Anka Leśniak

 

 

Anka Leśniak is active as an artist in genres such as: installation, art action, painting, video-art. She has participated in more than 80 individual and group shows. In her art she mainly focuses on the history of women and makes site specific artworks. In 2003 she graduated from Art History in the University of Lodz. In 2004 she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz with honors. In 2011, she received a Grant of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. She received grants: from the Mayor of the city of Lodz (2015), from the city of Gdansk (2016). In 2016, she was chosen to Artists-in-Residence Programm in Wien, run by KulturKontakt in cooperation with Federal Chancellery of Austria