EDUCATION
2001-09 - 2003-06 Masters of Fine Arts University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne. Awarded a Distinction.
2000-09 - 2001-06 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne. Received full scholarship. Awarded 1st Class.
1998-09 - 2000-06 Higher National Diploma in Drawing, Swindon School of Art, Swindon. Received full scholarship. Awarded a Distinction.
1997-09 - 1998-06 Foundation in Art and Design, Oxfordshire School of Art, Banbury. Received full scholarship. Awarded a Distinction.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 ‘HOPE & GLORY’, The Shopfront, part of PAM, Margate Pride art map, Margate, Kent, England.
2021 ‘A Place In-Between’, The Old Primark building, Margate, Kent, England.
2017 ‘More LIFE’, Paul Smith, Marylebone, London, England.
2013 ‘Welcome to Paradise III’ Fundacja Sztuczna, Warsaw, Poland.
2011 ‘Welcome to Paradise II’, Crima’rt Gallery, Milan, Italy.
2010 ‘Welcome to Paradise I’, PayneShurvell Gallery, London, England.
2008 'Four by Four', Sartorial Contemporary Art, London, England.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023, ‘Resurfacing’, Saatchi Gallery, London, England. Margate Pride Art Fundraiser, Cliffs, Margate, Kent, England. ‘Intersectional 5.0. PrideART’, Berlin, Germany.
2021 ‘130 Exhibition’, Lovelys Gallery, Margate, Kent, England. ‘Flags II: Flags for Queertopias’, The Margate School, Margate, Kent, England. ‘Clifford Chance London Pride Exhibition’, Clifford Chance, London, England. ‘Restriction’, Clayhill Arts, Bridgwater, England. ‘JUNGLE’, online exhibition of 40 international artists, Katmapped. 'SPRING OPEN', The Absent Gallery, London,England.
2020 ‘Red Flags’, The Margate School, Margate, England.
2019 ‘CITYISLAND’, The Silver Buiding, London, England.
2017 ‘MADE UP’, The Glasgow Art Club, Glasgow, Scotland. ‘IN YOUR FACE’, Salisbury Art Centre, Salisbury, England.
2016 ‘DRAWING LINES’, JEALOUS gallery, London, England.
2015 ‘CHEMCRAFT: For Love of Chemistry’, London, England. ‘CITYSCAPES’, JEALOUS gallery, London, England.
2013 ‘WILD KINGDOM’, Siren gallery, London, England. 'Clifford Chance Annual Gay Pride Art Exhibition’, London, England. ‘Works on Paper’, PayneShurvell Collective Gallery, London, England. ‘Open Plan’, Departure Foundation, London, England.
2010 ‘A Bright and Guilty Place’. PayneShurvell Gallery, London, England.
2009 ‘Summer Camp’, Exile, Berlin, Germany. ‘BLOCKHOUSE’, Jealous gallery, London, England.
2007 'Comfort Zones', Oriel Davies Gallery Touring Exhibition, Newtown, Powys, Wales.
2006 'A Place Called Home', Reg Vardy Gallery, Sunderland, England. 'Continental Breakfast', Maribor Art Gallery, Maribor, Slovenia.
ART FAIRS/ FESTIVALS
2023 Tom of Finland Foundation Arts and Culture Festival 2023, The Standard, London, England.
2017 ART CAR BOOT FAIR, Folkestone, Kent, England.
2015 AFFORDABLE ART FAIR NY, New York, USA. MONIKER ART FAIR, London, England.
2014 London Art Fair, London, England.
2013 Multiplied, Christie’s, London, England.
2011 Rome International Art Fair. Crima’rt Gallery, Rome, Italy.
2010 Supermarket Art Fair, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden. 2008 'Arte Santander' International Fair of Contemporary Art, Santander, Spain.
COLLECTIONS
2022 Soho House Brighton, Brighton, England.
2021 Hilton Hotel, The Gantry, Stratford, London, England.
2019 The Hoxton, London, England.
2017 The Hoxton, Paris, France.
2013 Royal London/Barts NHS Trust, London, England.
2004 -2022 Private collections; London, Glasgow, Milan, Berlin, Copenhagen, Rome, Warsaw, Sao Paulo, Hong Kong, New York, Doha, Dubai, Muscat.
AWARDS
2024 Hackney Pride365 Artist Commission award, London, England.
2021 Art Council National Lottery Project Grant, Margate, England.
2011 British Council Travel Grant, London, England.
2010 Polish Cultural Institute, solo exhibition grant, London, England.
2007 Juliet Gomperts Trust Project Award, London, England.
2005 Short-listed for The Jerwood Drawing Prize, London, England.
2004 Arts Council of England, Grants for Individuals, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
PUBLICATIONS
2022 Salvage magazine issue 12, London, England. MU magazine issue 4.
2021 BlueBee magazine, issue 6, London, England. Queer Dictionary Zine, The Feminist Library, London, England. The Working Artist III second edition, London, England.
2020 We are Distortion on line magazine, London, England.
2018 ‘The Word is Art’, Michael Petry, Thames & Hudson, London, England.
2010 Fuse art culture politics magazine, volume 33, number 3, Toronto, Canada.
2004 Journal of Visual Culture, volume 3, number 1, London, England.
RESIDENCIES
2024- CRATE Studio and Project Space , Margate, England.
2021- The Margate School (TMS), Margate, England.
2011-2012 Vital Arts - Barts and the London Royal Hospital, London, England.
COMMISSIONS
2023 “Women in Revolt” poster for mural designed by Disco Dickins, commissioned by Tate Britain, Camden Town, London, England. “YOU ARE HERE”, artwork design for Jet Moon, Spread The Word, London, England. Mural collaboration with Disco Dickins for Tonkotsu restaurant, Finsbury Park, London, England.
2022 “The Exquisites” Carolyn Cowan, book illustration, London, England. Mural collaboration with Disco Dickins, Tonkostu restaurant, Walthamstow, London, England.
2020 “A Family Guide: Herbal Remedies”, book illustration, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
2019 -2020 Kyle Books, ‘Eat What You Sow’ Alys Fowler, book illustration, London, England.
2016 Equipment, fashion print design, Los Angeles, New York, USA.
2015 Charlotte Harris studio, garden design concept drawings, London, England.
2013 Croydon School of Art, fashion catwalk backdrop design, London, England.
2010 Barts and the London Trust (the new Barts Cancer Centre) drawing commission, London, England.
2009 Vital Arts, limited edition prints, London, England.
SKILLS
Drawing, illustration, print design, sculpture, installation art, art history, exhibition curation, commercial awareness, artist liaison, negotiating and networking, visual merchandising, styling and art direction.
WORK HISTORY
2003- current Anka Dabrowska Visual Artist
Exhibiting, exhibition curation, undertaking private and public commissions, marketing and advertising, maintaining portfolios of artistic work to demonstrate styles, interests, and abilities with potential clients, create custom drawings using archival inks, pencil, watercolour, and spray paint to complete unique pieces for clients, developing art and design concepts, collaborating with art direction to implement artistic vision.
2024 QUEER UTOPIAS: PLACARD MAKING WORKSHOP, Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA. Deptford Literature Festival Placard Making Workshop, Triangle Deptford, London SE8 4AU.
2023 Placard making art workshop, Queer and Now Festival 2023, Tate Britain, London, England. Gay times placard making workshops for London Pride 2023, assisting artist Hannah Dickins, London, England.
2022 Art workshops with young adults, QUEERCIRCLE, London, England.
2005- 2007 Gallery assistant, Tate Britain, London, England.
2003-2004 Gallery assistant, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England.
LANGUAGES
Polish
UPCOMING
Placard Making Workshop, POMOC (Polish Migrants Organise for Change), Calthorpe Community Garden, London, May 2024.
Stretch Outsider Art/Margate Pride outdoor sculpture, Margate, Kent, July-September 2024.