Anna Dottle

Anna Dottle
Newtowngore, Co. Leitrim, Ireland

STATEMENT

Anna Dottle is an archaeologist, animator, and collage poet. In some instances, she is all three at once. She digs up skeletons, creates narrative 2D frame-by-frame animation, and repurposes images, words, and textures into multi-dimensional visual poetry.

Her collage poetry practice developed in 2019–2020 as the natural growth of a childhood love for cutting, pasting, and creating rhythm with interesting words. With intention, she has honed it into a unique practice where she builds fully fledged poems using borrowed words that resonate emotionally in the moment. She layers the words over visual collages built around internal rhythm, line, movement, and balance. As both a writer and an artist, her practice of collage poetry is a way to take the abstract, cerebral methodology of writing and turn it into a tactile art to be manipulated in the physical world.

BIO

Anna Dottle was born in Maryland, USA, and grew up in Italy. She has been based in Ireland since 2021 and creates animations, collage poetry, and illustrations. She is the recipient of the Commemorative Animation Award from Westmeath County Council and National Talent Academies, and her first short film will premiere in Summer 2026. She has studied illustration, animation, and is a facilitator of collage poetry workshops. Prints of her work have been sold online and at the Dublin Alternative Flea Market. She is also the creator of Indoorsy Zine (2020), a bi-monthly collection of art, poetry, photography, and writing.

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