(1959 - )
Annie O'Donnell's gestural practice, often through sculpture, researches place and identity, with a focus on her home area, Teesside, in the North East of England. O'Donnell trained at Teesside University, going on to do an MFA and a PhD at Newcastle University. She is a recipient of a Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award in 2022. Her recent exhibitions include a commission for Chemical City at MIMA (2022) and her current project, Company Town, funded through an Arts Council grant explores the links between experiences of deindustrialisation in working class communities in Teeside UK and South Chicago in the US.