Anne Silver Mondinot is an American photo-based artist/writer who resides in France with her husband, Pierre, and her cat, Peluche. She studied at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where she spent three years as a student in Plant Biology but changed courses in mid-stream and went on to receive both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Social Work. She worked for many years in private practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specialized in trauma and loss, anxiety and depression. Her intense connection to plant life, to gardening, and to the natural world is a recurring theme in her work.

After moving to France in 2016, Anne dedicated herself full-time to making art. She has a fundamental need to create and a life-long love of learning. She enjoys pushing herself to find different and exciting ways of working with or presenting her images. Anne has made handmade artist’s books, assemblage pieces, photo encaustic pieces, hand- and machine-stitched pieces, cyanotypes, image transfers, and chlorophyll prints. Her work has been exhibited in various locations around the world, notably, in France, Portugal, India, and the US. Her images have been published in Diffusion X, SHOTS Magazine, and the Hand Magazine. She is a Critical Mass Finalist (2022) and the author of the self-published book, Pénombre, which is a journey inward, told in poetry and photos, exploring notions related to grief and healing. Anne’s work focuses on central themes of grief and loss, healing and resilience, intimacy and connection, memory and dream.