Anna Handick was born in Nürnberg in 1985. She studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nürnberg under Claus Bury. In 2008 she was appointed master student. Since 2011 she has been a freelance artist with solo exhibitions in Germany, Switzerland, Nicaragua and numerous participations in group exhibitions. She has received various grants, including the debutant grant from the Bavarian State Ministry for Science, Research and Art and the Young Art Award from the Artforum Ute Barth. Her works are part of the collection of the Fundación Ortíz Gurdián Museum in Leon/Nicaragua and the Cultural Foundation of the Sparkasse Nuremberg.

In 2020 she founded the Abacaxi Artspace project in Managua, Nicaragua, where she currently lives and works.