Anja Palombo was born and raised in Hamburg, Germany where she enjoyed an upbringing full of independent exploration, art, travel and nature. She studied art history at the Universities of Hamburg and Berlin and graduated with a BFA in painting and art history from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. She received an MA in applied linguistics from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ and taught art in Turkey and India for twenty years. Anja has participated in many art shows, including curated small group and solo shows on three continents, venues including The American Center and The India International Center in New Delhi, India. Her art is represented in private collections around the world.Anja is inspired by her surroundings: the incredible nature, sea and cloudscapes of South Florida. Another source of inspiration is her love for art history. Special credits for the current work go to Cycladic and Mycenaean art, the Bauhaus movement, Jean Arp and Isamu Noguchi for their lessons on abstraction and simplifying detail while working out the essence of a form in space. She works in stoneware and porcelain.