Maess Anand
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Maess Anand | |
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| Born | 1982 (age 43–44) Warsaw, Poland |
| Alma mater | Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw |
| Known for | Drawing contemporary art |
| Website | maess.eu |
Maess Anand (née: Malgorzata Skrzypek,[1][2] also called Maess;[3] born in 1982 in Warsaw[1]) is a Polish visual artist who works with drawing.[1][3]
Anand graduated with MFA from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Poland in 2007[1][4] and was recipient of a scholarship at the Escola Superior de Artes e Design in Porto, Portugal.[1]
Maess Anand has presented work in, among others: The Drawing Center[5][6] in New York, Wroclaw Contemporary Museum,[7][8] Kasia Michalski Gallery in Warsaw,[9] The Starak Family Foundation in Warsaw,[10] Kibla in Maribor, Slovenia,[11] Warsaw Austrian Cultural Forum,[12] in conjunction with the Warsaw Autumn Festival, Polish Institute in Budapest,[4] BWA - Municipal Art Gallery of Bydgoszcz Poland and IK Projects[13] in Lima, Peru.
The artist has been awarded following fellowships: Yaddo[14] in Saratoga Springs, Residency Unlimited[15] in New York, Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, LIA Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei in Leipzig,[16]Virginia Center for the Creative Arts[17] in Amherst, Virginia and International Studio & Curatorial Program in New York.[18]
With Alex Urso, Maess Anand curated Biennale de La Biche; the smallest biennale in the world held on a deserted island near Guadeloupe. Biennale de la Biche held in 2017 has been reviewed by The Guardian,[19]Hyperallergic,[20] Ming Pao,[21]Artnet,[22]Art Review,[23] and Observer.[24]
Anand's work is held in the permanent collections of BWA - Municipal Art Gallery of Bydgoszcz in Poland[25] and Imago Mundi Collection in Treviso, Italy.[26]
