Artist Bio
Anna Pottie is a multidisciplinary artist based in Wood Buffalo, Alberta, whose work spans visual, literary, and media arts. Rooted in experimentation, play, and material exploration, her work often incorporates found imagery and text, upcycled textiles, embellishments, gems, glitter, glow-in-the-dark elements, and illustration. With a background in graphic design, she brings a strong sense of composition, texture, and visual balance to her work. Some pieces are transformed through photography and digital editing, creating works that exist between analogue and digital spaces.
Influenced by sustainability, nostalgia, and contemporary media culture, Anna’s artistic practice explores the intersections of consumption, technology, memory, and materiality. Through collage, upcycling, and wearable art projects like Millennial Life Crisis Tees, she reimagines discarded and everyday materials as canvases for humour, reflection, and personal narrative. Always curious and evolving, Anna continues to explore new materials, techniques, and processes through workshops, experimentation, and hands-on discovery, allowing each project to guide new approaches to making.
Her work has been featured on the cover of the Arts Council Wood Buffalo’s 2025 Annual Report, in NorthWord Literary Magazine, and in local exhibitions including Collective Threads (2025) and Words & Birds Wood Buffalo (2025). Most recently, she crafted a 3D display out of recycled materials on behalf of NorthWord, which was displayed at the Fort McMurray International Airport (June 2026), and is currently guest editor for Issue 34, themed “Nonsense,” set to publish in September 2026. Anna is also actively involved in supporting the local arts and literary community, serving on the Board of Directors for the Northern Canada Collective Society for Writers and Arts Council Wood Buffalo.
Publications
Northword Literary Magazine Issue #33 — April 2026
Northword Literary Magazine Issue #32 — September 2025
Arts Council Wood Buffalo 2024 Annual Report (Cover Artwork) — April 2025
Exhibits
Collective Threads Community Art Exhibit — Kirschner Family Community Art Gallery
August 10 - September 14, 2025
Words & Birds Wood Buffalo (Exhibit & Fundraiser) — Arts Council Wood Buffalo
September 4, 2025
​​​​Projects/Commissions
Northword Literary Magazine 3D Display — June 2026
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo — Artwork Licensing for Thank-You Cards — December 2025
Rendering Visions Documentary - October 2025
Interviews
Arts Council Wood Buffalo; Artist Feature — April 2025
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