Born 1993 Wrexham, Wales.
Lives and works in London
Solo shows
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
Group shows
2024
In Praise of Black Errantry Unit London, Venice, Italy
The Art of the Selfie National Museum of Wales, Wales
Madrigals Her Clique Gallery, Lisbon Portugal
2023
Left Hanging: A curated selection of works from the Boafo Collection, Dot Ateliers, Accra, Ghana
Shipping Address Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy
Disrupted Harmony Public Service Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
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
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
Exchanges Whitworth Gallery, Manchester, UK
Hair Untold Stories Tullie House
What Lies Beneath: Women, Politics, Textiles The Women’s Art Collection, Cambridge, UK
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
Makers Eye The Craft Council Gallery, London, UK
In the Beginning Ed Cross Fine Art, London
Collections
The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
Amgueddfa Cymru/The National Museum Of Wales, UK
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru/The National Library of Wales, UK
The Women’s Art Collection, Cambridge University, UK
The Whitworth, Manchester, UK
Glynn Vivian, Swansea, UK
Tullie House, Carlilse, UK
Cambridge University Judge Business School, Cambridge, UK
Arts Council Collection England, UK
The Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn Collection, NYC, USA
Private collection of Amoaka Boafo, Accra Ghana
The Gochman Collection, NYC, USA
Education
BA Fine Art, Manchester School of Art, Graduate 2020
Residencies
2023 Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy
Selected Press
Online
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
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