Ann Gollifer

'Ann Gollifer is a visual artist whose practice includes painting, print-making, writing and photography. She has lived and worked in Botswana since 1985 and is a permanent resident of the country. In 1983, Ann graduated from Edinburgh University with a Masters degree in History of Art. She worked as a Senior Technical Officer, at the National Museum and Art Gallery, Gaborone, under the Directorship of its founder, Alec Campbell. During this period she also worked part-time at the Phuthadikobo Museum in Mochudi with Sandy Grant, the Museum's founder and director. From 1991 to 2001 she was part of the committee, involved with the administration and facilitation of the Thapong Triangle International Artist’s workshops that took place in Botswana, as well as the many smaller off-shoot art workshops that were organized annually by the Thapong committee. An Artist member of the Thapong Visual Art Centre, Gaborone, Ann was part of the executive committee, responsible for the building of the centre.'*

Gollifer took part in both Procreation/Postcreation (2003), where they exhibited a work titled Seed.

* Ann Gollifer, ‘About’, https://www.anngollifer.org/about, accessed June 2025.