Biography
Anna Roberts-Finn (she/they) is a multidisciplinary, messy & metaphysical artist, and facilitator based in the East Midlands, UK.
Their practice moves between drawing, painting, movement, sound, and community-centred installation - exploring grief, ritual, and Sick ways of sensing and belonging in the world.
As a disabled, queer and neurodivergent artist, Roberts-Finn’s work is rooted in lived experience. They approach art-making as a slow and relational process. One that resists productivity culture and honours their body’s pace. Their work weaves together belief and resistance, using ritual as both methodology and medicine. Through layered mark-making, sound, gesture, and research, they investigate how creativity can hold what words cannot: the shapes of grief, the messiness of survival/healing.
Before identifying as an artist, Roberts-Finn worked for many years as a workshop facilitator and creative producer, holding spaces for others to create and connect. This foundation continues through their ongoing project Time With Anna - a community-led practice of tarot, hand-poked tattoos, art prints and spiritual workshops.
Roberts-Finn’s recent and ongoing projects include Be Back Soon (2025–ongoing), an interdisciplinary exploration of grief and late-realised neglect/neurodivergence; Earthly Reminders (The Blonde Beet,2025); and Midsummer (Stamford Arts Centre, 2025), a co-curated group exhibition celebrating collective renewal through folklore and ritual.
They were a Young Curator for Punk: Rage and Revolution at Leicester’s New Walk Gallery (2023) and a featured artist in Nature, Connection and Feminine Magic (By Our Hands We Make Our Way, Nottingham, 2023).
Their broader practice spans choreography, documentary production, and arts education, with collaborations including The Spark Arts for Children, MK Gallery, and the Cultural eXchanges Festival.
Roberts-Finn’s work is a study in tenderness as resistance.
“Imagine taking a wild woman out of the forest and asking her to make a home in a gallery.”
— Anonymous Survey Reply, Midsummer Exhibition Evaluation
CV
Anna Roberts-Finn (she/they · b.1997)
Multidisciplinary artist, illustrator and facilitator based in the East Midlands, UK.
Working across drawing, painting, movement, sound, and community-centred installation - exploring grief, ritual, and neurodivergent ways of sensing the world.
Disabled, queer and neurodivergent, their practice is grounded in lived experience, care, and creative accessibility.
Education
BA (Hons) Arts & Festivals Management
De Montfort University, Leicester (1:1)
Selected Exhibitions & Projects
illustration portfolio can be found here.
2025 – ongoing
Be Back Soon
Interdisciplinary body of work exploring grief, ritual and late-realised neurodivergence - drawings, paintings, sound and movement; R&D with participatory elements and community creation.
2025: September
Earthly Reminders, The Blonde Beet, Stamford (Solo Show)
Solo exhibition treating grief as cyclical regeneration through layered painting and installation using natural pigment and botanical motifs.
2025: June - July
Midsummer, Stamford Arts Centre (Co-Curator / Artist / Group Show)
Group exhibition celebrating solstice ritual and collective renewal through folklore and handmade symbolism.
2023: September
Nature, Connection and Feminine Magic, By Our Hands We Make Our Way & Indy Townsend, Nottingham (Group Show)
Group exhibition exploring spirituality, ecology and feminine expression.
2021: March
Nobody is Looking at You on the Beach, Cultural Exchanges Festival (Online Gallery / Group Show)
Digital exhibition exploring intimacy, presence and perception.
Film, Performance & Choreography
2025: January, Choreography collaboration with Courtney Askey
Choreography, development and teaching for ‘Ghost Writer’ music video.
2022: Jan - March, Headway ,Documentary Producer, Cultural Exchanges Festival
Headway - A documentary exploring Leicester's arts & cultural sector through three emerging female artists: Courtney Askey, Nancy Dawkins and Jemisha Maadhavji.
Curatorial & Facilitation
2023: Young Curator, Punk: Rage and Revolution, Leicester New Walk Gallery and Soft Touch Arts
Curatorial research and exhibition support exploring youth culture, identity and protest.
2020 – present: Time With Anna
Community-led practice offering tarot, hand-poked tattoos, illustrated goods and ritual workshops; intimate one-to-one and group spaces where creativity meets care.
2019 – present: Freelance Workshop Host & Creative Practitioner
Design and delivery of community arts workshops across the East Midlands; wellbeing-focused and participatory.
Creative, Communications & Programme Roles
2022 – 2023: Event Manager & Facilitator, The Spark Arts for Children (Freelance)
Event management for The Spark Festival; facilitated creative audience-evaluation workshops; Tour Manager for Sound Me a Story; Artist Assistant on Music Champions; authored digital-evaluation guidance for schools.
2021 – 2023: Founder & Co-Director, Studio Fig (Freelance)
Creative Consultancy - Rebranded businesses; curated and marketed festivals, events and workshops; lectured at universities and charities; managed social media and content creation.
2021 – 2022: Account Executive / PA / Project Manager, Socially Ciara (Freelance)
Campaign and client management for 20 + clients; creative asset development; scheduling; email marketing; talent liaison; recruitment and onboarding.
2021: Social Media Coordinator, Kettering Cultural Consortium (Freelance)
Launch strategy, varied content creation and branding guidance; event marketing resulting in sell-outs.
2021: Events & Digital Marketing Tutor, Iconic Steps (Freelance)
Planned and delivered ten 3-hour workshops for young people; provided 1-to-1 feedback and assignment support.
2019 – 2021: Learning Scout, MK Gallery (Freelance)
Devised and assisted early-years creative learning activities welcoming families into the gallery.
2021: Marketing Manager & Event Producer, Star Events Online
Created full marketing strategy; managed 10-person team and all volunteers; branding, content and scheduling.
2020 – 2021: Digital Marketing & Programming Manager, Cultural eXchanges Festival
10-month strategy across 31 events; social media, ads, online gallery, newsletters and press; co-programmed 11 acts and hosted live events.
2019 – 2020: Marketing Assistant, Soft Touch Arts
Newsletters, segmented mailings, social content, graphic design and campaign support.
Project Management · Event Planning · Community Facilitation · Performing Arts · Illustration · Branding ·
Social Media Strategy · Email Marketing · Copywriting · Curation · Workshop Design · Evaluation & Reporting