Ania Hobson: Quiet Enough to Stand

About

In her paintings, Ania explores how connected we are to and through our landscape. How our whole environment moulds us as people, permeates us and plays with our decision making, holds us, humbles us, holds us again and gives us a sense of perspective and belonging to our lives.

We are sensory beings - open to sound, to bird songs, the volume of a park, the tightening of trauma, the scent we never forget - all these run through us.  Connecting, tuning into our familiar landscapes soothes and ties our memories and experiences together.

Ania lives and works between her studios Suffolk and London. She obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Ipswich University in Suffolk, UK in 2011 and went on to study short courses at The Florence Academy of Art in Florence, Italy. In 2018 she was awarded the Young Artist Award of the BP Portrait Awards, granted by the National Portrait Gallery, London, UK.

Ania’s solo exhibitions include: ‘SETAREH,’ Dusseldorf, Germany (2023); ‘Ruttkowski 68, Paris, France (2022); and ‘Playing with Fire,’ Steve Turner, Los Angeles CA (2022). Selected group exhibitions include: ‘Women Painting Women,’ Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth,  Forth Worth TX (2022); and ‘Personal Structures,’ European Cultural Center, Venice, Italy (2022) and ‘Present Tense’ at Hauser & Wirth Somerset (2024).