Anna Mazzotta

Anna Mazzotta is a professional artist living between London and the West of England.

Her work is figurative and combines exquisite draftsmanship, fresh originality and provocative humour; all evoking the lost world of Vaudeville entertainment. Largely working in oil paint and charcoal, the artist is deeply influenced by the splendor, magic, revelry and unsettling, hedonistic misery of Weimar Germany.

The decadent, complex paradoxes of this anxious, emotional expressionist era is omnipresent in Mazzotta's extensive body of work. Colour and freedom exudes from the accurate, sensitive depiction of strong female lead characters which evoke Jeanne Mammen's observations of Berlin in the 1920's. Anna's powerful portrayal of women encompasses a clever cross-pollination of the social critique and dark mystery of Otto Dix, Edward Hopper and George Grosz combined with the wit of Thomas Rowlandson. Present in the art is Hilary Knight's understanding of the human spirit and the transient nature of nostalgic social satire.

International art historian, critic and author Martin Gayford describes Anna Mazzotta's work as "a mixture between Rego and Dufy…". It is the hidden, unofficial side of a city which presents an informative...

Wimbledon School of Art - BA in Fine Art - 1st Class with Hons.
Royal College of Art - MA in Fine Art

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019 Mews of Mayfair,
Old Brompton Road Gallery
Royal Exchange with Paul Freud
A&D Gallery

Gallery 19 Kensington
Beaux Arts Bath
Innocent Fine Art, Clifton, Bristol
Jason Rhodes Gallery Burlington Arcade
GX Gallery solo show
Gallery 1066,
Unit London Soho

GROUP SHOWS

Graham Paton Gallery
Mall Gallery

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

Saunton Sands Hotel Devon
2019 The Pelham Hotel Kensington
2019 Mews of Mayfair, Lancashire Court,
International Dispute Resolution Centre, Fleet Street



PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Susan and Bob Kasan Summer
John Hedgecoe, Royal Photographer

Celebrity collectors

Jane Fonda
Fatboy Slim
Graham Norton,

AWARDS AND PRIZES

2016 Society of Women Artists
Great Art Award, Mall Galleries
Jerwood Drawing Prize