Trained in Applied Arts, Anna Tou expanded her expertise in the decorative arts through studies in calligraphy and typography at the École Estienne in Paris.

In 2009, she moved to Brussels and opened a graphic design studio specialising in lettering and visual identity, collaborating with publishing houses and design agencies.

In 2016, while working as an art director at a design agency in Toronto, she discovered the fascinating world of ceramics. Driven by this newfound passion, Anna trained for several years in Belgium with professional ceramicists, while continuing her studies at the Brussels Academy of Arts.

In 2022, she opened her own ceramicstudio in Forest, where she creates tableware collections and also develops collectible objects.

Heir to practices dating back to prehistory, Anna merges ancestral techniques of ceramics and tattooing — body art dating as far back as 3200 BC. She shapes and marks the clay as one would mark skin, creating pieces imbued with our collective memory and resonating with ancient rituals. Her background in calligraphy resurfaces in the linear work that highlights the seams of her pieces. Anna tattoos the skin of the earth, blurring the line between craftsmanship and the human body.