Ana Fish

As a child growing up in post-Soviet Russia, I often felt at odds with the crowd. The music I enjoyed was loud, the movies lurid and the art evocative. I have always found myself attracted to excess, maximalism, and the free expression of the grotesque and outlandish.

An upbringing in such a conservative state only served to supercharge these interests and ensured that my style as an artist would always be one that set out to break the mold.

My technique was further solidified when I discovered street art as a medium. I felt it brought my creations to life with a texture and scale I never imagined. It also featured an unpredictability, a lack of ownership which allowed me to become less precious as an artist. To embrace the act itself rather than to obsess over the outcome.