Anna Kolosova
CV
Anna Kolosova is a contemporary artist, practicing ‘expanded field’ painting. She makes abstract, mixed-media, performative in nature paintings and collages with elements of text and found images or objects. Anna gravitates towards the urban styles but mixes those with the classical notions of painting, such as Golden Ratio. She keeps her sketchbooks in her purse always to be able to sketch what she gets inspired by in situ. Some of them end up being a starting point to larger works, and also become works themselves once framed.
In her series of Live Combines, inspired by Rauschenberg’s Combine paintings, Anna used herself as a ready-made object, chaining herself to her works.
Anna has synaesthesia, so she paints music, smells, numbers and text in colour as 'seen' in her mind. In specific projects, such as Synaesthetic Action Painting, she explores that by directly responding to sound or smell, painting it live. She bridges the gap between sound and image for the audience to enjoy this multi-sensory experience. She becomes eyes for their ears, as it were.
Education:
MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design, London, 2014
Solo Exhibitions:
Tantric Avocado, Sensei Gallery, London, 2017
After Berlin, HELMUT, Leipzig, 2016
Fetishization: want want want, Amaka Design House, London 2012
Group Exhibitions:
Unit 3 Projects, ASC Atudios, London, 2020
Rea Art Fair, Milan, 2020
Resilience, Curaty, London, 2020
Synaesthetic Action Painting (live), performed at her studio, Dance Culture, London, 2020
Artpiq Showroom, Metro Deuchland, Dusseldorf, 2020
Running Time: 10th Anniversary, KITSCH Studios, London, 2020
Omega Hub Art Launch, Omega Hub, London, 2019
Sharp Eyes, Window71, London, 2019
Artpiq Showroom, Anna Klinkhammer Galerie, Dusseldorf, 2019
Window Display, Window71, London, 2019
Stages of Life, Harrow Arts Centre, London, 2019
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, 2018
HOW CAN ONE TELL AN ARTIST FROM HER ART, AIR Moscow, as part of the 7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, 2017
Synaesthetic Dinner Painting, #DrugsScience17 Conference Dinner, Berlin, 2017
Psychodelic Synaesthetic Action Painting, collaboration with Adam John Williams (sound), #DrugsScience17 Conference Afterparty, Noize Fabrik, Berlin, 2017
Playtime, Gallery 21, Moscow, 2017
Synaesthetic Action Painting (in collaboration with Adam John Williams), Crossmodalist Cabaret, Platform Southwark, London, 2017
Cultural Traffic, Firstsite Gallery, Essex, 2017
Art in the Interior, curated by UALAR, BoConcept, Moscow, 2016
Perfume Synaesthetic Action Painting, collaboration with Nadjib Achaibou (perfumer) and This Is Why (music collective), live painting experiment, Crossmodalism Gathering #6, Carousel, London, 2016
Human Nature, Archive Gallery/The Mill Co Project, London, 2015
Artloop, Sparkloop Workspace, London, 2015
UALARM, Powerhouse, Moscow, 2015
12x12, ArtFix, London, 2015
POP LIVING, Schwartz Gallery, London, 2015
Annual Open Exhibition, CGPLondon Gallery, London, 2014
Street Art Live Combine Painting, performance/painting outside Green Park Station, London, Nov, 2014
A Letter in Mind, OXO Gallery, London, 2014
OBSESSION: Love, Ritual, Collection, Embassy Tea Gallery, London, 2014
MA Fine Art Degree Show, Central Saint Martins, London, 2014
A Day for HYSTERIA, squat in Camden, London, 2014
BIG SPACE (II), Central Saint Martins – The Street, London, 2014
Without Boundaries, Menier Gallery, London, 2013
Postgraduate Art Auction, Lethaby Gallery (Saint Martins & Sotheby’s), London, 2013
Curate North: New Faces, Rowan Arts, London, 2013
IN TRANSIT, V22 Gallery, London, 2013
nu, The Tea Factory, London, 2013
The Iceberg Lounge, Camden Arts Centre, performance with Simon Raven, London, 2012
BA Fine Art Degree Show, Central Saint Martins, London, 2012
Bridge(d), The Arts Gallery, London, 2012
Residency Final Show at Camden Arts Centre, Central Saint Martins, London, 2011
I Have Been Here, IDDI Project, simultaneous IDDI video display on three screens, London, Tokyo and Princeton, 2010
Residency Final Show at Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, 2010
1 min video project, Window Gallery, London, 2010
Foundation Degree Show, Byam Shaw School of Art, London, 2009
Links/Blogs/Publications:
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/]
Delvecchio, V. Miralda, A., 2014, A conversation between two members of the audience (featuring Interview with Anna Kolosova), Revista ARTA#12, Print., Romania
Saposnikovs, A. 2014, Culture Feature as part of Arts and Culture Journalism Module targeted for The Guardian Arts Section, City University (Unpublished yet), London, UK
Zabludowicz, A. 2014, No More Art Fairs Please!!!, Anita’s Art Diary [http://www.zabludowiczcollection.com/collection/art-diary/2014/06/no-more-art-fairs-please]
STOP IT, 2014, Postgraduate Publication (project supervision Anna Kolosova), Central Saint Martins & Ditto Press, London, UK
Universityoftheartslondon, 2014, Anna Kolosova introduces her Live Combine (IV) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G80daGqdg_g]
Meddings, C. 2014, The Curator Presents Anna Kolosova (Video Portraits Series) [http://vimeo.com/98123339]
Bennett, A. 2014, Marie Curie, HeadStuff [http://www.headstuff.org/2014/05/marie-curie/] Cordiner, D. 2014, Central Saint Martins Degree Show 2014, Popular Reviews [http://www.passionpalette.com/blog/central-st-martins-degree-show-2014]
Stockwell, I. 2014, Central Saint Martins Art Degree Show [http://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2014/05/27/central-saint-martins-art-degree-show/]
Central Saint Martins: Show One Features [http://www.arts.ac.uk/csm/csm-culture/degreeshows/show-one/]
The Organ, 2014, Organ Thing: a flavor of last night’s HYSTERIA art show [http://organart.wordpress.com/2014/04/26/organ-thing-a-flavour-of-last-nights-hysteria-art-show-and-todays-housman-bookshop-launch/]
Babylondonorbital, 2014, An art event curated by Agata Cordoso and Bjork Grue Lidin [http://babylondonorbital.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/hysteria-art-event-curated-by-agata.html]
Nickyattemptsart, 2014, A Day for Hysteria Review, Ask Me Anything [http://nickyattemptsart.tumblr.com/page/5]
Phukan, S. 2014, Anna Kolosova – Artist (interview), Fashion, Lifestyle, Culture by Sanghamitra [http://thiswayrunway.tumblr.com/post/78007857274/anna-kolosova-artist] Babylondonorbital, 2013,
In Transit [http://babylondonorbital.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/in-transit-featuring-three-of-central_2.html]
BAFA Degree Show Catalogue 2012, Central Saint Martins Raven, S., 2012, The Iceberg Lounge [http://www.nevarnomis.com/index.php?/projects/the-iceberg-lounge/]
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