Born in Los Angeles, California. 2000.
Based in Barcelona.
My oil paintings and short stories center around female empowerment and the exploration of the surrealist world of the subconscious. My work is heavily influenced by my active dream life.
Each night we find ourselves on the threshold of two worlds, the tangible and the intangible, confronted by phantasmic characters we don’t permit ourselves to see amidst the distractions and challenges of modern day life.
The ever present patriarchy is something deeply engraved in our conscious and subconscious minds, something women are constantly aware of and fighting against. My figures and vibrant colors aim to embolden women to express themselves and their bodies without the taboos that accompany the nude or clothed female body. I create dreamlike spaces for these figures, the walls of the canvas acting as traversable portals into the endless realm of what influences our subconscious and what lies beyond the veil.
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Students Against Sexual Assault Magazine Cover Page
Oil painting, The Procession, was featured as the cover page of SASA's 3rd Issue of btwn sheets in May 2021.
Glass Box Gallery UCSB
A collection of Anya's oil paintings were virtually displayed in UCSB's Glass Box Gallery in Fall of 2020 in a show titled "Together We Can..."
UC CALPIRG Earth Day Art Award
Oil painting, When the Sand Runs Out, won CALPIRG’s 2021 Earth Day Art Contest pertaining to human impact on the environment.
Spectrum Summer Edition
Mortality's Monthly Union was featured in UCSB's Spectrum Literary Journal summer edition in September 2021. (Page 82).
https://issuu.com/spectrumliteraryjournal/docs/spectrum_summer_interior_proof_2
https://spectrum.ccs.ucsb.edu/
Undergraduate Research & Creative Studies
Oil paintings: The First Supper and Those Within the Wheel are accompanied with short stories by Anya as a part of her undergraduate creative research grant. 2021-2022
Talk at the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna
Anya gave a talk on May 26, 2022 which focused on three different Bolognese painters all currently displayed at the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna. She delved into the different ways that women are portrayed in Italian art throughout the 14th-16th centuries.
International Contemporary Art Exhibition 2022 at Art Gallery Le Logge, Palazzo dei Priori, Assisi
Oil paintings: Those Within the Wheel, The Arrival Under, The Labyrinth, and Retrieval were displayed at Art Gallery Le Logge accompanied by a four-part short story. 2022
Show at Bibliothè Gallery and Restaurant
Oil painting, Sussurri, was displayed alongside other works at Bibliothè, Roma. 2023
Via Celsa, 5, 00186 Roma
New Now Exhibition at Arteria Gallery, Barcelona
Oil painting, Liminal, was displayed alongside other works at Arteria Gallery. 2024
ARTELFEST at Arteria Gallery, Barcelona
Oil paintings, Strappare, Pluck, and The Procession were displayed alongside other works by ARTEL Festival at Arteria Gallery. March 15th-17th, 2024.
Stories Born from Water: The “Nereids & Naiads” Online Exhibition Press Release
https://follow.art/insights/stories-born-from-water-the-nereids-naiads-exhibition 2024
Nereids & Naiads Online Exhibition
Available to view online from March 20th to May 19th. 2024
https://follow.art/fair/nereids-naiads-2024/artworks
Zilzal Sonic Ceremony
Joint exhibition and performance with experimental photographer Ilyas Ennassiri and composer/musician Isa Najem during the Zilzal Sonic Ceremony festival in support of Palestine. 2024
Nymphs & Nature: Anya Adorni on feminine anthropomorphism & gender oppression
Interview with curator Leah Gennaraki and Follow.Art https://follow.art/insights/nymphs-nature 2024
Zilzal Sonic Ceremony VA Release Party
Exhibition with experimental photographer Ilyas Ennassiri in F O C, alongside performances by various musical collectives. 2024
“Fragments of Home” Exhibition at Unmaking Art Studio in Raval 2025
Zilzal Sonic Ceremony Collective Exhibition
Education
California, United States 2018-2021
Santa Barbara City College 2018-2020
A.A. Studio Art with Honors
A.A. Liberal Arts and Sciences with Honors
University of California, Santa Barbara 2020-2022
B.A. Studio Art with Honors
Bologna, Italy 2022
Accademia di Belle Arti, Bologna 2022
B.A. completed with a specialization in painting
Internship with artist Angela Lorenz