Anna Rendecka

Anna Rendecka – art historian and graphic artist. Abstract & expressive works in printmaking, drawing and portrait photography; themes of memory, decay and dementia.

About the Artist – Anna Rendecka

Anna Rendecka is an art historian and graphic artist, a graduate of the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Her practice spans abstraction and expressionism through printmaking, drawing and photography.

Themes & Visual Language

In recent years she has explored transience, memory and dementia. Her MA thesis “Fading” (2022, Conceptual & Intermedia Printmaking Studio, Prof. A. Węcławski) examined the erosion of identity in neurocognitive diseases. Her drawings and nudes are expressive, line-driven compositions where light reveals emotion.

Process & Technique

Drawing is a form of meditation—immersive focus and calm. Rendecka often hybridizes techniques and tools, searching for innovative formal solutions.

Education

• 2016–2022 – Faculty of Graphic Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
• 2014–2016 – Dublin Graphic Studio, Ireland
• 2001–2006 – Art History, University of Warsaw

Selected Exhibitions

• 2023 – “Przenikania”, Hermitage, Royal Łazienki Museum, Warsaw
• 2023 – 28th International Poster Biennale, Warsaw
• 2023 – “Imaging Strategies”, University of Rzeszów
• 2023 – “Faces of Drawing”, Salon Akademii, Warsaw
• 2022 – “Pokaz Osobny”, Salon Akademii; “Kissprint 2022”, Elektrownia Powiśle
• 2021 – 11th Polish Print Triennial, Katowice; 2nd MTG Cieszyn; solo shows “Memory. Passing. Vanishing” and “Pandemic Drawings”

Awards

• 2023 – Main Rectors’ Prize, “Best Fine Arts Diplomas”, Gdańsk
• 2023 – Distinction, BBA Gallery International Art Prize, Berlin
• 2022 – 2nd Prize, “Color & Shape”, Upward Gallery
• 2022 – 1st Prize (Spring) & Distinction (Winter), BRUXELLES Art Vue

Direction

Abstraction, Expressionism; printmaking, drawing, photography.