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Anka Leśniak is a Polish contemporary artist, born and educated in Łódź. She specialises in installation art, performance, video art and painting.

She has presented her work in more than 80 individual and group exhibitions. The majority of her work concerns the history of women. The artist often conveys this theme through site-specific pieces.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Education

In 2003 the artist received a degree in Art History at the University of Łódź, and then in 2004 received a diploma with honors from the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz ((Faculty of Visual Education - currently Visual Arts). In 2011 Leśniak was awarded a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. In 2015 she received the Scholarship of President of Lodz. In 2016, she received the Cultural Scholarship of the City of Gdańsk and became a scholarship holder of the Contact Cultures and the Austrian Government as part of the Artists-in-Residence 2016 program in Vienna. In 2016 she was awarded a PhD in the field of fine arts from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Faculty of Sculpture and Intermedia.^[5]^[6]

Inspirations and topics

The main inspiration of Anka Leśniak's work are women active in Poland during the partitions of Poland, and during the First and Second World War. She often pays tribute to the unsung heroes of the Polish Resistance and these are, in many cases, symbolic heroines.^[5] Their names are often allegorised.

The artist is interested in the values observed by society, especially women, in the past -- honor, integrity and homeland. The women Leśniak portrays are independent, strong, fearless, ready-to-act, virtuous, in no way inferior to men.

The artist is also interested in issues to do with gender, the body, definitions of femininity and perceptions of women. ^[7]

Scholarships / awards

Scholarship of President of the City of Lodz for people involved in artistic creation and culture animation

Scholarship KulturKontakt, Vienna, Austria and Scholarship Cultural Cities of Gdansk

Selected exhibitions and projects

Individual exhibitions

Group exhibitions

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.ankalesniak.pl/cv_polski.htm|title=Anka Leśniak - wystawy/projekty|website=www.ankalesniak.pl|access-date=2018-12-09}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://archiwum-obieg.u-jazdowski.pl/prezentacje/37063|title=Tu mieszka szczęście*. O projekcie Niewidzialne widzialnego {{!}} obieg.pl|website=archiwum-obieg.u-jazdowski.pl|access-date=2018-12-09}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://lodzkagazeta.pl/eugenia-michalina-i-fifi/|title=Eugenia, Michalina i Fifi {{!}} miasto Ł|website=lodzkagazeta.pl|access-date=2018-12-09}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://slavkasverakova.wordpress.com/2018/01/07/anka-lesniak-invisible-visible-2017/|title=Anka Lesniak, Invisible inVisible, 2017|last=Sverakova|first=Slavka|date=2018-01-07|website=Slavka Sverakova|language=en|access-date=2018-12-09}}
5. ^¹{{Cite web|url=http://invisiblewomen.info/autorka.html|title=Anka Lesniak - Niewidzialne widzialnego|website=invisiblewomen.info|access-date=2018-12-09}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.ankalesniak.pl/cv_polski.htm|title=Anka Leśniak - wystawy/projekty|website=www.ankalesniak.pl|access-date=2018-12-09}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.ankalesniak.pl/texts/top_models.jpg|website=www.ankalesniak.pl|access-date=2018-12-09}}