Anna Flaga

born 1974

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Lives and works in Żory.

Artist, graphic designer and curator, doctor of art (Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, 2021, distinction).
A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Painting in Krakow (diploma with honors in the studio of professor Sławomir Karpowicz).
Winner of the Cultural Award of the City of Żory in the category of „Creativity Artistic”, 2021. 
Scholarship holder of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in the field of culture (2020) and the Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship in the field of culture (2019).
Specialising in painting and drawing standalone pieces as well as thematical series, graphics and happenings - each is devoted to a select issue that evokes emotion in the artist from a given period of her life.
Interested in the creative process - by experimenting, experiencing, searching for form and content to find a deeper meaning.
The artist is captivated by nature, the modern world, and above all, man with all the complexity of his nature, feelings, problems and a multitude of cultural, social and religious entanglements.