What happens when two artists from opposite sides of the Atlantic come together? In the work of American artist Anne Marie Grgich and French artist Claudine Loquen, the answer is a fascinating meeting of imagination, colour, storytelling and personal expression.

Based in Tacoma, Washington, Anne Marie Grgich is a self-taught artist whose work has gained international attention in the world of outsider and self-taught art.

Grgich works with collage, painting, found images, books and other materials, bringing them together to create richly layered works. Faces, figures, words and fragments of images seem to emerge from one another, inviting viewers to look closely and discover something new each time.

Grgich’s work primarily explores memory, identity, emotion and the many layers of human experience.

Grgich has exhibited extensively in the United States and internationally, including in France, Canada and Australia. Her work has been featured in Raw Vision and publications about outsider art, and is held in public and private collections, including the Musée de la Création Franche in France and the Milwaukee Art Museum. In 2023, she received an Artist Grant from the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation. Her distinctive imagery has even found its way into the fashion world through a collaboration with Japanese fashion house Comme des Garçons.