Anna Celander, a Chicago native, is a mixed-medium artist and professional art therapist who has lived and worked in both Salt Lake City, Utah and Chicago, Illinois. Wherever Anna is, she gains inspiration from her surroundings.
Upon moving to Utah in 2016, the spectacular natural landscapes have been the subject of her work. Growing up in the Chicago area, Anna also uses the city as her inspiration, interpreting iconic landmarks in her unique style using charcoal and watered-down acrylic paint.
Her work has been exhibited in Chicago’s City Hall Visiting Artist Exhibition. A Chicago-based financial company also commissioned Anna to paint an oversized, fiberglass hydrant for the “Great Chicago Fire Hydrants” project—an art installation around the city benefiting the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation—and a corresponding mural on a prominent building off of a major Chicago expressway. Anna was commissioned again the following year for a similar project with large fiberglass horses, “Horses of Honor.”
She sells her artwork online and at local art fairs and businesses.
Anna is a graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Art Therapy Graduate Studies Program and currently works in the behavioral health field as a therapist.
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