Biography:
Born in Wexford in 1968, Anna Rackard studied at DLIADT and at DIT, Temple Bar. Her series, Farmers, documents the role of women in farming, who often go overlooked or seen as simply the farmer’s wife. Another series, Postcards, re-examines the stereotypical tourist image of Ireland. Fish Stone Water – The Holy Wells of Ireland (in collaboration with Liam O’Callaghan) was published in 2001 by University College Cork Press. Farmers was shown in a solo exhibition at Purdy Hicks Gallery, London and was included in Ireland – An Insider’s View at the International Rencontres d’Arles and in the European Month of Photography in Berlin this year. Anna lives and works in Dublin.
The piece in the current exhibition is Betty Giltrap, 2005, a giclee print from the series Farmers.
