Anna Pinkas is a visual artist who collects and works with mundane details to find beauty and whimsy in our everyday life. Digital tools are essential to her practice - whether it be for capturing reference material, animating, or preparing files for printing - but she also strives to move away from screens by creating tangible and playful pieces. Collaborative practices also play an important role in her work: generating content through community workshops, or collaborating with other artists on specific projects. Traditional animation (which she studies extensively and teaches) influences her sequential approach: she often works in series and with the book format to surface the strange and beautiful qualities of common behaviors and objects.
Anna was born in Geneva, Switzerland (1985). She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She is a full time professor at the Borough of Manhattan Community College’s Media Arts & Technology department.
EDUCATION
2010-12 MPS, NYU/Tisch, Interactive Telecommunications Program, New York, NY
2004-07 BFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University, Boston, MA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Other Islands Book Fair, Pratt University, NYC
2024 Drawing Alphabets: BMCC Art Faculty Exhibition, The Borough of Manhattan Community College, NYC
2024 Leise-Park #nfcdab2024 6th Ed, Berlin, Germany
2023 At Play, My Coffee & Cream NYC, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Dreams, 23 Sandy, Collins Memorial Library, Tacoma, WA
2023 The Art of the Book & Paper 2023, Rochester Public Library, Rochester, NY
2023 WAH Salon Show, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, NYC
2023 Working On It: BMCC Faculty Exhibition, The Borough of Manhattan Community College, NYC
2021 Maternochronics, Online Exhibition
2018 Digital Connection/Analog World, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI
2017 Bronx Calling: The Fourth AIM Biennial, The Bronx Museum, NYC
2016 Nasty Women Exhibition, The Knockdown Center, NYC
2015 Simultan Festival, Timișoara (Romania)
2014 Condition:Used, New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc, Online Exhibition
2014 Macromen: Trims, New York Live Arts Center, NYC
2013 Ideas City Festival, The New Museum, NYC
2012 Storywalks at Eldridge Street, The Museum at Eldridge Street, NYC
2012 Down the Rabbit Hole, The Knockdown Center, NYC
HONORS
2021 FATE Conference, Presenter, Online
2019 International Conference on the Arts in Society, Presenter, Lisbon (Portugal)
2018 Annual Humanities & Technology Association Conference, Presenter, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI
2016 FATE Conference, Presenter, Kansas City, MO
2016 CUNY IT Conference, Presenter, NYC
2016 The Bronx Museum’s Artists in the Marketplace, Fellow, NYC
2016 Design Incubation, Fellow, NYC
2015 CUNY IT Conference, Presenter, NYC
2013 The American Folklore Society Conference, Presenter, Providence, RI
2013 EDesign Program, Fellow, NYC
2012 Institute for Electronic Arts, Artist in Residence, Alfred University, NY
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS / INTERVIEWS
2021 Quotidian, Volume II
2016 ARTiculAction Magazine, Digital Publication
2015 Touch.My.Prints, Issue 04, Digital Publication