Anna
Eglitis’s Mother was Australian, her father a New Zealander
who, when she was born was working with telecommunications in
Suva. Three years later he accepted a position as an illustrator
with the Sun Newspaper in Sydney, as he was also a talented commercial
artist. The family moved to Australia and settled in Sydney where
Anna completed her education at Abbotsleigh College and then went
on to art studies at East Sydney at what is now called the National
Art School. |
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The
course consisted of two years of foundation studies followed by
three years of study within a chosen area – in her case
fine art painting.
After completion of her art studies she married and spent the next three years travelling and studying in Europe, the Middle East and India. Anna exhibited in solo and group exhibitions on return to Australia and in 1984 became a foundation teacher and co-ordinator with the Faculty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies visual arts course at the TAFE College in Cairns. |
Over the last 21 years she has worked closely with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait artists as they have sought to rediscover their culture through their art, talking with their elders to find links with their ancestors, learning the history of their people.
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