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.

Painting

Anna’s paints in 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:

  • Art For Cure, Aldeburgh Suffolk, April 2025

  • Cricket Fine Art, London 2025

  • Eastwood Fine Art, 2024

  • Arundel Contemporary - Solo shows: Still Life in Bloom 2021 & Still Life 2024

  • Gallerina – Darlington 2016-25

  • The Stratford Gallery 2017-21

  • Counterpointe Ballet – set & costume design. The Mark O’Donnell Theatre Brooklyn NYC 2020

  • 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 & 2025

  • Byard Art Cambridge – 2016

  • Affordable Art Fair Autumn – Battersea, London 2016 - 2024

  • Gordon Ramsay’s Summer Collection, London House – 2015 – 2016

  • Brighton Art Fair – 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 – 2024

  • 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

  • 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.