ANNE ARDEN McDONALD was born in London England and grew up in Atlanta Georgia. From age 15 to 30 she made photographic self portraits; building installations in the landscape or abandoned interiors and making private performances for her camera in these spaces. She published a book of this work in 2004. More recently she has been making process-inspired images and making site-specific installations which involve photography and sculpture. In the past 24 years, she has had 43 solo exhibitions in 10 countries (about 195 total shows in 14 countries) and has been published in over 215 places in 20 countries, including in Aperture Magazine. Her work is in the collections of 6 major museums. She also designs a line of jewelry, and teaches at Parsons School of Design in New York.