Anna Chekh is a contemporary artist whose art comes across in several diverse forms, from art on a canvas, digital art, NFT’s to performances. She embraces new technology techniques to create unique experiences of interactive art. Anna’s art offers a blend of contemporary surrealism with expression. Throughout her art, she uses cartoonish characters who play a main role in her pieces, and she uses them to bring up social topics in her work. The characters offer a range of expressions, so no matter how you are feeling you should be able to relate to one of them.
Faceless, is Anna’s latest exhibition to be on display and was started during the war in her home country, Ukraine. She believes art should bring joy, and though she was feeling emotional, the vibrant colours used throughout the collection should brighten people’s day. Threaded throughout the collection, a shadow and faceless man can be spotted, he is a shadow man, expressionless he is your alter ego. He is a faceless person whose desire is to experience everything by being in the thick of it whilst remaining the shadows. He is easy to find yet hard to recognize.
I am a multifunctional artist and work with both traditional painting on canvas and digital art, as well as other mediums, Such as, sculptures, performances, metaverse and interactive technological installations. There are no boundaries for me, yet there is surreal flow of creative energy that can fill any empty physical or a virtual space.
I often use technology in my work. I believe that this synergy is most in tune with the modern world. When it comes to materials, I most often use acrylic paints, spray cans for graffiti, eco-plastic, from virtual mapping, WEB 3.0
Education:
2010-2016 National Technical University of Ukraine - Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (NTUU KPI)
2008 Art School “Izostudio”, Dnepr, Ukraine
Professional Experience:
2020 – present International Artist
2014 – 2020 Art director freelance projects
2014 Advertising and PR department of STB (TV Channel), Ukraine
Awards, Grants & Fellow:
2008 Name of the competition, Steklolast Art Competition (winner), city, Ukraine
Solo exhibitions:
2023 The Shadow Man, Roasters Specialty Coffee House, Dubai, UAE
2022 Faceless, Boccara Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2022 Installation “Bag’s tree”, Icon Siam, Bangkok, Thailand
2022 Faceless, Oblong contemporary gallery, Dubai, UAE
2022 Digital performance “World of shadow man”, VAGA, Dubai, UAE
2021 Time to make a choice, Bis Art gallery, Moscow, Russia
2008 Inspiration, Appolo Mall, Dnipro, Ukraine
Group exhibitions:
2023 Art open, Art Number 23 gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2020 Abstraworld, BisArt gallery, Moscow, Russia
Selected exhibitions:
2017 Art presentation “Nature”, Cultural house of Borodina, Merano, Italy
2020 Group exhibition, Abstraworld, Moscow, Russia
Bibliography:
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2023, Available at: https://www.timeoutdubai.com/things-to-do/best-things-to-do-thisweekend
Arab news (2022), 3 highlights from Ukranian artist Anna Chekh’s Dubai exhibition, 30th of
December 2022, Available at https://www.arabnews.com/node/2224061/lifestyle
GRAZIA magazine (2022), Get ready to visit all the upcoming art exhibitions in the UAE in
2023, 30th of December 2022, Available at: https://graziamagazine.com/me/articles/artexhibitions-
in-the-uae-we-cant-wait-to-visit-in-2023/
UAE Times, (2022), Skaya Art organized the exhibition of Anna Chekh “Faceless”, Available at: https://uae-times.org/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%87/%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%81%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%AA%D9%8F%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%B6%D9%8B%D8%A7-%D9%81%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%8B%D8%A7/ (arab.)
CT Desk(2022), Things to do around the UAE on October 18, Khaleej Times, 18th of October 2022, Available at: https://www.khaleejtimes.com/local-events/things-to-do-around-the-uae-on-october-18
Holtham A, (2022), 9 great things to do in Dubai this week: oct 17 to 20, 17th of October 2022, Available at: https://whatson.ae/2022/10/9-great-things-to-do-in-dubai-this-week-oct-17-to-20/
An exhibition of popular artist Anna Chekh is opened Komarova S, (2021), An exhibition of a modern artist Anna Chekh has opened in Moscow, Star Hit, 13th of July, Available at: https://www.starhit.ru/lifestyle/v-moskve-otkryilas-vyistavka-modnoy-hudojnitsyi-annyi-cheh-246536/ (rus.)
Professional Organizations:
Artsy
Skaya Art Agency, Dubai, UAE
Lectures & Workshops:
2022 Interactive “Creating your own digital art”, Oblong gallery, 19th of October, Dubai, UAE