Anna Kolosova
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Bio
Anna Kolosova (b. Riga, Latvia, 1991) is a contemporary artist based in London. Originally coming from a Neo-realism background, discovered herself in more abstract styles. She graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2014 and since practicing in East London. Anna is an internationally exhibited artist, having had shown in Germany, Spain, US, Greece, Latvia, UK, Italy and Russia. She has been written about in The Guardian, Cosmopolitan, Vogue and many independent publications.
Artist Statement
Kolosova’s work is painting in an expanded field — for her “painting is a state of mind”. Her medium ranges from more ‘traditional’ approaches, in mixed media, to experimenting with dimensions, adding sculptural and live elements. Sometimes, her painting branches out into poetry and music, as well as digital forms. Anna has Synesthesia, so this condition and superpower informs her practice involuntarily. She sees music and all sounds, smells, numbers, and letters, and energies in colours and shapes.
Her recent body of work, made in the last 1,5 years is her newly acquired style of painting, which she calls ‘psychedelic abstract expressionism’. It depicts her synesthetic visions of energies and sound, manifesting into the 3d — micro and macro formations of sacred geometry collided into trippy abstract compositions — if we are zoomed in an out of our ‘psychitexture’ — architecture of our minds' constructed perception of reality. For Anna this is also inspired by psychedelic, electronic music.
During her Synesthetic Action Painting performances, she explores that by directly responding to sound or smell, depicting the visions live in front of the audience, bridging the sensory gap for the voyeurs to enjoy her own private multi-sensory experience and reach sensual meditative states.
Solo Exhibitions
Artist Residency, The Old Bailey Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama, 2024
New Works by Anna Kolosova, Unit3Projects (self-curated), London, UK, 2023
Immediate Re-action, Unit3Projects (self-curated), London, UK, 2021
Tantric Avocado, Sensei Gallery, London, UK, 2017
AFTER BERLIN, HELMUT, Leipzig, Germany, 2016
Fetishization: want want want, Amaka Design House, London, UK, 2012
Group Exhibitions
(Upcoming 9th April) TBC, London, UK, 2026
(Upcoming 17 & 18th April) ASC Open Studios, London, UK, 2026
Nexmarket, Spitafields, London, UK, 2026
Re-mind Roll-over (performancec with Paddy mc Mullan), HUMM Collecxtive, And Not Or Gallery, London, UK, 2026
Timeraiser Arts (The Better Neighbours artist residency auction show), Barcelona, Spain, 2025
GESTURE, Felstead Art (City of London & Hackney Wick sites), London, UK, 2025
InterAct, Hypha Studios (CornerStudios), London, UK, 2025
Phoebe & Friends, The Old Bailey Gallery, Birmingham AL, USA, 2024
Intimacism, Red225 Gallery, Nashville, USA, 2024
Paint Responsibly, Unit3Projects, London, UK, 2024
Nexartmarket, Indra Studios, London, UK, 2024
Unveiling Abstractions, Hypha Studios, London, UK, 2024
Universal Expressions, London Architecture Festival, The Trampery, London, UK, 2023
Twisted Staircase to Happiness, Vie d'Artiste & Zoe Goetzmann, 14 Bedford Square, London, UK, 2023
Music Connected Us, The Artist Workspace Gallery, London, UK, 2022
Charity Auction for Ukraine, Slash Arts, Peggy Jay Gallery, London, UK, 2022
Charity Auction for Autism, Studio by the Tracks, Birmingham AL, USA, 2022
LoCa, Lissome, London, UK, 2022
Sonic Re-action Painting, performance with sonic researcher Alberto Rizzo, Unit 3 Projects, London, UK, 2021
Fathoms, ASC Gallery, London, UK, 2021
This Year’s Model, Studio1.1, London, UK, 2021
DIALOGS 2020 CONTEMPORARY CONNECTION, atelier97 arte contemporanea, La Spezia, Italy, 2021
#YouMeUsWe, Halley Spaces, London, UK, 2021
Boredom is Not a Luxury, Craft Central, London, UK, 2021
A Voyage of Absurdity, Craft Central, London, UK, 2021
But It’s Aliens/Ripple Affect, UK Mexican Arts Society, London, UK, 2021
Synaesthetic Action Workshop, Arts & Cultural Management Conference, online, 2021
Rea Art Fair, Milan, Italy, 2020
SHADOWexit, Unit 3 Projects, Unit 3 Projects, London, UK, 2020
Resilience, Curaty, London, UK, 2020
Synaesthetic Action Painting (live), performed from the studio, Dance Culture, London, UK, 2020
Artpiq Showroom, Metro Deuchland, Dusseldorf, Germany, 2020
Running Time: 10th Anniversary, KITSCH Studios, London, UK, 2020
Omega Hub Art Launch, Omega Hub, London, UK, 2019
Sharp Eyes, Window71, London, UK, 2019
Artpiq Showroom, Dusseldorf, UK, 2019
Stages of Life, Harrow Arts Centre, London, UK, 2019
Hackney Fashion Wick, Old Baths, London, UK, 2018
Interested: a night of performance art, Synaesthetic Action Painting, in collaboration with Jakob Buraczewski, GROW Tottenham, London, UK, 2018
Culture Traffic, London, UK, 2018
Fountayne Road Open Warehouse Festival, a showcase of 10 new paintings and photography, London, UK, 2018
Deebsday Festival, Synaesthetic Action Painting,Gaddesden, UK, 2018
HOW CAN ONE TELL AN ARTIST FROM HER ART, AIR Moscow, as part of the 7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia, 2017
Art Riga, solo booth & performance, Dzelzcela Museum, Riga, Latvia, 2017
ALARM Salon Arts Auction, L’appartment, Moscow, Russia, 2017
Synaesthetic Dinner Painting, #DrugsScience17 Conference Dinner, Berlin, Germany, 2017
Psychodelic Synaesthetic Action Painting, collaboration with Adam John Williams (sound), #DrugsScience17Conference Afterparty, Noize Fabrik, Berlin, Germany, 2017
Playtime, Gallery 21, Moscow, Russia, 2017
Synaesthetic Action Painting, collaborative performance with Adam John Williams (sound), Crossmodalist Cabaret, Open Senses Festival, London, UK, 2017
Cultural Traffic, Firstsite Gallery, Colchester, UK, 2017
Art in the Interior, curated by UALAR, BoConcept, Moscow, Russia, 2016
Perfume Synaesthetic Action Painting, collaboration with Nadjib Achaibou (perfumer) and This Is Why (sound), live painting experiment, Crossmodalism Gathering #6, Carousel, London, UK, 2016
Human Nature, Archive Gallery/The Mill Co Project,London, UK, 2015
Artloop, Sparkloop, London, UK, 2015
UALARM, Powerhouse, Moscow, Russia, 2015
12x12, ArtFix, London, UK, 2015
POP LIVING, Schwartz Gallery, London, UK, 2015
Live Combine, painting/performance, The Friday League, London, UK, 2015
Annual Open Exhibition, CGPLondon Gallery, London, UK, 2014
A Letter in Mind, OXO Gallery, London, UK, 2014
Street Art Live Combine Painting, performance/painting outside Green Park Station, London, UK, Nov, 2014
OBSESSION: Love, Ritual, Collection, Embassy Tea Gallery, London, UK, 2014
A Day for HYSTERIA, squat in Camden, London, UK, 2014
Without Boundaries, Menier Gallery, London, UK, 2013
Curate North: New Faces, Rowan Arts, London, UK, 2013
IN TRANSIT, V22 Gallery, London, UK, 2013
nu, The Tea Factory, London, UK, 2013
The Iceberg Lounge, Camden Arts Centre, performance with Simon Raven, London, UK, 2012
Bridge(d), The Arts Gallery, London, UK, 2012
I Have Been Here, IDDI Project, simultaneous IDDI video display on three screens, London, UK, Tokyo, Japan and Princeton, USA, 2010
Educaton
MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins School of Arts & Design, 2014
Links/Blogs/Publications:
What Does HUMM Mean To You?, Volume II, HUMM Collective Zine, February 2026
New Art at The Old Bailey Gallery, BIRMINGHAM Lifestyle magazine, September 2024
'Unveiling Abstractions' at Hypha Studios, curated by Melissa Vipritskaya Topal and Zoe Goetzmann; Avantika Pathania for Fetch, London, 2024
[https://www.fetch.london/post/unveiling-abstractions-at-hypha-studios]
Middle of June (cover artwork), Earthbound Poetry Series, Vol.4, No. 6, edited by Ian Heames, London, 2023
[https://earthbound.press/shop/no6-zoe-darsee]
Studio Tours: an interview with Anna Kolosova, Zoё Goetzmann for Cosimo, 2023
'Music Connected Us', Interview, Made in Bed (Sotheby's Institute of Art), 2022, Contrbuting writer Thanarat Asvasirayothin
[https://www.madeinbed.co.uk/features/music-connected-us-all-female-show-redefining-girl-power-by-the-artist-workspace]
Music Connected Us: An exhibition redefining women artists and #Girlpower, 2022, The Artist Workspace Gallery, words by Zoё Goetzmann
[https://www.theartistworkspacegallery.com/blog/music-connected-us-london-exhibition]
Seb's Art List: The Artist Workspace Gallery...Music Connected Us, 2022
[https://sebsartlist.com/events/anna-kolosova-melissa-vipritskaya-topal-music-connected-us-69eba4df-340a-471b-bbf2-b31238acb7f6]
Organ: Five Recommended Art Things...Anna Kolosova & Melissa Vipritskaya Topal, 2022
[https://organthing.com/2022/10/06/organ-five-recommended-art-things-cecily-brown-at-thomas-dane-gallery-billy-steiger-at-cafe-oto-laurence-watchorn-at-the-bomb-factory-anna-kolosova-and-melissa-vipritskaya-topal-ridley/]
One Packet away from streets: interview, 2022, The Guardian
[https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/dec/20/one-pay-packet-away-from-the-streets-the-workers-who-became-homeless-in-the-pandemic]
Last Christmas I was showering in a bucket...:interview, 2022, iNews
[https://inews.co.uk/news/last-christmas-squat-shower-bucket-wall-now-place-home-1360925]
Anna Kolosova, Burn The Water, blog by Paul Connealy
[https://burnthewater.org/2022/03/21/anna-kolosova-artist/]
Dialogs2020 Contemporary Connections, 2021, interview with Anna Kolosova
[https://www.behance.net/gallery/111486407/ANNA-KOLOSOVA-ALESSIO-GUANO]
"It's Aliens / RIPPLE AFFECT",2021 public art commissioned by UK Mexican Arts Society, text by Mircha Ivens
[https://ukmexicanartssociety.org/index.php/what-s-on-uk/anna-kolosova]
"Leopard Stripes", 2020, collaboration with One Horn Rhino Foundation, Sanghamitra
[https://www.insidene.com/designer-sanghamitra-showcases-her-silk-collection-silk-road-launches-sanghamitra-one-horn-rhino-foundation/]
The Teller Magazine, "Issue 02: The Arts Feature", curated by Vanessa Giorgo
[https://www.the-teller.com/post/issue-02-the-arts-feature]
Involuntary International, 2020, "You Need Hands - Anna Kolosova"
[https://involuntaryinternational.com/2020/09/14/you-need-hands-anna-kolosova/]
Field Poetry, 2020, collaboration with New Reality Records
[https://annakolosova.bandcamp.com/]
Window71, 2019
[https://www.window71.com/anna-kolosova]
Fountayne Road Festival, 2018
[http://www.blairzaye.com/gallery/exhibitions-projects-and-collaborations/fountayne-road-open-warehouse-day-festival-2018/]
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/]
Evening Standard, 2017, Open Senses Festival, Synaesthetic Action Painting
[https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/open-senses-festival-how-a-multisensory-extravaganza-is-heightening-the-capital-s-delights-a3535061.html]
Zima Magazine, 2017, "On art careers after graduation" (Russian)
[https://zimamagazine.com/2017/09/vy-zakonchili-art-kolledzh-v-londone-chem-vy-zajmetes-dal-she/]
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
'AFTER BERLIN' Veernissage, 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, Arts and Culture" Journalism Module targeted for The Guardian Arts Section, City University, 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/]
STOP IT, 2014, Postgraduate Publication (project supervision Anna Kolosova), Central Saint Martins & Ditto Press, print. London, UK
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, print., London
Raven, S., 2012, "The Iceberg Lounge"
[http://www.nevarnomis.com/index.php?/projects/the-iceberg-lounge/]
Education:
MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design, London, 2014
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