Anna Jarosz (Poland)

Anna Jarosz (b. 1996) is a visual artist, filmmaker and producer. She graduated from the Film and Photography Department at FAMU in Prague, as well as HDK-Valand in Gothenburg. Her main mediums are traditional textile work (lacemaking, weaving and embroidery), painting, video and sculpture. She creates site-specific installations which transform spaces into abstract universes.

Jarosz’ work brings back to life forgotten stories of women and addresses themes related to intergenerational movement of trauma, emotional chaos and sexuality. In her latest projects, she draws from traditional Slavic folklore, mythology, and cosmology. She explores rituals passed down through generations by women in her family.

She is the initiator and curator of the GÁTT Nordic Arts Festival biennale. Together with Sanna Hirvonen she co-founded the artistic duo care and chaos whose activities focus on interspecies ecology, proposing forest as an utopian home and a space of interdependence. She has participated in the production of exhibitions and national pavilions at Venice Biennale of Art and Architecture (2022-2024).