Anna lives and works in London. She trained as a dancer and then studied Theatre Design at Central St Martins College of Art and Design graduating in 2000. Since then, she has shown her paintings in London, New York, Glasgow, Paris, The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition as well as with other galleries throughout the UK. Her paintings are bright and colourful, but also have a depth and a sense of abstraction which comes from the process of her work, where one image is often layered on top of another. Anna’s work spans a range of media including painting, fabrics, rugs and ceramics. She is also a published children’s book author, illustrator and has illustrated posters for the London Underground.
She has also designed rugs for Loomah, the bespoke carpets and rugs company.
Painting
Anna’s studio is in Soho, London. Her paintings have been shown across the UK and abroad. For more info please see paintings or keep up to date on Instagram. Here’s a list of a few future and past exhibitions:
Painting exhibitions:
The Stratford Gallery 2017-21
Arundel Contemporary 2020-21
Gallerina – Darlington 2016-21
Counterpointe Ballet – set & costume design. The Mark O’Donnell Theatre Brooklyn NYC 2020
Open Studios – Koppel Soho 2019
The Other Art Fair – Kings Cross 2019
The Stratford Gallery – Still Life : Surface and Form 2019
PUBLIC Gallery – Opening solo exhibition 2018
Poster Girls – London Transport Museum, Covent Garden 2018
London Underground – 4 Illustrated posters displayed over the tube network for TFL 2017
Art for Cure – Suffolk 2017 & 2021
Byard Art Cambridge – 2016
Affordable Art Fair Autumn – Battersea, London 2016
Gordon Ramsay’s Summer Collection, London House – 2015 – 2016
Brighton Art Fair – 2015 – 2016
Quiddity Fine Art – Hampshire 2015
On Canvas – The Gallery, Stoke Newington, London 2014
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2012
New York and Singapore AAF 2012-14
London Will’s Art Warehouse 2004 – 2014
York, Love Your Art 2008
Affordable Art Fair, London 2003 – 2016, Paris (2008), New York (2006) Amsterdam (2008) Brussels (2010)
Glasgow Art Fair 2006, 2008, 2009
London, My Life in Art 2006
Harrogate, The Picture House Gallery 2006
London, Heals Art 2005
Brighton, Quod Art opening show 2003
East London design Show 2001-2005 & 2014
London, Designers Bloc 2001
Imagination Gallery London (BBC ‘Visions’ winner for training scheme) 2000
Frequently featured in Saatchi Art’s curated collections. https://www.saatchiart.com/annahymas
To keep up to date with painting shows please follow me on Instagram.
Illustration
From 2002-19 Anna was represented by New Division & Kids Corner illustration agency and has a list of clients including: The National Portrait Gallery, The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Guardian, Soho Create, Penguin Books, DK Books, Oxford University Press, Thomas & Rosenthal ceramics, Terrence Higgins Trust, Science Photo Library, card range for The Art File and posters for the London Underground. For more info see illustration.
Books
Anna’s book series, ‘Lighty Faust the Lion’, ‘Bedtime with Lighty Faust the Lion’, ‘Where is Lighty Faust the Lion’ and ‘Wanda and Dragonfly’ has been published by The Five Mile Press. For more info see Other Projects.