ANKA D

I am a London based visual artist working in drawing, illustration, sculpture, mural and installation art. I work with archival inks, spray paint, watercolour, paint, pencil, found objects and found materials. My practice is rooted in drawing and the forming of numerous representations of urban environments. I also create sculptures and installations from found materials as extensions of ideas that inform my two dimensional based pieces. My works are born out of extensive research that I undertake in a given city, town, place, space. By mapping those through intense research projects I collect hidden traces, stories, public and private histories . My interest is in brutalist architecture, territories both real and imagined, my own memories of growing up in Warsaw, universal memories, stories of a given place, transformation and regeneration. 2022 I was commissioned a portrait drawing for the Beacon Collection at Brighton’s Soho House. I collaborated with artist Hannah Dickins on a mural for Tonkotsu restaurant in Walthamstow, London. I designed and delivered four art workshops for sixth form students at London's LGBTQ+ centre the QUEERCIRCLE. 2021 I completed ‘A Place In-Between’ artist residency and exhibition in Margate funded by the Arts Council Lottery Fund. A four months residency at the Margate School, and exhibition at the Old Primark building in Margate. 2019 I curated a group exhibition ‘CITYISLAND’ at the Silver Building, London. I was commissioned 192 drawings for The Hoxton collection in London. I completed 45 illustrations for ‘Eat What You Saw’ book by Alys Fowler, Kyle Books. My artwork "You Will Never Sleep Again" is featured in ‘The Word is Art’ book, Michael Petry, Thames & Hudson. My work has been reviewed in Artlyst 2021, MU 2022 and Salvage magazine 2022. 2010-2013 I successfully delivered three solo exhibitions: ’Welcome to Paradise III’ Fundacja Sztuczna, Warsaw, Poland. ‘Welcome to Paradise II’, Crima’rt Gallery, Milan (Funded by the British Council Travel Grant). ‘Welcome to Paradise I’, PayneShurvell Gallery, London (Supported by The Polish Cultural Institute). 2012-2013 I completed an artist in residency and arts commission for the Vital Arts, The Royal London Hospital.