Anna Kolosova
Based London, UK
Anna (1991) was born in Riga, Latvia. At the age of 12 she moved to Moscow, Russia to study at the infamous Academic Art Lycee named after Surikov, which is sponsored by the Russian Academy of Arts. There in the 5 years she learnt the main rules of academic art & architecture; constructing the composition, different techniques of painting & drawing, perspective and measuring. Paying respect to the school of Russian neo-realism, she was simultaneously searching for something new and fresh, so she decided to move to London. At a young age of 17, pursuing her further studies at Central Saint Martins, she was in close contact with the world of fashion and living in London itself, which inspired her to make art about life around her. It all made her aware of the urban culture, not so intrinsic in the daily life she saw in Moscow. Anna fell in love with various western art, such as Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art and Dada. Contemporary art scene in London drove her to seek a new style for herself. Gradually Anna has drifted towards the more abstract styles and collage, where she uses fabrics, text and found objects/images. In 2014 she finished university and now is producing her abstract mixed-media works of painterly-sculptural-performative nature at her studio in Hornsey, where she is a neighbour of Phyllida Barlow. Anna has had one solo show in Leipzig (2016) and one in London (2017).
Solo Exhibitions
New Works by Anna Kolosova, Unit3Projects, London, UK, 2023
Immediate Re-action, Unit 3 Projects, London, UK, 2021
Tantric Avocado, Sensei Gallery, London, UK, 2017
AFTER BERLIN, HELMUT, Leipzig, Germany, 2016
Fetishization: want want want, Amaka Design House, London, UK, 2012
Education
2014: MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design, London
Selected Exhibitions & Awards
- 2020: ARTPIQ Exhibition, Metro Deuchland, Düsseldorf,
- 2020: Running Time: 10th Anniversary, KITSCH Studios, London
- 2019: Omega Hub Art Launch, Omega Hub, London
- 2019: Sharp Eyes, Window71, London
- 2019: ARTPIQ Showroom, Düsseldorf
- 2019: Stages of Life, Harrow Arts Centre, London
- 2018: Hackney Fashion Wick, exposition of 10 new paintings, London
- 2018: Interested: a night of performance art, Synaesthetic Action Painting, in collaboration with Jakob Buraczewski, GROW Tottenham, London
- 2018: Culture Traffic, Synaesthetic Action Painting, collaboration with music producer PMS23, London
- 2018: Fountayne Road Open Warehouse Festival, a showcase of 10 new paintings and photography, London
- 2018: Deebsday Festival, Synaesthetic Action Painting, Gaddesden
- 2017: Tantric Avocado, solo show, Sensei Gallery, London
- 2017: HOW CAN ONE TELL AN ARTIST FROM HER ART, AIR Moscow, as part of the 7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow
- 2016: After Berlin, solo show, HELMUT, Leipzig
- 2012: Fetishization: want want want, Amaka Design House, London
Press
- Vainionpaa, V., 2018, Brave and Creative, Favorite Artworks From the Archives of Young Space [https://www.bravenewcreative.com/favorite-artworks-archives-young-space/]
- Cosmopolitan Russia, 2017, Talks of the artist: the Opening of the exhibition How To Tell an Artist From her Art (Russian) [https://www.cosmo.ru/lifestyle/news/02-10-2017/besedy-o-hudozhnike-otkrytie-vystavki-how-can-one-tell-the-artist-from-her-art/]
- Vogue Russia, 2017, What to See in this weekend at the Moscow Biennale (Russian), featuring HOW TO TELL AN ARTIST FROM HER ART (Russian) [https://www.vogue.ru/peopleparties/afisha/chto_posmotret_na_moskovskoy_biennale_sovremennogo_iskusstva/]
- Mothes, K., 2016, featuring a Q&A with Anna Kolosova on Young Space blog [http://www.young-space.com/blog/2016/9/anna-kolosova]
- Keeling, J., 2016, Ernest Journal #5, print., London
- Art in the Interior, 2016, exhibition catalogue, BoConcept/UALAR, print., Moscow
- Doobies Und Boobies; blog; London to Leipzig [https://doobiesundboobies.wordpress.com/2016/04/21/22-april-after-berlin-vernissage-helmut/]
Credentials
- Internationally exhibited
- Featured in relevant press
Purchase artwork by Anna Kolosova
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Achievements & Goals
- Being surrounded by the right people wherever I went in the world at the right time
- I am proud of myself for not giving up and having the courage to change countries whenever there was an opportunity without giving it a second thought
- Being able to be keep making work in a studio with natural light
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Genre & Style
- Abstract painting, with elements of AbEx, Colorfield Painting, DaDa, Action Painting, collage, Performance, sculpture, text art, etc...
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Inspiration & Vision
- Things, contrasts, fabrics, plastic, clothes, interiors, exaggerated everything
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Sales & Trajectory
- Already sold works
- Self-financed through different jobs
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Technique & Material
- Everything that seems appealing to me
- Paint of all sorts, fabrics, sprays, chains, wood, people, found/acquired objects, paper, canvas, glitter...
