Anne Petters is a multi media artist with a strong background in glass. She received a Diploma in Fine Arts from the Institute for Ceramics and Glass Art, Hoehr-Grenzhausen, Germany and a MFA from Alfred University, New York. Born in Dresden in 1978 she grew up in the German Democratic Republic. She understands the political change in her country, which she experienced as a displacement of reality, as a basic influence on her lifestyle and artistic work. Her interest in controlling and displaying moments of our fleeting, vulnerable existence leads her to a poetic, metaphoric use of glass and other materials, including natural phenomena.Anne is showing work in glass museums and art institutions in Europe and the USA. She works and teaches internationally. In 2014 Anne received the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Trust Scholarship, London, GB. In fall 2015 she will be Artist in Residence at the Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, US.