Anna Bocek
Anna Bocek studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Painting & Set Design.
She is a painter and a set designer.
Exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions across Poland, USA, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Spain, France, UK, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Greece, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, and Taiwan.
Participated in art fairs including ART Karlsruhe, CONTEXT Art Miami, AffordableArt Fair UK, A.R.T. Art Revolution Taipei 台北"新"藝術博覽會, STROKE Art Fair Munich, AAF Bruxelles, AAF London, Master Expo RAI Amsterdam, and Discovery Art Cologne.
Designed and supervised major museum projects, including the Amber Museum in Gdańsk and the Polish Navy Museum in Gdynia.
At the beginning of 2025 she was a resident artist at VivaQi gallery in Tenerife and is taking part in group exhibition Viva Tenerife! in Gdańsk, Poland.
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‘ Everything that surrounds me inspires me, although one of the most important sources of
inspiration and the strongest driving forces of my artistic activity has undoubtedly been the theatre.
My creative path began in the theatre, but more than the theatrical space itself, I was intrigued by
the human beings who existed within it. My fascination with this subject is evident throughout my painting—not only in the way I express myself, through intense colour, or by combining almost realistic figurativeness with abstraction and dynamic representations of figures, but also in treating my paintings as a kind of study of human moods.
As a result of portraying such strong and diverse emotions, I often work on larger formats and sometimes expand them by adding additional panels, while experimenting with bold and decisive colour combinations. I create intuitively, and in order to express emotions, I subconsciously choose appropriate forms, symbolism, and dynamic colours.
The reality I depict is not a faithful reconstruction of what surrounds me. It is a world rebuilt through the prism of my own feelings and experiences, a record of my observations of human nature.’
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‘Wszystko, co mnie otacza, inspiruje mnie, choć jednym z najważniejszych źródeł inspiracji i
najsilniejszą siłą napędową mojej działalności artystycznej był bez wątpienia teatr.
Moja twórcza ścieżka zaczęła się w teatrze, jednak bardziej niż teatralna przestrzeń interesowali mnie ludzie, którzy ją wypełniali.
Fascynacja tym tematem wyraźnie przenika całe moje malarstwo, nie tylko poprzez ekspresję,
łączenie niemal realistycznej figuratywności z abstrakcją czy dynamicznym przedstawieniem
postaci, lecz także w traktowaniu obrazów jako swoistego studium ludzkich nastrojów.
Ukazując tak silne i różnorodne emocje, często sięgam po większe formaty, które czasem rozbudowuję o dodatkowe panele, jednocześnie eksperymentując z odważną, dynamiczną kolorystyką.
Tworzę intuicyjnie, by wyrazić emocje, podświadomie wybieram odpowiednie formy, symbole i barwy.
Rzeczywistość, którą przedstawiam, nie jest wierną rekonstrukcją tego, co mnie otacza.
To świat zbudowany na nowo przez pryzmat własnych odczuć i doświadczeń, zapis moich obserwacji ludzkiej natury. ‘
Awards & Honors (Selected):
2024 AMBER MUSEUM, finalist of the European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA)
2025 2023 AMBER MUSEUM- The Special Award of the President of Gdansk in the competition
for the best Architectural Realisation in Gdansk
2012 2nd Honorable Mention at the international competition for visual concept of Emigration
Museum in Gdynia, Poland
2011 The European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards
2009 I Prize of Internationales Kunstlersymposium, “Atelier an der Donau”, Austria
2009 I Prize of “7 wonders of EU Funding” for "Hevelianum Center", Poland
2009 Special award in TOPTEN Women in the Art "ARTROM Gallery" Rome, Italy
2008 III Prize of TOPTEN Exquisite Expressions "ARTROM Gallery" Rome, Italy
2007 Special award of “The Polish Heritage Association of the name of Wiktor Zin” for Amber
Museum Enterprise, Gdansk, Poland
2005 Prizewinner of “Amber Museum's Project, Gdansk Poland
2005 “Prizewinner of The Best of Soho Art Show’, New York, USA
1997 First Prize for the best Shakespearean Set Designer Project, from Theatrum Gedanense
Foundation of Prince Charles
Exhibitions - Solo & Group (Selected):
2025
• 20 Jahre Art Affair – Gruppenausstellung, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
• Stocznia Cesarska / Imperial Shipyard, 10th anniversary of WL4, Gdansk, Poland
• Summer Exhibition, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
• Summer Exhibition, MAISON D’ART Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
• LIVING ART LA – Modern & Functional Art Gallery, CA, USA
• Art Residency Tenerife | VivaQi Gallery, Tenerife/London & COSMA Gallery, Poland
2024
• JUNGE WILDE – WILDE JUNGE, Rosenhang Museum & ArtAffair, Gallery,Germany
• The Grand Opening, MAISON D’ART Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
• Summer Exhibition, MAISON D’ART Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
• The Plein Air Paintings Exhibition, Town Museum of Balchik, Bulgaria
• Group Portrait Exhibition, Galerie Barrou Planquart, Paris, France
• DISCOVERY ART COLOGNE 2024, Art Affair Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2023
• ART MARKET BUDAPEST 2023, Art Affair Gallery, Hungary
• SUMMER SHOW, Art Affair Gallery, Germany
• SUMMERBREEZE, 30works Galerie, Cologne, Germany
• INAUGURATION, 30works Galerie, Cologne, Germany
• Art3f Kortrijk 2023, Galerie Barrou Planquart, Belgium
• Anna Bocek & Leif Nyland, Galerie Barrou Planquart, Paris
2022
• Anna Bocek – Solo Show, Art Affair Gallery, Germany
• KARLSRUHE 2022, Art Affair Gallery, Germany
• INAUGURATION, Galerie Cygne Noir, France
2021
• REDis, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, USA
• ANNA BOCEK – SOLO SHOW, Galerie Barrou Planquart, Paris, France
• AAF London Battersea, Galerie Barrou Planquart, London, UK
• MASTERS EXPO 2021 RAI Amsterdam, ArtGalerie 11M, Netherlands
2020
• KARLSRUHE 2020, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
• Im Goldenen Käfig, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
2019
• CONTEXT ART MIAMI 2019, Galerie Barrou Planquart, Miami
• Anna Bocek – Solo Show, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
• Sommerausstellung, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
• Galeriekünstler, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
2018
• Inauguration, Galeries BARTOUX, Paris, France
• Künstlerinnen und Künstler der Galerie, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
2017
• Jahresausstellung 2017, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
• Winterausstellung, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
• Galeriekünstler, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
2016
• A.R.T. Art Revolution, Taipei, Taiwan
• JOURNEYS, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
2015
• Anna Bocek – Recent Works, Canfin Gallery, Tarrytown, NY, USA
• Collective Show, Mike Wright Gallery, Denver, USA
• Figurative Modern, Kleine Galerie, Wien, Austria
• Jahresschau 2015, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
• WL4 Art Space INAUGURATION, Gdansk, Poland
2014
• Woman by Women, ART TRAFFIK Gallery, Paris, France
• STROKE ART FAIR, Munich, Germany
• International Bosporus Art Biennale /Sonderschau: Atelier an der Donau/Istanbul/Wien
• Summer Show, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
2013
• A.R.T. Art Revolution, Taipei, Taiwan
• Farbe Bekennen, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
2012
• Lagerkoller, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
• Galeriekünstler ArtAffair, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
2011
• Anna Bocek – Recent Works, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
• Anna Bocek – Recent Works, Canfin Gallery, Tarrytown, NY, USA
• Polish Contemporary Painting, Galeria DAP, Warsaw, Poland
2010
• Collective Show – Atelier an der Donau, ART Innsbruck, Austria
• Collectiva d'arte MIRA, Palazzo Palmieri, Martignano, Italy
• Pure Painting II, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
2009
• Painting exhibition, Polish Consulate General, Malmö, Sweden
• New Works, Canfin Gallery, Tarrytown, NY, USA
• Atelier an der Donau, Museum of Oscar Kokoschka, Austria
• Anna Bocek – Recent Works, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
2007
• The Fusion Gallery, Altea, Spain
• Nouvelle Biennale, Galerie de la Marine, Nice, France
• Mich zu bewahren, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
2006
• Zeitgenössische gegenständliche Kunst, Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
• Stage Design and Spatial Forms, National Museum in Gdansk, Poland
• Visions of a Woman, Art Affair Galerie, Cannes, France
2005
• Recent Works, The Gallery Beckenham, London, UK
• Summertime, Levent Gallery, London, UK
• The Prize Winner of The Best of Soho Art Show, New York, USA
• Painting Exhibition – Elements II, Fabryka Trzciny, Warsaw, Poland
2004
• Recent Works: Anna Bocek, The Gallery Beckenham, London, UK
• Vier Leidenschaften, Kunstsalon Düsseldorf, Germany
2000–2003
• Shakespeare Set Design Exhibition, Theatrum Gedanese Foundation, Gdansk, Poland"
• II–III Art Festival of Gdansk, Era Art, Gdansk, Poland
• Just a man, Young Designers Exhibition Centre of St. John, Gdansk, Poland
• Searching for style, National Museum in Gdansk, Poland