She has participated in many international competitions and symposiums.
In 1985 she won the competition for a large project in Emilia, Italy - a wall 120mt long by 2.5mt tall, finished in mosaic and sculpted bas-relief.
Other commissions in the Emilia Region include a sculpted mosaic fountain for the Hotel Vandelli, Pavullo, and a large scale bas-relief for the entrance of the Hotel Parco dei Ciliegi, Vignola.
In 1996 she won first prize with the stone sculpture Voglia di Vivere.
She has also completed private commissions in Australia, Germany and Italy.

In 1992 Anna Minardo was awarded an ISS Specialized Skills Training Fellowship to conduct the Month of Mosaic Workshop program, supported by the Australian Multicultural Foundation.
The course content was aimed to identify eventual skill gaps, and subsequently enhance the abilities of those working as mosaicists, or seeking to become one, as well as to raise the profile of mosaic as an art form in Australia, particularly within an architectural context.
 
 
Anna later returned to Melbourne to deliver the Advanced Mosaic Workshop. Such was the success of the workshop, that Anna and the course participants were invited to held an exhibition of the completed work, later purchased by RMIT University and installed at the Dawson Street Campus.

In 1997 Anna has been commissioned to design, assemble and install a wall mosaic for the COASIT Building, Faraday Street, Carlton in Melbourne.

She has had over 50 personal exhibitions and many portrait commissions, including one for Pope John Paul II in 1998.

Anna operates between Australia and Italy, actively maintaining two studios, in between travelling over three continents and practising the four languages she masters (Italian, English, German and French).