Ann Pachner lived and worked in New York City.

Pachner's body of work, consists of drawings, digital archival pigment prints, and wood carving. The digital prints explore both the nature of print as variations on a theme and the more personal exploratory process of sifting into a generative place of silence. 

Through mark-making with pencil on paper or chisel or grinder on wood, Pachner’s lines suggest nature's architecture, water, and fire. The work points to that which lies beyond form, No Thing — the multi-dimensional, layered, vibrational experiencing of being.

Pachner had thirteen one-person exhibitions at A.I.R. Gallery in New York City and participated in numerous group exhibitions. She was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant and a New York Foundation for the Arts grant.

In addition to her personal fine arts practice, Pachner founded Working Artist Ink, a fine arts design service established to partner with artists to achieve their individual vision.