Anna Brown b. 1975 Melbourne, Vic.

Also known as AN/NA (Written as AN/NA (with a lightning strike in the middle).)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Contemporary Canberra cartoonist. Brown's first cartoon was published in 1996 in 'Fruity Murmurs', a collection of cartoons by women.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
Anna Brown
Also known as AN/NA (Written as AN/NA (with a lightning strike in the middle).)
Birth date
1975
Birth place
Melbourne, Vic.
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Residence
  • c.16 February 1975- c.1996 Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1996- c.2000 Canberra, ACT
Active Period
  • c.1996-
Languages
  • English
Training
  • c.1996- c.1998 Australian National University, Institute of the Arts, Canberra, ACT
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

cartoonist, was born in Melbourne on 16 February 1975. She was awarded her BA (Hons.) at the Australian National University’s Institute of the Arts in 1998, majoring in Photomedia. She lives in Canberra where she had various part-time jobs while continuing to draw. Her first cartoon was published in 1996 in Fruity Murmurs , a collection of cartoons by women. She self-published two issues of the comic strip GFORCE in 1997 and 1999. In 1999 she contributed cartoons to Froth (Melbourne) and her The Neighbours of the Beast appeared in One (site no longer operational).

Brown received funding from ArtsACT to produce the comic book Capital Punishment featuring the work of 15 Canberra artists, published at the end of 2000, possibly under an alternative title – Northbourne and Fancy Free .

When responding to Joan Kerr’s survey on the question of why she draws cartoons, Brown stated:

“I like that I have a collection of stories that form a kind of diary. I also love the medium. You can make serious comments in a very 'people friendly’ format. I get a lot of satisfaction in the progress of my technique. I like to watch a ridiculous amount of videos & if I draw during them, I feel as if time is valid. I just love everything about comics as an art form.”

Participated in Silent Army , Express Media, Fitzroy Vic, 2002 (“20 of Australias young comic book veterans together for the first time”: Bicycle, Blanden, Brown , Carvan, Conn, Cure, Danko, Dodds, Fikaris, Greenberg, Mackay, Mangan, Mrongovius, O’Donnell, Ord, Pox, Savieri, Schell, Smith, Taylor ). Published as part of 2002 Next Wave Festival with Arts Victoria sponsorshi

Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
Travis Bicycle
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Neale Blanden
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Susan Butcher
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Amber Carvan
1973
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Lachlan Conn
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Clint Cure
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Tim Danko
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Steven Dodds
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Michael Fikaris
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Nicki Greenberg
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Gregory Mackay
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Kieren Mangan
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Alice Mrongovius
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Aaron O'Donnell
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Mandy Ord
1974
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Pox
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Peter Savieri
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Kirrily Schell
1972
Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Glenn Smith
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Matt Taylor
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Carol Wood
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Next Wave Festival
2002
Exhibition ()
None
Citations:
  • Brown, Anna, The Neighbours of the Beast, (Place: One : www.geocities.com/SoHo/Nook/3508/one/oneframes.html)
  • (2002), Silent Army, (Place: Fitzroy, Vic : Express Media)
  • Brown, Anna, (c.1999), Joan Kerr Archive, (Place: National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT)