Anne Desmet RA
Anne Desmet RA was born in Liverpool, studying at Oxford University and London’s Central School of Art. Elected Hon. Fellow of Worcester College Oxford (2018) for ‘distinction in the world of art’, she has won over 40 awards (inc. Rome Scholarship in Printmaking), and has work in many public collections. The Ashmolean, Whitworth, Pallant House and V&A have substantial holdings of her engravings and collages. Over 50 solo exhibitions include museums in Moscow, Brazil, Italy, and at the UK’s Ashmolean, Whitworth; Holburne; Gainsborough’s House; Pallant House; Guildhall Art Gallery and, most recently, Escher in the Palace Museum, The Hague (2025-26).
Commissions inc. engravings for BM; National Gallery; British Library; V&A; Sotheby’s and Royal Mint. Editor of Printmaking Today (1998-2013), Desmet has authored eight books inc. Wood Engraving – A Personal Approach (Crowood Press, 2025). Only the third wood engraver ever elected to the Royal Academy of Arts, she lives in London and is represented by Eames Fine Art www.eamesfineart.com.
