© Shane Gilliver
My interest is captured by a wide variety of subjects, barren or escapist landscapes, faces and seemingly everyday banal objects , natural or man made. I may set up these objects with the intention of telling a story, creating a mood or simply to observe the sheer beauty to be found in nature
I love exploring the way light falls and the subtlety of colours singing off each other.
Occasionally I will bring in imaginary landscapes to enhance an ethereal other worldliness which I am drawn to. Although mainly a figurative artist I don’t want to be tied to what I see, I may abstract and allowed to be taken wherever a painting feel it needs to go, or at least that is the aim.
Anya currently lives in West London with her two teenage sons. From a multi ethnic family, half indian, half dutch, Anya was frequently drawing as a child, later painting her first oil still life as a young teenager.. Life takes its own turn, and Anya followed a career in IT telecommunications, enjoying the programming challenge whilst it lasted .
After becoming a mother, Anya pursued her art passion, graduating in Classical Fine Art and is currently part of the North London Group in search of a pictorial language.
Anya exhibited has at the Mall Galleries, Highagte Contemporary Art and the Bath Society of British Artists. Anya’s work is held in various private collections in the UK and Portugal. Anya’s work can also be found in Gallery 19, in Kensington ,London.
Selected Exhibitions
2025 “Ing Discerning Eye Exhibition”, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2025 “The Little Picture Show ”, Highgate Contemporary Art, London, UK
2025 “Portobello Women Artists and Beyond ”, Morley Gallery, London, UK
2024 “The Little Picture Show”, Highgate Contemporary Art, London, UK
2023 “Winter Exhibition”, Highgate Contemporary Art, London, UK
2023 “Summer Exhibition”, Highgate Contemporary Art, London, UK
2023 “The Phenomenal Female - Who am I?”, Bookery Gallerie, London, UK
2022 “These Momentous Times”, Bookery Gallerie, London, UK
2021 “Annual Open Exhibition”, Bath Society of Artists, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, UK
2021 “Figurative Art Now”, Federation of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2020 “Portraits of NHS Heroes”, Google Arts Culture, UK
2019 “Pintar Rapido”,Chelsea Town Hall, London, UK
2018 “Salon de Refuse”, Candida Arts Centre, London, UK
2017 “Bods Exhibition”, Safehouse 1 and 2, London, UK