About
Annie Lord is an artist and writer based in Edinburgh. She studied sculpture at The Slade before developing her work to encompass writing, storytelling and community-based practice. Annie’s art explores how we interact with the physical world – transforming plants, animals and minerals into objects of artistic, scientific and domestic value. Her site-specific storytelling pieces have been performed at Edinburgh Science Festival, Scottish Storytelling Centre, Summerhall, Deveron Projects and Hidden Door.
In 2020 she was commissioned by Art Walk Projects to create The Neighbouring Orchard, an ongoing artwork creating a community of 160 apple trees across Edinburgh’s coastal suburbs. A short book about the artwork was published by Art Walk Press in Autumn 2022 and a further 40 trees will be planted in winter 2023. In 2022 she was shortlisted for the Quiet Man Dave Flash Non-Fiction award and in 2023 was shortlisted for the Nan Shepherd Prize. Annie completed her Masters in Creative Non-Fiction at Manchester Writing School in 2023. She is represented by Caro Clarke at Portobello Literary.
annie.e.lord@gmail.com
Photo: Ellie J McMaster