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| Shield: threads, yarns, tyvek, acrylic paint 31 x 36 inches 2023 |
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| Unfurling: tyvek, yarn, thread, masking tape, acrylic paint 48 x 24 inches 2024 |
Anna was born in England and emigrated to Canada at an early age. Her art education includes degrees from University of Toronto and University of Alberta and a PHD in art education from Penn State. She taught art at California State University from 2000 - 2013. Her work has been displayed in multiple solo and group exhibitions. Her studio was in Barry's Bay, near Ottawa, Canada. She was a prolific maker and showed her work as well as the process of creating it almost daily on the social media platforms of facebook and instagram. She was a constant participant in international exhibitions such as Canada's World of Threads. Anna Wagner Ott passed away suddenly and quietly on Christmas Eve 2024, a great loss to so many who had come to love her through her work.
"In the process of creating, I endeavor to connect with the pain of loss and insecurity, the act of concealing truths, the inherent vulnerability of life and death, and the inevitable process of disintegration and impermanence. Yet, I also seek to capture the sparks of beauty that often emerge with the transitions and fading away. My art serves as a continuous effort to piece together fragments of my own experiences, sometimes building up my weavings, and at other times deconstructing them - a symbolic reconstruction of my psyche, a continual process of destruction and reclamation of myself."
Her daughters wrote on Instagram: "Anna was a true artist. Art wasn't just what she did, it was who she was. While she was also a devoted wife of 55 years, a loving mother to her children, an Oma to her 7 grandchildren, a sister, an aunt, and a friend, her life's purpose was clear, she was here to be an artist. Her death was unexpected and we are still processing its suddenness."
Because of the internet, there are many places that we can view her work and listen to her voice. Two good ones are her own website, Anna Wagner-OTT and the fibre arts take two interview from 2022.
number 3 of Canadian Artists who work with Textiles
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| Loving Red: yarn and wax, 4 feet wide, 5 feet tall 2022 by Anna Wagner OTT |
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