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Annika Connor is a Contemporary Romantic painter. Her work depict a fascination with beauty
and decadence. Overall, they seem to be fragments from a daydream, which portray a longing for
a time of romance and pleasure.
In 2002, Annika received a Bachelor of Fine Arts
from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
where she studied painting and philosophy.
Since then, Annika has worked professionally as
a painter in New York and London and
participated in numerous national and
international exhibitions while reviews and
publication of her work have appeared in many
print, Internet and local publications.
Annika Connor is Swedish-American; she currently
resides in Manhattan where she maintains an active
studio.
In addition to her work in the studio, Annika is also
heavily involved in sustaining the art community in
which she creates.
As a supporter of the art she admires, Annika is a Young
Fellow of the Frick Collection, on the Guggenheim’s Young
Collectors Council & Acquisitions Committee, The
Roundtable and the Fashion Committee at the National Arts
Club.
Connor is a member of: the National Arts Club,
Screen Actor’s Guild, New York Film Society,
Emerging Leaders of the New York Arts, Arts &
Business Council, and the Volunteer Lawyers for
the Arts.
Annika also instructs art and is a professor of
watercolor painting at Sessions College for
Professional Design.
Furthermore, Annika is the Owner/President of AI Productions, an emerging corporation whose mission
is to serve the artistic community by facilitating the presence and publication of young talented artists
and educating the public about their work. To learn more about AI Productions, Inc. please visit www.
aiproductions.org. To see images of Annika’s paintings please visit: www.annikaconnor.com.