Anja Madsen Pernot has cultivated her fascination for paper since childhood. Born in Denmark, the paper cut-outs of author H. C. Andersen and the country's Easter paper traditions sparked her first inspirations. Since then, paper has always followed her. Even while studying textile design, Anja found ways to explore the intimate connection between fabric and paper. In constant evolution, her work confronts classical techniques with those borrowed from other disciplines, such as the photographic cyanotype process, to find ever new expressions. The sensitivity and fragility of Anja’s artworks stems from her wonder at nature: the calligraphic shadows of the trees at sunset, bird songs at night, reflections on water. “It is this poetry that leads me to creation,” she explains.
Anja Madsen Pernot