anka yanovna
Intergalactic Mistress of Mystery and irredeemable lover of cats.
Anka Yanovna is a multidisciplinary artist who works in a variety of media to paint entities both strange and sweet, as they emerge from alternate dimensions intersecting our reality. A devoted environmentalist and lover of Planet Earth, her work explores the natural world and our relationship to it through the eyepiece of a color drenched telescope. In these visions, living robots grow from intelligent trees, flower girls bloom over a cup of grub tea, and colorful cats carry the weight of the world on their heads. Themes of love, connection, and the joy of discovery are underpinned by serious reflections on the growing imbalance between humanity and the natural world which sustains us. Through it all, she firmly believes in the power of humor and optimism to draw viewers into her art worlds. It may be weird out there, but we are not alone.
Anka was born in St. Petersburg, Russia and spent her formative years living and working in New York City before establishing her current practice in the Maine woods.
email : anka [at] agblend13.com
phone : (207) 558-2521
✦ selected work ✦
exhibition history
2025
"Meowtopia" group show at Poetic Tiger Gallery, Boise, ID
"What the Folk" group show at Poetic Tiger Gallery, Boise, ID
"Post Op" group show at Brassworks Gallery, Portland, OR
"Everything But The Kitschen Sink" group show at La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (upcoming)
3rd Annual Postcard Show at Brassworks Gallery, Portland OR (upcoming)
2024
“Small Works Exhibition” group show at Glave Kocen Petite, Richmond, VA
“Everything But The Kitchen Sink” group show at La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Enchanted Kingdoms” group show at Poetic Tiger Gallery, Boise, ID
“Cute and Creepy” group show at Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2nd Annual Postcard Show at Brassworks Gallery, Portland, OR
2023
“Punk Pop Up” group show with the Guerrilla Arts Council, Portland, ME
“Everything But The Kitchen Sink” group show at La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022
“Annual Members Show” at the Maine Art Gallery, Wiscassett, ME
“Punk Pop Up” group show with the Guerrilla Arts Council, Portland, ME
“Everything But The Kitchen Sink” group show at La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
skills
✦ traditional painter working with acrylics for over 15 years
✦ traditional + digital collage
✦ digital painting + graphics : vector / raster
✦ simple animations + GIF art
✦ sculpture work : plaster / paper mache / polymer clay
♡ always experimenting, always learning
commercial work
✦ cover art for "Inner Worlds" literary zine
✦ food packaging artwork for FFT International, pitching a whipped cream campaign to the Japanese market
✦ graphics and branding for "The Indescribable Wow" radio program
✦ graphics and branding for WCFA radio station
✦ logo design for Maine Art Council
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site designed by Anka Yanovna
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