Anna Perach

Selected solo exhibitions: Mistress of the Deseret (with Gaston Zvi Ickowicz), Almacén Gallery in collaboration with Fireflies Project (2023); Spidora, Edel Assanti Gallery, London (2022); The Moon Prophecy, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art (2021); two person show with Anousha Payne, Cooke Latham Gallery, London (2021); Gasp, ADA Gallery, Rome (2021)

Selected group exhibitions: Soft Skills, Sommer Gallery, Zurich (2022); Staying With the Trouble, L’étrangère, hosted by Austin Desmond Fine Art, London (2021); The Sun and the Moon, Vitrine, Basel (2021); Touch Me Not, The Ryder Projects, Madrid (2021); Identity, Jüdische Gemeinde, Frankfurt (2020); In Stitches, Larsen Warner, Stockholm (2020); Five Hides, Manor Place Walworth, London (2020); Seven Wives, MFA show, Goldsmiths, London (2020); Storia Notturna, Centrale Feis, Italy (2020); Tomorrow: London, White Cube, London, online project (2020); Ridiculous, Elephant West, London (2020); Parade, Broadway Gallery, Letchworth (2019); The Mother Art Prize 2019, Mimosa House, London (2019); Mostyn open 21 shortlisted exhibition MOSTYN, Llandudno, Wales (2019); Mother of Egg, Letrangere, London (2019); Apophenia, Roman Road, London (2018); Gold x, Deptford X, London (2018); Rhapsodies, Ping-Pong, Brussels (2018); Jutro, Castor projects, London (2018); Apophenia, Roman Road, London (2018); T’ART, Bones and Pearl Gallery, London (2017)

Selected awards and grants: Gilbert Bayes Award, Royal Society of Sculptors (2020); Sarabande Foundation studio award receiver (2020); Procreate Project supported by Arts Council England (2020); Sharet Foundation Scholarship for Plastic Art (2009)

Anna Perach’s  main medium of work is wearable sculpture and performance. She works in a technique called tufting, making hand-made carpet textile which she transforms into wearable sculptures. The sculpture functions as both a garment that is performed in as well as an independent sculpture. Through this choice of medium Anna is interested in exploring how elements associated with the domestic sphere operate as an extension of the self and reflect on one's heritage and gender role. Her performances reverse this dynamic and exhibit the private domestic carpet as an external masquerade both exposing and hiding fragments of the self.

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‘Mistress of the Desert - exhibition text; ‘Spidora’ - exhibition text; ‘The Moon Prophecy’ - exhibition text