Anna Ólafsson MFA (DJCAD) is a British/Icelandic artist and designer based in Perthshire, Scotland. Working across the fields of drawing, painting, printmaking, etching and engraving, she makes artworks from metal, paper and light, inspired by the natural world.

She trained in metalwork and hand engraving with the celebrated engraver, designer, jeweller, goldsmith and silversmith, Dr Malcolm Appleby MBE FRSE, at his workshop in Grandtully, Highland Perthshire. Anna’s studies were generously supported by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers and the Walter Craig Charitable Trust, Dundee.

Anna has recently been awarded a month-long fully funded scholarship with reknowned silversmith and designer Rod Kelly to study the arts of chasing and silversmithing. Anna will be resident at the Muckle Roe workshop in Shetland from June to early July 2024, making new work in silver and developing her chasing skills. This Scholarship has been made possible by the generous support of Argex Ltd, The Clothworkers’ Company, The Goldsmiths’ Company, The Pearson Foundation, The Radcliffe Trust, The South House Silver Workshop Trust, The South Square Trust, The Saunders Family, The Weavers’ Company and other anonymous donors.