term line drawings alongside large-scale ink and watercolour works on paper. Her work foregrounds sustained attention and the accumulation of marks over time, inviting close, embodied engagement.

Mossman’s current practice developed in the mid-2000s from an extensive body of photographic work examining recorded action and the extended moment. This early engagement with time-based processes continues to inform her approach to drawing, where duration, rhythm, and persistence remain central concerns.

Recent exhibitions include IN TIME at ArtMoorHouse, London (2025); TRANSFER: Korean and British Abstract Painting and the Digital Document, curated by Daniel Sturgis, Simon Morley, and Jung-Ah Woo at the Korean Cultural Centre UK (2023); Lines of Empathy at Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London and CLOSE, Somerset (both 2023); and Shivers | Shifts | Overlays, a solo exhibition at CLOSE (2021). In 2024, Mossman’s work was selected for Parallax at Drawing Now Art Fair, Paris, with CLOSE, and her photographic work attracted significant attention at Photo London 2025.

An extensive, recent interview with Mossman by Ben Gooding can be found here. 

Mossman has exhibited across Europe, in America, Canada and China. She studied painting at Camberwell College of Arts UAL and Fine Art at Goldsmith’s College University of London, followed by a Rome Award at The British School at Rome, Italy. Mossman is currently a Lecturer in Drawing at Camberwell College of Arts, UAL, and lives and works in London