Anne Stryke is drawn to the rich tradition and flexibility of working with clay.
Her sculptural work continues to emerge from an ongoing investigation of archetypes. She believes that archetypes connect all of humanity, past and present, and can be represented through form, pattern, and repetition. After each piece is carefully designed in clay, specific colors, textures, and glazed surface techniques are applied. And although clay is the essential ingredient used in her sculptures, she also incorporates welded steel to create simple yet eloquent bases to exhibit her work.
Anne Stryke is a native Californian who has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for the last 30+ years. She began her career as a graphic design artist. Towards the end of her 15 years in commercial art, she began taking fine art classes, which ultimately lead to a master’s degree in Sculpture. Stryke has been teaching fine art sculpture and ceramic classes at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco since 2003. Her work is represented by Hang Art Gallery in San Francisco.
Stryke’s sculptures are in several private and corporate collections, which includes an eight-foot-tall piece at the Di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa County, California.