Churchyard, 2018
All of my paintings are from my imagination which is just part of my subconscious, my experiences, sights, sounds and smells, it is all about creating atmospheres and working with my own anxieties and emotions. All of my paintings start with preliminary sketches which I use as a base for my painting. I love looking at psychology and studying emotions, this is why all of my figures have enhanced features, it is our form communication and understanding. I prefer to paint from the head, it is more fluid, it is a third vision that is been through my eyes, brain and canvas it is less forgiving and creates this dreamlike figure, I don’t like to be exact with my figures.Ania Hobson
Ania Hobson lives and works in London, UK, having graduated from the University Suffolk before continuing her studies at the Royal Drawing School in London and the Florence Academy of Art. In 2017, she was awarded the Young Artist Award of the BP Portrait Awards, granted by the National Portrait Gallery in London. Hobson’s solo exhibitions include: ‘SETAREH,’ Dusseldorf, Germany (2023); ‘Ruttkowski 68, Paris, France (2022); and ‘Playing with Fire,’ Steve Turner, Los Angeles CA (2022). Selected group exhibitions include: ‘Women Painting Women,’ Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth, Forth Worth TX (2022); and ‘Personal Structures,’ European Cultural Center, Venice, Italy (2022). She has also been presented in the Scope Art Show at the MET Pavilion in 2020, by the National Portrait Gallery and the GAA Foundation at the Venice Biennale in 2019, as well as at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and the Wolverhampton Art Gallery in 2018. Her artworks can be seen in publiuc collection of Green Family Art Foundation, TX, US and Marquez Art Projects, FL, US.