Born 1993 Wrexham, Wales.
Lives and works in Glyn Ceiriog and London
Solo shows
2025 TBA Ty Pawb, Wrexham, Wales UK
2023 Proof of Their victories Hannah Traore Gallery, New York US
2022 We Are All Made of You Ed Cross Fine Art, London, UK
2021 Anya Paintsil Glynn Vivian Museum, Swansea, UK
Institutional Exhibitions
2024 Conversation Not Spectacle The Women’s Art Collection, Cambridge University, Cambridge UK
The Art of the Selfie National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Wales
2023 Are You A Woman in Authority? Broken Grey Wires, Phoenix Art Space, Brighton, UK
House Guests David Parr House, Cambridge, UK
Threads Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
New Collections, National Museum of Wales, Wales, UK
Shipping Address Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy
Left Hanging: A curated selection of works from the Boafo Collection, Dot Ateliers, Accra, Ghana
2022 Exchanges Whitworth Gallery, Manchester, UK
Hair Untold Stories Tullie House
What Lies Beneath: Women, Politics, Textiles The Women’s Art Collection, Cambridge, UK
2021 Makers Eye The Craft Council Gallery, London, UK
Gallery shows
2024 Confront and Constrain Ames Yavuz, Singapore
Don’t Touch My Hair, Hannah Traore Gallery, NYC, USA
The Whole World Smiles with You Opera Gallery, London, UK
The Narratives of Black Hair MAGNIN-A, Paris, France
In Praise of Black Errantry Unit London, Venice, Italy
Madrigals Her Clique Gallery, Lisbon Portugal
2023 Disrupted Harmony Public Service Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Hand over Hand: Textiles Today Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, US
Within + Without Unit London, London, UK
“baby hair and afros” (meditations on hair) Vortic Curated, London, (VR) &
Santa Monica Art Museum, Los Angeles, USA
2022 Land of the Lotus Eaters Louise Alexander, Porto Cervo, Italy
Homo Faber Event; Michelangelo Foundation, Venice Italy
Anya Paintsil Salon 94, New York, USA
2021 Bold Black British Christie’s, London, UK
Hapticity: A Theory of Touch and Identity, Lychee One, London, UK
In the Beginning Ed Cross Fine Art, London
Collections
Amgueddfa Cymru/The National Museum Of Wales, UK
Arts Council Collection England, UK
Cambridge University Judge Business School, Cambridge, UK
Glynn Vivian, Swansea, UK
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru/The National Library of Wales, UK
Private collection of Amoaka Boafo, Accra Ghana
The Gochman Collection, NYC, USA
The Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn Collection, NYC, USA
The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
The Whitworth, Manchester, UK
The Women’s Art Collection, Cambridge University, UK
Tullie House, Carlilse, UK
Education
BA Fine Art, Manchester School of Art, Graduate 2020
Residencies
2023 Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy
Selected Press
Online
40 Under 40 for Apollo Magazine, 2024
Anya Paintsil’s character-filled textiles are inspired by her childhood, culture and mythology by Yaya Azariah Clarke for It’s Nice that, 2023
Weaving Textile and Sculpture, Anya Paintsil Reveals Complex Narratives Through the Exploration of Human Hair by Natasha Guard for Forbes, 2022
Rising Art Star Anya Paintsil Weaves Powerful Personal Stories with Tapestry by Lucy Reed for Galerie Magazine, 2022
Textile artist Anya Paintsil incorporates humour, hair and folklore to tell stories of her dual heritage by Ayla Angelos for CREATIVE BOOM, 2022
‘New Women’s Work'; Reimagining “feminine” craft in contemporary art’ by Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy, Smith Street Books, 2024
Voices: Ghana’s Artists In Their Own Words by MANJU JOURNAL 24˚36˚: Publishers, 2023
Hook, Prod, Punch Tuft: Creative Techniques with Fabric and Fibre by Lynne Stein, Bloomsbury, 2023
‘Medley Makers’ cover & story by Amy Sherlock for The World of Interiors magazine, 2022
‘By Design: Anya Paintsil’ by Sanford L. Smith for Salon - The Intersection of Art + Design, 2022
‘Anya Paintsil's storytelling textile portraits’ by Cathy Lomax and Jennifer Caroline Campbell for Garageland, 2022
‘Packing A Punch’ cover & story by Malaika Byng for Craft magazine, 2021
‘State of the Nation’ for ELEPHANT Magazine, 2021
Interviews and Podcasts
A Black History of Art Presents: A Shared Gaze a conversation with Alayo Akinkugbe and Anya Paintsil, 2023
Textile Artist Anya Paintsil Elevates Traditional Craft Techniques Into Mythic Works by Arimeta Diop for Vanity Fair, 2022
In Conversation: Anya Paintsil and Charlotte Jansen at Ed Cross Gallery, 2022
Artist Anya Paintsil and gallerist Hannah Traore discuss art and inclusion for the Gucci Podcast, 2022
A Walk in the Park - Episode 5 a conversation with Francine Hayfron and Anya Paintsil for The Whitworth, 2021