Anna Manel·la i Llinàs (Olot, 1950 - Olot, 2019) was a Spanish and Catalan sculptor and painter, best known for her figures representing lost childhood. Born and died in Olot, she belongs to the artistic life of the Garrotxa region and to the Catalan scene of the late twentieth century.
She trained at La Llotja Art College in Barcelona, where she studied sculpture, drawing and painting. She then pursued postgraduate studies at the Art Academy of Olot and at the Marzo Mart workshop in the coastal town of Sant Feliu de Guíxols, where she developed her engraving skills. Her first exhibitions took place in Olot in 1981 and 1982, and in Vic in 1984.
After 1984 she worked and exhibited extensively. In 1985 she took part in the 4th Autumn Salon of Barcelona and the Art Exhibition of the Diputació de Girona; the following year, in the second Mostra de Girona. Her individual and group shows were held in Catalonia, France, Germany, Sweden and Italy. In 1986 she received a grant from the Generalitat de Catalunya for the visual arts.
Her public works include "Mont" in Cervaro, Italy (1990), "Secrets" in Santa Pau (1993), "Without Moon" in Olot (1993), "Passes" in Marola, Italy (1994), "The Island of the Dead" in Besalú (1994), "Farewell" in Salt (1997) and "Infinite" in Sant Boi de Llobregat (2001).
Her legacy is remembered in the Garrotxa, where in 2022 the Museu de la Garrotxa devoted a monographic exhibition to her work, titled "Si pogués. Anna Manel·la (1950-2019)".