ANNA NOVIKA SOBIERAJSKI

Visual Artist
Born in 1972 in Łódź, Poland

The artist has been drawing for as long as she can remember. The traces left by a multiplicity of tools on paper contribute to the construction of her own universe and to the affirmation of her identity.

She is deeply moved by the simplicity of this fragile support: inscribed in time, it bears the marks of use and wear. Even the humble, everyday BIC pen cannot resist time. This precariousness is an integral part of her practice.

Drawing belongs to a realm of intimacy and to an almost meditative repetition of gesture, often vertical. Verticality allows movement to rebound and begin again, whereas horizontality — too extended — escapes domestication.

The artist also enjoys experimenting with new tools and techniques, in a space situated between drawing, printmaking, and painting.

DIPLOMAS, COMPETITIONS, TRAINING

Since 2008 Professor of Art Education, École des Beaux-Arts de Sète, France
2000 DNSEP (Master’s Degree in Fine Arts), École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier, France
1997 Advanced Diploma in Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Łódź, Poland

GRANTS

2022 DRAC Occitanie — Studio Installation and Equipment Grant (AIA)
1997 French Government Scholarship

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2016 ARTRAKT, Wrocław, Poland
2012 Essaouira Contemporary Art Center — Ifitry Residency, Morocco

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

2012 Essaouira Contemporary Art Center, Morocco
2000 Hôtel de Région, Montpellier, France

EXHIBITIONS

2023 “At the Threshold of Space-Time”, Chapelle des Pénitents Bleus, Narbonne, France
With the support of the City of Narbonne and DRAC Occitanie, France
2016 Galerie ARTRAKT, Wrocław, Poland
2015 “In Between”, Chapelle du Quartier-Haut, Sète, France
2014 “Glimpsing”, Atelier Spirale, Sète, France
Maison de la Gravure, Castelnau-le-Lez, France
2013 ART-NIM, Nîmes — Representative of the City of Sète, France
2012 Librairie L’Échappée Belle, Sète, France
2011 Galerie Plurielle, Sète, France
2010 Galerie M.O, Lyon, France
Galerie La Coursive, Sète, France
2009 Théâtre de la Mer, Sète, France
2008 Galerie Dock Sud, Sète, France
2006 Galerie Espace Creativa, Montpellier, France
Centre d’Art, Poussan, France
2003 Espace Louis Feuillade, Lunel, France
2002 Espace Saint-Ravy, Montpellier, France
Musée de Frontignan, France
2001 Maison des Arts, Bages, France
Château d’Aubenas, France
Chapelle des Pénitents, Aniane, France
2000 Centre d’Art Rhodanien Saint-Maur, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
Espace Languedoc-Roussillon, Hôtel de Région, Montpellier, France

2025 “À dessin”, Chapelle du Quartier-Haut, Sète, France
2022 “5 à 7”, LATELIER, Sète, France
2020 “E-ARTISTS FROM HERE AND ELSEWHERE”, Réservoir, Sète, France
2018 “Parcels”, Galerie Martagon, Malaucène, France
2017 “À dessin”, Chapelle du Quartier-Haut, Sète, France
2016 “À dessin”, Chapelle du Quartier-Haut, Sète, France
2013 “Days of Love”, Chapelle du Quartier-Haut, Sète, France
2012 Art Biennial, Casablanca, Morocco
2009 Galerie Nicole Gogat, Aigues-Mortes, France
“Days of Love”, Chapelle du Quartier-Haut, Sète, France
2006 Maison de l’Europe, Montpellier, France
2003 Galerie Évasion, Waremme, Belgium
2002 Galerie Le Mas d’Arnaud, Saint-Martin-de-Crau, France
Galerie Évasion, Waremme, Belgium
Galerie Pikinasso, Roanne, France
2001 Galerie des Sources, Lamalou-les-Bains, France
Château de Lavérune, France
2000 Galerie l’Arche, Alès, France
Galerie Brousseau, Limoges, France
European Poetry Center, Avignon, France