Anwar Akbur

I'm a BAME LGBTQ+ artist who has roots in Mauritius, Ireland and England. Based in North London my practice primarily focuses on exploring race, gender and identity.

Melding pop culture with life experience I create figurative paintings which are rooted in the present, often seen as an emotional response to social constructs which are deeply connected to my surroundings.

University of the Arts London
Art and Design Foundation: Distinction 2015-2016

University of Westminster
Law LLB: 2.1 Honors 2012-2015

Abbeyfield Sixth Form
A Levels: Art (A), History (B), English (C) 2010-2012
GCSE: 4 A*- A, 10 B-C

2019
Parallax Art Fair, 18 - 20 October
Exhibited 4 pieces: Orange Vase, Blue Flowers (graphite on paper, oil pastel and crayon), 2019; loving, living, laughing hard.,(ink on paper), 2019; Red tones on black board (oil painting on wood panel), 2018; Cecilia (graphite on paper), 2017

Untitled: A Writers' Salon, London
My ink painting was published in the programme of Untitled: A Writers’ Salon a platform for underrepresented writers to share work.

2016
Twin Peaks Festival, Hornsey Town Hall Art Center, London
I exhibited several pieces at the Hornsey Town Hall Art Center for the Twin Peaks Festival. Several screen prints of Snoqualmie, North Bend and Fall City; an oil painting of Bob and Audrey Horne.

Uplifted, University of the Arts London, London
Final Major Project focussed on the migrant crisis and was inspired by Mark Wallinger’s State Britain protest piece in 2007. Work consisted of screen prints and barbed wire.

2012
Abbeyfield Mural Project, Abbeyfield School, Northampton Spray paint mural in the two underpasses next to Abbeyfield School.