Ana Maria Gower
- Ana Maria Gower is a mixed media artist residing in Dallas, Texas. She was brought up by her grandmother in Belgrade. A significant impact on Ana Maria's artistic worldview was the 1999 bombing of Belgrade by NATO forces.
Ana Maria Gower is a mixed media artist residing in Dallas, Texas. She was brought up by
her grandmother in Belgrade. A significant impact on Ana Maria’s artistic worldview was the
1999 bombing of Belgrade by NATO forces.
At fifteen, Ana Maria moved to London, where she received a full scholarship to attend a
Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts program at the prestigious University of the Arts London
Central Saint Martins, which she completed in 2007. At this time, Ana Maria started
participating in group exhibitions organized by the university around London. At the age of
twenty-five, Ana Maria received a scholarship to enroll in the MBA program in California
while at the same time becoming the Art Coordinator for the well-known Firehouse Art
Collective in Berkeley, California. She completed the MBA program in 2015.
Ana Maria participated in numerous group shows in California, including Small Works – A
Look Back and Forward(2019), Berkeley, California; Summertime and Autumn Pop-Ups at
Abrams Claghorn Gallery (2018), Berkeley, California; 32nd Annual Emeryville Art
Exhibition (2018), Emeryville, California; The New East Bay Open Studios (2017, 2018,
2019), Oakland, California; Chocolate and Art Show (2017), San Francisco, California; RAW
Savor Art Show(2017), San Francisco, California. Ana Maria also organized and participated
in the art festival titled Gilman Art Walk (2017, 2018).
In 2018, she had her first solo show titled Life as potential (2018, Abrams Claghorn Gallery,
Berkeley), followed by Women series exhibition (2019, Sawtooth Studios, Berkeley), The
Violet Days (2020, Sawtooth Studios, Berkeley), Memories (2023, Atelje Ključ, Serbia),
Women (2023, Kuca Djure Jakśića, Serbia), and Transfusion and Open Fields (2023, Nikola
Radoševic Gallery, Serbia).
Ana Maria is actively working with many nonprofit organizations and one of them is Tesla
Science Foundation where she is a Director of Development and overseeing the Art
department.
Presently, Ana Maria is developing a conceptual installation focusing on national identity
dedicated to the anniversary of the NATO bombing of Serbia.
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