Artist Bio
Anna Victoria Pottie is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist based in Wood Buffalo, Alberta, whose practice spans visual, literary, and media arts. Rooted in experimentation, play, and material exploration, her work often incorporates found imagery, upcycled textiles, embellishments, illustration, and mixed-media techniques. With a background in graphic design, she brings a strong sense of composition, texture, and visual balance to her practice. Many works are later transformed through photography and digital editing, creating pieces that exist between analogue and digital spaces.
Influenced by sustainability, nostalgia, and contemporary media culture, Pottie’s current practice reflects an ongoing negotiation between consumption, technology, memory, and materiality. Through collage, upcycling, and wearable art projects such as Millennial Life Crisis Tees, she reimagines discarded and everyday materials as canvases for humour, reflection, and personal narrative.
Her work has been featured on the cover of the Arts Council Wood Buffalo’s 2025 Annual Report, in NorthWord Literary Magazine, and in local exhibitions including Collective Threads (2025) and Words & Birds Wood Buffalo (2025). Most recently, she crafted a 3D display out of recycled materials on behalf of Northword, which displayed at the Fort McMurray International Airport (June 2026), and is currently guest editor for Issue 34, themed “Nonsense,” set to publish in September 2026.
Artist Statement
My practice is rooted in storytelling, curiosity, and a sustained attention to the overlooked details of everyday life. Working across collage, mixed media, textiles, and found materials, I explore how discarded and familiar objects can be transformed into layered compositions that hold memory, contradiction, and emotional resonance.
My work is guided by an instinct to gather, rearrange, and reframe. I use upcycling as both a practical and conceptual approach; an ongoing process of reassigning value and meaning through transformation. Through layering, I build relationships between fragments, allowing new narratives to emerge from what is often fragmented or discarded.
Drawn to the nostalgia in bright colours and texture, my works often incorporate gems, sparkle and glow-in-the-dark elements.​​​​
Publications/Projects
Northword Literary Magazine 3D Display - June 2026
Northword Literary Magazine Issue #33 - April 2026
Rendering Visions Documentary - October 2025
Northword Literary Magazine Issue #32 - September 2025
Arts Council Wood Buffalo 2024 Annual Report (Cover Artwork) - April 2025
Exhibits
Collective Threads Community Art Exhibition - Kirschner Family Community Art Gallery
August 10 - September 14, 2025
Words & Birds Wood Buffalo (Exhibition & Fundraiser) - Arts Council Wood Buffalo
September 4, 2025
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