Anna-Francesca Seymour (b.1999, Lord Howe Island, Australia) is an artist working between Darkinjung land, Central Coast and Wiradjuri land, Orange NSW. Her practice explores non-extractive ways of relating to the natural world during a time of climate crisis. Locating relationships with the earth that do not seek to take, extract or commodify the environment are critical to her work. Seymour engages walking as a method for noticing the intrinsic entanglement between human and non-human beings (plant, animal and material). It is this witnessing of interconnection among diverse forms of life that she aims to document through drawing, sculpture and installation. She intends to leave minimal trace upon the earth and investigates materiality which fosters an ‘ongoingness’. Seymour works within a circular material framework; experimenting with biodegradable fibres, repurposed textiles and natural dye practices using foraged plants, discarded objects and food waste. Her current research investigates how textile functions as a form of diagram to demonstrate the interrelations and companionships among ecologies, specifically through acts of ‘joining’, ‘threading’ and ‘connecting’ material together. 

Seymour completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (First Class Honours) in 2022, supported by the Orange Regional Gallery Jump Start Arts Grant. In 2024, she undertook a residency in Rajasthan, India, funded by the Ian Potter Cultural Trust Foundation. She has been selected as a finalist in art awards and has presented both solo and group exhibitions across Orange, Newcastle, Sydney, the Central Coast, the Blue Mountains, and Rajasthan, India. Alongside her artistic practice Seymour has held positions within public galleries, accessible arts studios and creative not-for-profit organisations.