Anneke Wilder is an artist and illustrator currently based out of Seattle, WA.
“A biologist gone rogue, my visual art is based in a desire to communicate the intricacies and complexity of life on earth, inspire curiosity and reflection, and cultivate devotion to our human and nonhuman communities.”
Raised in South Carolina, Anneke received degrees in Biology and Studio Art, as well as a certificate in Natural Science Illustration from UW. She’s participated in numerous artist residencies at the nexus of art and science and is a regular contributor to Hyldyr, a publication company that combines art, ecology, and folklore. She draws on her background in the sciences to create detailed watercolors that deal with themes of growth and decay—of our bodies, our culture, and our landscapes. Her work often incorporates natural pigments extracted from foraged organic matter such as plants and fungi, and this exploration allows her to connect deeply with the environments she lives and creates her work in.
“A pebble which is a finite and motionless object suggests to me not only movements, but movements without end.”
—Joan Miro
Education
College of Charleston Charleston, SC
B.S. Biology, Studio Art minor with a concentration in printmaking
University of Washington Seattle, WA
Natural Science Illustration Certificate
Residencies
Hypatia-in-the-Woods // 2023
PLAYA Residency // 2022
Signal Fire Arts // 2019
Tahsis Farm // 2019
Solo Exhibitions
Forthcoming June 2024 // Assemblage // Chatwin Arts // Seattle, WA
Group Exhibitions
March 2024 // Spring, Time // The Vestibule // Seattle, WA
October 2023 // Snake Eyes // Get Nice Gallery // Seattle, WA
August 2022 // Pollination Syndrome // Ghost Gallery // Seattle, WA
February 2022 // Thicket // Gristle Art Gallery // Brooklyn, NY
February 2020 // Black & White // Statix // Seattle, WA
October 2019 // Red List: Moths & Butterflies // Ghost Gallery // Seattle, WA
October 2018 // Repose // Redux Gallery // Portland, OR
October 2018 // Killing Jar // Gristle Art Gallery // Brooklyn, NY
Summer 2017 // Burke Museum of Natural History // Seattle, WA
2011-2013 // Hill Gallery // Charleston, SC
Juried Exhibitions
January 2020 // Pretty and Peculiar // Fe Gallery // Sacramento, CA
November 2019 // Chasing Ghosts // Verum Ultimum Gallery // Portland, OR
October 2019 // Damned // Tangent Gallery // Detroit, MI
April 2018 // Bemis Arts Spring Juried Exhibition // Bemis Arts // Seattle, WA
April 2018 // Of Beings, Beasts, and Seed // Verum Ultimum Gallery // Portland, OR
February 2018 // Scientific Illustration // Fe Gallery // Sacramento, CA
December 2016 // Believing is Seeing // Artist and Maker’s Gallery // Rockville, MD
July 2016 // Corpus Illuminata VI // Tangent Gallery // Detroit, MI
March 2013 // Young Contemporaries, Salon de Refuse // Hill Gallery // Charleston, SC