Olga Anacka
Olga Anacka was born in Poland where she studied visual arts specialising in painting, graphic, sculpture, and art teaching. She graduated from University of the Arts in Poznan in 2004, and later won an honourable mention in Olsztyn Art Biennial 2005, was shortlisted for Celeste Prize 2011 in Rome and 2012 in New York. She also received the ARTstap Open Submission Award in 2012, not exhibiting much after due to a personal situation.
She re-engaged in the visual arts practice in 2020 creating Nomadic series exhibited in Riverbank Arts Centre in Newbridge this summer.
Her works are in private collections in Ireland, Poland, Germany, and United States.
THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY, 2020, SCREEN PRINT MONOTYPE AND ACRYLICS ON WOODEN BOARD, 40X50 CM
BETTER DAYS, 2021, ACRYLIC AND SPRAY PAINT ON CANVAS, 98X98CM
CRAVING FOR HAPPINES, 2021, ACRYLIC AND SPRAY PAINT ON CANVAS, 95X68CM
I love you to bits - dusk on the Liffey, mixed media on Arches 850gms paper, 2021, 56x76cm
Balancing in Malaga, 2020, ACRYLICS ON WOODEN BOARD, 40X50 CM
NIGHTLY FLOATING - LEVITATION, 2021, ACRYLIC, INKS, SPRAY PAINT ON CANVAS, 60X60CM