Anne Earls Boylan is based in Northern Ireland where she grew up, beginning her studies in 3-dimensional design at the Ulster Polytechnic.
She moved to London completing a masters in Jewellery design at the Royal College of Art, followed by a PGCE from University College London. On returning to N.I in 1991 she took a post Lecturing in the University of Ulster, leaving in late 2021.
Following the pandemic, she left teaching to concentrate on making works that explore form and materials as a tacit language.
As an activist Anne explores the role jewellery plays as a bridge between art and science. She has exhibited nationally and internationally and has work in the Arts Council NI collection. She is current Chair of ACJSNI.
“Hubris is one of the great renewable resources.” –P. J. O’Rourke
Some things defy explanation leaving space for thoughts.
Explanations fix things, equations quantify and verify, in our attempt to make the world fully describable, repeatable and under our control.
I fear this hubris has removed the sole of a thing; diminishing it to a slot in the dictionary, an equation or code to perform searches that explain its meaning, its value and place in our system.
Words are a constant battle; I can’t make them capture the content.
Just as they spill onto a page, the soul, colour or soundscape, rebel to defy explanation.
Perhaps the works speak quietly for themselves, and my failure has its own value?
