Anya Truskolaska

Anna Truskolaska (ANYA) is an independent contemporary painter born in 1984 in Gdańsk (Poland). She lives and creates in Liguria, Italy. She studied Art History at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland and Cultural Studies with foreign languages at the University of Greenwich in London (2009). She took part in numerous exhibitions of contemporary art in and around Genoa, as well as in Gdansk, Sopot, Gdynia and Warsaw. Her paintings are in private art collections in the USA, Italy, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Russia and Poland.
Since 2017, she has been co-creating the LIVE ART by Anya& Davide project, where she paints live during private and public events, together with her husband, the Italian artist Davide Canepa. Their performance, referring to abstract expressionism, is based on giving form to energy and improvisation.
Anya's paintings oscillate between magic and reality, between abstraction and representational art. Color is the most important element in them - intense, energetic colors are designed to stimulate the senses and imagination of the recipients, encourage them to travel deep into their own subconscious. The main theme of her works is the mysticism of existence - from the roots of human nature, through its d...

University of Aberdeen (Scotland)
MA History of Art with French

University of Greenwich (London)
BA International Studies - Languages and Culture

- Alchemy -
Solo Exhibition @ Investment Art Gallery 3u10
July 2023 - Warsaw

- Energy Field -
Exhibition with Davide Canepa @ Gdynia Film Centre
January 2023 - Gdynia

- Journey to the Unknown -
Exhibition with Davide Canepa @ Bellotto Gallery
July 2022 - Warsaw

- Holiday For A Hero -
Live painting with Davide Canepa and World War II veterans @ Pack For Hero
May 2022 - Miedzyzdroje

- The Voice of The Subconcious -
Solo exhibition @ Boto Theatre
January 2022 - Sopot, Poland

More past exhibitions and events on the website