about
Ania Tomicka was born in 1985 in Łódz, Poland.
When she was only 9 she moved to Italy, where she started to draw seriously: manga at first and realistic things afterward. She attended an art institute and graduated in 2004. During the school years, she starts to paint with oil colors, a technique that soon to become her favorite. Hence she attended the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice where she found a lot of inspiration for her realistic and academic art. A year later she moved to Tuscany where she graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence. She focused her interest in more things like digital art and illustration.
She also completed her studies at the academy of digital arts NEMO NT where she gained the title of student of the year.
Ania has always been interested in realistic, renaissance works. At the moment she is inspired by baroque and surrealism.
SOLO SHOWS
OMEN - Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco
SEED OF MEMORY - Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia
CHAOS/KOSMOS - with Erica Calardo, Berlin
“IRON-Y” - Mondo Bizzarro, Rome
UNIVERSE -curated by Ally Takeuchi, SwoonGallery, California
COLLECTIVE SHOWS (selected)
A TRIBUTE TO OUR OWN FAIRY TALE - Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA
PUT A BIRD ON IT - curated by Aaron Jasinski, Distinction Gallery
MAD HATTERS - curated by Ixie Darkonn, Flower Pepper Gallery, CA
Gallery, Saint Louis, MOAlexiera
KING – Gallery1988, USA
FLOWER CHILD – Modern Eden Gallery, CA, USA
Guillermo del Toro Tribute group exhibit, Copro Gallery, USA
HIDE AND SEEK – Weswal Gallery, Australia
EPHEMERAL – Jiro Miura Gallery, Tokyo, Giappone
LOVER’S EYE – Modern Eden Gallery, CA, USA
5 ANNIVERSARY GROUP EXHIBITION – Arch Enemy Arts Gallery, PA, USA
SWALLOWED BY THE JUNGLE – Arch Enemy Arts Gallery, PA, US
DISNEY’S ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS ART SHOWCASE - Hero Complex Gallery, LA
ALL HALLOW’S EVE - Penumbra Gallery, Portugal
MISSION BLUE - Curated by Christina Ridgeway, Haven Gallery, NY
5TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW - Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA
EXIT VOTO - Parione9, Rome, Italy
FEMME TO FEMME FATALE - Curated by Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Modern Eden Gallery, CA
SMALL WONDERS 5 - Arch Enemy Arts Gallery, PA
THE COMFORT OF STARS - Arch Enemy Arts Gallery, PA
EPEOLATRY - Alexi Era Gallery
ONEIRATAXIA - Alexi Era Gallery
GYPSY - Alexi Era Gallery
HERE COMES SUMMER - Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA
WANDERLUST - Modern Eden Gallery, CA
VICTORIANA - Alexi Era Gallery
4TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW - Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA
BIG EYE SPECTACULAR - Harold Golen Gallery, FL
MUSES - Swoon Gallery, CA
LIKE A VIRGIN - Sacripante Gallery, Rome, Italy
XIONG MAO - Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME - Penumbra Gallery, Portugal
LES PETITS FOURS - Curated by Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Friends of Leon Gallery, Sydney, Australia
LIFE AND LOVE - Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA
STORYBOOK - Curated by Warholian’s Michael Cuffe, Modern Eden Gallery, CA
NIGHTMARE IN WONDERLAND - Curated by Ixie Darkonn, Distinction Gallery
EPHEMERAL - Jiro Miura Gallery, Tokyo
A TRIBUTE TO FRIDA KAHLO - Curated by June Leeloo, Distinction Gallery
3RD YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW - Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA
PANDAMONIUM - Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA
OF HISTORY AND HOPE - Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA
ON BEAUTY - Modern Eden Gallery, CA
WANDERLUST II- Modern Eden Gallery, CA
LE CHAT NOIR - Modern Eden Gallery, CA
FORGOTTEN FUTURES - Screaming Sky Gallery, Portland Oregon
MASS CULTURE -L'INNAMORATO - PottersWife Gallery
BROKEN BEAUTY- WWA Gallery
GET THE LEAD OUT V- Swoon Gallery, LA
A MATTER OF TIME (solo show) - Swoon Gallery, LA
WANDERLUST - Modern Eden Gallery, CA
SURREAL WORLD - Auguste Clown Gallery, Victoria, Australia
WHAT BIG EYES YOU HAVE - curated by Sugarfueled and Sarah Banks, Galleryat City ArtsFactory, Orlando, Florida
E.T. - ENFANT TERRIBLE - Studioventuno Art Gallery, Salerno, IT
PLURALE FEMMINILE - curatedbyStudioventuno Art Gallery, Tattoo Convention, Rome, IT
18th ANNIVERSARY SHOW - MondoBizzarro Gallery, Rome, IT
SOLO SHOW - Swoon Gallery, LA
ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW - FlowerPepperGallery, Pasadena, CA
HOPE BEYOND - Modern Eden Gallery, CA
BLUE – Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA
VANISHING POINTS - Auguste Clown Gallery, Brunswick Victoria, Australia
SCARYGIRL 10 years anniversary show - Toytokyo Underground Gallery, New York, Usa
AUGUSTE CLOWN GALLERY -curated by Leigh Cornish, Brunswick Victoria, Australia
SEA NO EVIL - Sea Shepherd Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
PIMP MY MARY, Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, Roma, IT
GAME OVER! - NovaBelgica art gallery, Belgium
NEO POP: Pop Surrealism vs Urban Art - Spazio Orlandi, Milan, IT
ITALIAN POP SURREALISM: INTO THE FUTURE - curated by Andrea Oppenheimer, (Musei Capitolini) Centrale Montemartini, Roma, IT
ITALIAN POP SURREALISM: BIRTH OF A NATION - curated by Andrea Oppenheimer, MondoBizzarro Gallery, Roma, IT
MONDO BIZZARRO SHOW - curated by Rossana Calbi. Studioventuno, Salerno, IT
WI-FI ART: OneSunday - Workshop curatedbyMondo Bizzarro Gallery, n.3 Pop Surrealism- Made in Italy, Circolo degli Artisti, Roma, IT
LITERAL.EYES - London Miles, London, UK
THE NEW LOST GENERATION - MondoBizzarro Gallery, Rome, IT
PRESS, BOOKS, CATALOGUES
Masters of sketching by 3Dtotal
Tattoo Idea
Iron-y catalog, 2013 Roma: MondoBizzarro Press
Dossier on ZUPI magazine, Brasil, 2013
Tattoo artists 3: Pop Surrealism by AniaTomicka. 2013.Argenta (FE): 3ntini Editore.
GIRLS: facts + fiction. 2012. Minneapolis: Light Gray Art Lab
Italian Pop Surrealism.2011. Roma: MondoBizzarro Press.
LOWBROW CATS
- painting - original art - oil painting - commission painting - drawing