'Recreating Home' - Ania Ruszkowska

About

Personal Statement

'I am contemporary artist whose Polish heritage has influenced me to examine how migration goes hand in hand with maintaining a familiar setting. My practice explores  the environment we immerse ourselves in. This includes the dwelling and its furnishings either brought or reconstructed which offer a cultural reference and identity. As a post migrant artist, I have a particular interest in how to develop and represent the liminal space between British and Polish Nationalities capturing the ways in which I can create a narrative which reflects this hybrid culture.

Education

• Degree in Contemporary Portraiture 2023
• Diploma In Portraiture with the London Art Academy 2019
• Human Biology and Anatomy Degree BSc (Hons) 1998 

Exhibitions and Awards

• Short Listed for the National Portrait Gallery’s Herbet Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2024
• Winner of the Polish Academy of Social Sciences and Humanities International Competition for the Polish Artist of the Year (2023)
• Solo Exhibition- Mamuska’s Leake Street South Bank, London (Summer 2023)
• Graduation Exhibition- Winner of the Cass Art Award (2023)
• Chelsea Arts Society’s Summer Exhibition (2023)
• Portraiture Commission for Sir Peter Birkett (2022)
• Windsor Fringe Festival Artists Exhibition (2021)
• Inside Out An artist's collaboration Newington Library (2021)
• A collaborative exhibition exploring Lockdown: www.100daysofsolitude.co.uk (2020)

Additional Information

• Panelist at the Anglo-Polish Cultural Exchange Festive in Partnership with Oxford University. Speaking on: The Second World War and the Visual Arts: An Anglo-Polish Perspective (2023)
• Confirmed Solo Exhibition at The Polish Social and Cultural Centre’s Gallery (June 2024) 
• Confirmed Collaborative Exhibition. We R1: Celebrating Cultural Diversity (July 2024)

• Email: ania.ruszkowski@gmail.com| Telephone: +44(0)7794967675 | Website: aniaruszkowski.com