ANNA FINLAYSON has presented solo exhibitions at The Substation (2013); Sarah Scout Presents (2019, 2015, 2013 and 2009); Linden Centre for Contemporary Art (2007); Mir 11 (2004); Gertrude Contemporary (2004); Canberra Contemporary Art Space (2003); Conical (2002); 1st Floor Artists and Writers Space (2001) among others. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including: Drawing Folio 3, Block Projects, Melbourne (2019); Drawing Folio 2, Block Projects, Melbourne (2012); Composition, Conical, Melbourne (2010); Plastic Theory, Peleton Gallery, Sydney (2008) and I heard it through the grapevine, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne (2003).
Finlayson was a Gertrude Contemporary studio artist from 2003–04 and undertook an extended residency at the CAMAC Art Centre in France between 2007 and 2009. She has completed degrees in Painting (Victorian College of the Arts) and Textile Design (RMIT University) as well as a Masters of Fine Art in 2001 and a PhD in 2022, both at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Her work is held in numerous public and private collections, including Artbank and the National Gallery of Victoria.