Born: 1954, London.
Education: BA in Social and Political Science 1995-2006
After a move to the Highlands from Essex, I established Gramarye Studio, a small craft business working in handmade paper, papier mache and printmaking. The business was closed in 2006 in order to retrain in sculpture and stone carving.
2005-2015 Stone carving courses, West Dean College, West Sussex
Letter-cutting course, The Memorial Arts Trust, Newburgh, Fife
Woodcarving course, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
2010 Resumed exhibiting with new sculpture work
Member of Visual Arts Scotland Member of Society of Scottish Artists
Sculpture Exhibitions: 2018 February: Reflections (with Suzie MacKenzie), Birch Tree Gallery, Edinburgh
August: Time Traveller, (solo exhibition), Sawyer Gallery, NTS Inverewe Garden
October: Off The Wall, (group exhibition), ScotlandArt Gallery, Glasgow
2017 April: Caught in Stone (solo exhibition), Gallery An Talla Dearg, Skye
July: featured artist, Lochcarron Gallery, Lochcarron September: Sculpt at Kew, Kew Gardens, London
2016 May: Dreamscapes (solo exhibition), Plockton Hall Gallery, Plockton
September: Members’s Exhibition, An Talla Solais, Ullapool 2015
August: Lochalsh Arts Fair, Dornie
December: Winter Salon, Timespan, Helmsdale
2014 June: Ghost Landscapes, (solo exhibition), Plockton Hall Gallery, Plockton
2013 April to May: Natural Selection, Moray Arts Centre, Findhorn
August: Lochalsh Arts Fair, Dornie
2012 June: West Coast Open 8, An Talla Solais, Ullapool August: Lochalsh Arts Fair, Dornie
September: Members Exhibition, An Talla Solais, Ullapool
2011 April/ May: Fugitive Moments (solo exhibition): Portree Library, Isle of Skye
May: West Coast Open 7, An Talla Solais, Ullapool June: Impressions, Plockton Hall Gallery, Plockton
June to October: PVAF: Encounters with Time: Threshold Artspace, Perth Theatre
August: Lochalsh Arts Fair, Dornie
October to Dec: PVAF: Encounters with Place: Threshold Artspace, Perth Theatre
2010 August: Lochalsh Arts Fair, Dornie
Nov to June 2011: Inchmore Gallery, Inchmore, Inverness
Work has also been exhibited at: Inchmore Gallery, Inchmore, Inverness Golspie Gallery, Golspie Bealach Gallery, Tornapress
Coomber's work is moving away from ‘static’ forms towards shapes that flow like water and wind, influenced by the wild Highland weather – Ann loves to make the stone ‘move’.
'The Trees are Whispering' is inspired by, and contains a memory of, a quiet early morning walk in the woods at Inverewe Garden where Ann had her residency in 2019.
'Wild Love' - recalls those early dizzy days of a love affair.
'The Soft Sound of Your Breath' remembers the nights listening to a loved one and feeling safe.