ABOUT THE ARTIST
Art is a personal journey full of discoveries, emotions, and observations. Everything around me inspires my work, but one of the biggest influences on my artistic path has been theatre. My creative journey began in the world of theatre, where it wasn’t the stage that caught my attention, but the human stories unfolding within it. This deep connection to human experiences runs through all of my work.
The human body, with its energy and unique beauty, is a central theme in my art. Similarly, the complexity and depth of human nature are endless sources of inspiration for me.
How I approach this subject depends on the context of each painting—whether I’m painting a real person or an imagined character. A portrait of a real person captures their personal experiences and emotions, and I shape both form and expression to convey their essence. When painting an imagined character, I sometimes use my own image as a reference, though the stories in these works are not about my life. Rather, they reflect emotions and narratives that emerge from the mix of my imagination and the final vision of the character.
Regardless of the subject, my creative process is always intentional, requiring thought, reflection, and time. To express the intensity and variety of emotions, I often work on larger canvases, sometimes expanding them with additional panels, and experimenting with bold, striking colors to enhance the emotional impact.
The reality I paint is not a literal representation of the world around me. Instead, it is a space created from my own experiences and feelings—a study of human nature and a personal record of my observations. The symbolism in my work is clear: beauty and fragility, combined with strength and independence.
The women I paint are strong, beautiful, wise, and independent—aware of their worth, proud, and free from societal expectations. Though they may seem delicate, they are warriors with great inner strength. As a woman, I feel I can best express these emotions and tell these stories from a female perspective, offering insight into the human experience through this unique lens.
A natural evolution of my work from theatre is my involvement in museum design. This creative endeavor combines my passion for theatrical scenography with my expertise in design. I approach museum spaces as dynamic, living environments, much like a stage. Each space is a carefully curated experience where art, storytelling, and architecture come together to create an immersive dialogue with the visitor. By integrating elements of theatre into museum design, I create spaces where visitors can emotionally and intellectually connect with the artwork and objects they encounter.
My work, both in painting and museum design, is the result of an ongoing journey to explore and express human emotions, creating spaces that ignite the imagination and promote a deeper understanding of both ourselves and others. For me, art is a journey that doesn’t end with a painting or a space but lives on in every story I tell and every interaction with the viewer.
Study at Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Painting & Set Design. Painter, set designer.
Exhibited in dozens of solo and group exhibitions /Poland, USA, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Spain, France, UK, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Greece, Chech Republic, Taiwan/ and at Art Fairs including ART Karlsruhe, CONTEXT ART MIAMI, Affordable Art Fair UK, A.R.T. ART Revolution Taipaei 台北"新"藝術博覽會 Taiwan, STROKE ART FAIR, Munich, AAF Bruxelles, AAF London, MASTER EXPO RAI Amsterdam, DISCOVERY ART COLOGNE.
2025 Art Residency Tenerife | VivaQi Gallery, Tenerife/London & COSMA Gallery, Poland
2024 JUNGE WILDE- WILDE JUNGE, Rosenhang Museum & ArtAffair Gallery, Weilburg/Lahn, Germany
2024 The Grand Opening 24/25.10.2024 MAISON D’ART GALLERY, Warsaw, Poland
2024 Summer Exhibition, MAISON D’ART GALLERY, Warsaw, Poland
2024 The Plein Air Paintings Exhibition, Art Gallery in the Town Museum of Balchik, Bulgaria
2024 FARBIGEN VISIONEN, Art Affair Gallery, Germany
2024 Group Portrait Exhibition, Galerie Barrou Planquart, Paris, France
2024 DISCOVERY ART COLOGNE 2024/ Art Affair Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2023 ART MARKET BUDAPEST 2023/ Art Affair Gallery, Hungary
2023 “SUMMER SHOW” Art Affair Gallery, Germany
2023 “SUMMERBREEZE” 30works Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2023 Art3f Kortrijk 2023/ Galerie Barrou Planquart, Belgium
2023 “INAUGURATION” 30works Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2023 „Anna Bocek&Leif Nyland” Galerie Barrou Planquart, Paris
2022 “Anna Bocek- solo show” Art Affair Gallery, Germany
2022 “KARLSRUHE 2022”, Art Affair Gallery, Germany
2022 “INAUGURATION” Galerie Cygne Noir, France
2021 MASTERS EXPO 2021 RAI AMSTERDAM, ArtGalerie 11M, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2021 AAF London Battersea, Galerie Barrou Planquart, London, England
2021 ANNA BOCEK-SOLO SHOW, Galerie Barrou Planquart, Paris, France
2021 “REDis” curated by Sergio Gomez (33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago)
2020 “Im Goldenen Käfig”, Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2020 “KARLSRUHE 2020”, Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2019 “CONTEXT ART MIAMI 2019” Galerie Barrou Planquart, Miami
2019 "Anna Bocek- solo show" Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2019 “Sommerausstellung", Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2019 “Galeriekünstler II” Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2019 “Galeriekünstler I” Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2018 Inauguration, Galeries Bartoux Matignon, Paris, France
2018 Künstlerinnen und Künstler der Galerie II, Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2018 Künstlerinnen und Künstler der Galerie I, Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2017/2018 Jahresausstellung 2017, Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2017 “Galeriekünstler” Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2017 “Winterausstellung” Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2016 “JOURNEYS” Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2016 A.R.T. Art Revolution 台北"新"藝術博覽會 Taipei, Taiwan
2015 “Jahresausstellung 2015” Kleine Galerie, Wien, Austria
2015 WL4 Art Space INAUGURATION, Gdansk, Poland
2015 “Jahresschau 2015” Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2015 “Figurative Modern" Kleine Galerie, Wien, Austria
2015 “Collective Show” Mike Wright Gallery, Denver, USA
2015 “Anna Bocek- recent works” Canfin Gallery, Tarrytown, NY, USA
2014 International Bosporus Art Biennale /Sonderschau: Atelier an der Donau/Istanbul/Wien
2014 “Summer Show”, Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2014 STROKE ART FAIR, Munich, Germany
2014 “Woman by Women”, Paris, France
2012/2013 LAGERKOLLER, Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2013 A.R.T. Art Revolution Taipei, Taiwan
2013 “Farbe Bekennen”, Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2012/2013 GALERIEKÜNSTLER ArtAffair, Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2012 The Museum of Emigration /2nd Honorable Mention at the international competition for visual concept/, Gdynia, Poland
2012 “Artist Talk with Anna Bocek", Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2011/2012 “Anna Bocek -Recent Works"Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2011 “Polish Contemporary Painting", Galeria DAP, Warsaw, Poland
2011 ROMAN FACTORY /archaeological center/ project & production, Gdansk, Poland
2011 “Anna Bocek- recent works" Canfin Gallery, Tarrytown, NY, USA
2010 “Pure painting II” Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2010 “Collectiva d'arte MIRA” Palazzo Palmieri, Martignano, Puglia, Italy
2010 “Collective Show- Atelier an der Donau”, ART Innsbruck internationale Kunstmesse, Austria
2009 “Atelier an der Donau", Museum of Oscar Kokoschka, Pochlarn, Austria
/I prize Internationales Kunstlersymposium/
2009 “Centrum Hevelianum”, project & production, Gdańsk, Poland
2009 “New Works", Canfin Gallery, Tarrytown, NY, USA
2009 “Painting Exhibition” Konsulat Generalny RP w Malmö, Sweden
2009 “Anna Bocek -Recent Works” Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2009 “Painting exhibition" Polish Consulate General in Malmö, Sweden
2008/2009 “Recent Works- winter collection" Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
2007 Special award of "The Polish Heritage Association of the name of Wiktor Zin" for "Amber Museum Enterprise", Gdansk, Poland
2007 “Mich zu bewahren"Art Affair Gallery Regensburg, Germany
2007 Nouvelle Biennale, Galerie de la Marine, Nice, France
2007 The Fusion Gallery, Altea, Spain,
2006 "Amber Museum" project and production, Gdansk, Poland
2006 “Visions of a Woman" Art Affair Galerie, Cannes, France
2006 “Amber Museum" design of the visual setting, Gdansk,Poland
2006 “Stage Design and Spatial Forms" National Museum in Gdansk, Poland
2006 “Zeitgenössische gegenständliche Kunst" Art Affair Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
2005 "The Prize Winner of "Amber Museum's Project", Gdansk Poland
2005 "The Prize Winner of The Best of Soho Art Show", New York, USA
2005 “Summertime" Levent Gallery London, England
2005 “Painting Exhibition - Elements II” Fabryka Trzciny, Warsaw, Poland
2005 “Painting Exhibition I", Galeria Aneri, Gdansk, Poland
2004 “Vier Leidenschaften", Kunstsalon Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
2004 “Recent Works : Anna Bocek; Enver Gursev", The Gallery Beckenham, London, England
2004 “Recent Works : Anna Bocek, Enver Gursev, John Brown F.R.B.S.”, The Gallery Beckenham, London, England
2003 “Shakespeare Set Design Exhibition" Theatrum Gedanese Foundation, Gdansk, Poland
2003 “Painting Exhibition", Dimidium Toto Gallery, Sopot, Poland
2003 “III Art Festival of Gdansk ", Era Art, Gdansk, Poland
2003 “Women in Painting" - Tygiel Gallery, Gdynia, Poland
2002 “Painting Exhibition" - Cascada Warszawa, Poland
2001 “II Art Festival of Gdansk ", Era Art Gdansk, Poland
2001 ‘Painting Exhibition" - Gallery ' 78 Gdynia, Poland
2001 “Just a man" Young Designers Exhibition Centre of St, John, Gdansk, Poland
2001 “I Art Festival of Gdansk ", Gdansk, Poland
2000 “Searching for style", National Museum in Gdansk, Poland
1999 ‘Pattern & Space", National Museum in Gdansk, Poland
1998 “Andrzej Markowicz & his students", Sopot Designer's Gallery, Sopot, Poland
1997 First Prize for the best Shakespearean Set Designer Project, from Theatrum Gedanense Foundation of Prince Charles
1997 “Young Designers Exhibition" Baltic Dramatic Theather, Koszalin, Poland
1996 “Design projects exhibition", Gdansk; - "Portfolio" - State Gallery of Art, Sopot
INSTITUTIONS AND AWARDS:
2024 AMBER MUSEUM, finalist of the European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) 2025
2023 AMBER MUSEUM- The Special Award of the President of Gdansk in the competition for the best Architectural Realisation in Gdansk
2019/2021 The Amber Museum /Permanent Exposition/, project designer/ supervisor, design project coordination, Gdansk Poland
2018/2019 MMW /Polish Navy Museum /Permanent Exposition/, project designer/ supervisor, design project coordination, Gdynia Poland
2014/2015 The Roman Cellar, The Archaeological Museum /Permanent Exposition/, project designer/ supervisor, design project coordination, Gdansk, Poland
2012 2nd Honorable Mention at the international competition for visual concept of Emigration Museum in Gdynia, Poland
2011 The European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards
2011 Archaeological Museum “Błękitny Baranek”, project designer/ supervisor, design project coordination, Gdańsk, Poland
2009 I Prize of Internationales Kunstlersymposium, “Atelier an der Donau”, Austria
2009 I Prize of “7 wonders of EU Funding” for "Hevelianum Center", Poland
2009 Special award in TOPTEN Women in the Art "ARTROM Gallery" Rome, Italy
2009 “De mariage a`la mer” permanent exhibition, Museum OP, project designer/ supervisor, design project coordination, Kolobrzeg, Poland
2008 “Amber Treasures of XVI - XVIII centuries” temporary exhibition, Amber Museum, project designer/ supervisor, design project coordination, Gdansk, Poland
2008 “Amber Diven” temporary exhibition” Amber Museum, project designer/ supervisor, design project coordination, Gdansk, Poland
2008 “Science Center” project designer/ supervisor, design project coordination, Gdansk, Poland
2008 “Archaeology Museum” /Permanent Exposition/ project designer/ supervisor, design project coordination,Gdansk, Poland
2008 III Prize of TOPTEN Exquisite Expressions "ARTROM Gallery" Rome, Italy;
2008 “Hevelianum Center” project designer/ supervisor, design project
coordination,Gdansk, Poland
2007 Special award of “The Polish Heritage Association of the name of Wiktor Zin” for Amber Museum Enterprise, Gdansk, Poland
2006 “Amber Museum” project designer/ supervisor, design project
coordination, Gdansk, Poland
2005 Prizewinner of “Amber Museum's Project”, Gdansk Poland;
2005 “Prizewinner of The Best of Soho Art Show’, New York, USA;
1997 First Prize for the best Shakespearean Set Designer Project, from Theatrum Gedanense Foundation of Prince Charles
