Anna Boart

Anna Boart is a self-taught artist originally from Russia. She has been living in Italy since 2013, where an irresistible love for painting was born within her.
Her early work was rooted in realism. Portraits taught her patience and attention to detail, while still lifes taught her to observe how light passes through glass and time seems to pass through wood. This experience became the foundation for the further development of her artistic practice.
Before dedicating herself fully to painting, she worked for many years in interior design. This experience continues to influence her sense of colour, balance and composition, as well as her attention to the relationship between an artwork and the space around it.
In recent years, her artistic practice has evolved towards contemporary figurative painting. She works primarily in oil on canvas, building her paintings through multiple layers of paint. Depending on the concept, she incorporates additional materials such as marble dust, pumice, mineral textures and translucent gel glazes. These allow her to create layered, tactile surfaces in which the material qualities of the painting are as important as the image itself. She also pays attention to how paintings interact with their surroun...

1989–1992
Technical Diploma in Computer Operations
Ivanovo, Ivanovo Region, Russia
2024–2026
Independent Studies in Classical Oil Painting
Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

2026.09.01–2026.11.30
Almenara Prize — Online Exhibition
The Almenara Collection