Ana Maria Pacheco

Ana Maria Pacheco was born in Brazil. Following degrees in both art and music she went on to complete a postgraduate course in music and education at the Federal University of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro.  She came to London in 1973 on a British Council Scholarship to the Slade School of Fine Art.  Pacheco has dedicated a number of years to education – as Head of Fine Art at Norwich School of Art and as external assessor and visiting lecturer to a number of UK art schools. She has received Honorary Degrees from the University of East Anglia and Norwich University of the Arts, and in 2003 was made a Fellow of University College London.  From 1997 to 2000 she was Associate Artist at the National Gallery, London – the first non-European and the first sculptor to take up this appointment, culminating in a major touring exhibition. Her forthcoming exhibition is Dispersing the Night - Sculpture by Ana Maria Pacheco, Salisbury Cathedral, 28 Apr–23 Jul 2017.