Ania Ready is a photographic artist of Polish origin based in Eynsham, West Oxfordshire. She came to photography from a literary background. Her work centres around notions of belonging and alienation, memory and amnesia, mental fragility and poetics of existence. She has a special interest in the topic of femininity and mental illness. In her practice she also examines her Polish heritage. Her main focus is photography but she also utilizes other art forms like collage and installation. Ania has exhibited her work internationally in group and solo shows. Her images were presented at Modern Art Oxford, Pitt Rivers Museum, Humanit'Art Gallery, Auckland Photo Festival in New Zealand, and many other places.
E X H I B I T I O N S
2021
Correspondance, 12th Room, digital group exhibition of selected 50 artists, in collaboration with The Photographers' Gallery
The Portrait Within, group exhibition of selected 25 artists in a doll house project The House of Smalls
2020
Present Continues project shown as part of the Activating Our Archives initiative led by artist and curator Sunil Shah (images and video), Modern Art Oxford
Breathworks (image and audio, group show), Responsive Space, Modern Art Oxford
Photo Oxford Festival Instagram Takeover (featuring Hysterical Woman project)
Ways and Means Exhibition, SKELF Virtual Project Space
Mirrors and Reflections, International Group Exhibition, Millepiani Exhibition Space, Rome, Italy
Part of the video screening of 200 photographers selected by FORMAT at the Auckland Photo Festival, New Zealand: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CBYgUHLIWsS/
A Moment of Zen Digital Exhibition, presented by Exposure Photo Festival Canada and Contemporary Calgary https://www.instagram.com/p/CBE6bRzJXqq/
Focus on Photography, group exhibition, the Heseltine Gallery, Middleton Cheney, Banbury
Annual Show, group exhibition (Oxford Photographic Society), SOOM, Woodstock
2019
Showcase, group exhibition, Ayres House Studios, Wallingford
SPC Photo Awards Geneva, Humanit'Art Gallery, Switzerland
'Night', international group exhibition, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow
'Lande: Calais ‘Jungle’ and Beyond', group exhibition, Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
'Woodland', group exhibition, Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot
'Urban Geometry', joint exhibition with Magda Wolna, Andrew Wiles Building
2018
'In Solitude', solo exhibition, The Fairway Gallery, OUP, Oxford
Annual Show, group exhibition (Oxford Photographic Society), Andrew Wiles Building
'Crossing Borders. To Calais and Back', solo exhibition, Bartholomew's Room, Eynsham
'Surprise!', group exhibition, Oxfordshire Art Weeks
'Chacun est libre d'être libre', competition winner, Gdynia and Gdansk, Poland
Annual Show, group exhibition (Oxford Photographic Society), North Wall Arts Centre
2017
'Sophie in Her Own Words', solo exhibition, Albert Sloman Library, Colchester
'Nature', group exhibition, Museum of Natural History, Oxford
Photox group exhibition, The Barn Gallery, Oxford
2016
'Sophie in Her Own Words', solo exhibition, Wandsworth Town Library, London
'Sophie in Her Own Words', solo exhibition, Fairway Gallery, OUP
'Haunted by Words', competition winners, Bucks County Museum, Aylesbury
P H O T O G R A P H Y A W A R D S
2021: Shortlisted for Portrait of Humanity Award (together with Oliver Ready)
2021: Selected to present 'Torn Apart' project at Photo Cafe by Grain Projects
2020: Winner of the #glitch competition organized by Ffotogallery Wales
2019: Shortlisted for the She Performs exhibition at the Glass Tank Gallery, Oxford
2019: Selected for the Portfolio Review at INTERPHOTO Photography Festival, Poland by Maira Dudareva, director of the Museum of Photography in Latvia and April Gertler, artist and founder of PICTURE BERLIN
2018: Winner of the Think Human Photography Competition
2018: Winner of Chacun est libre d'être libre competition
2017: Winner of the Oxford Reading Competition, Fairlightbooks
2017: 2nd place in Everyday Heros, Digital Photographer, PhotoCrowd competition
2017: Winner of Nature competition, OUP
2017: Best New Comer Award (Oxford Photographic Society)
2017: Winner of the Passing of Time competition, BPI
2016: Special mention in the Photography! competition, BIPP
P U B L I C A T I O N S
'United', issue 1, Work Show Grow, 2021
'Mirrors and Reflections, Exhibition Catalogue, 2020
I N T E R V I E W S
Photography and Literary Text, Instagram Live: https://www.instagram.com/p/CKhSTDNHrH1/
Artist Spotlight on She Performs: https://www.sheperforms.com/sheperforms/ania-ready
E D U C A T I O N
Polish Literature and Linguistics, MA, University of Gdansk, Poland
English Literature and Linguistics, University of Gdansk, Poland
WORK SHOW GROW School with Natasha Caruana, online
P R O F E S S I O N A L D E V E L O P M E N T
Seeing Through Photographs, Museum of Modern Art New York, six week online course
Activating Our Archives with artist and curator Sunil Shah, group project and workshops, Modern Art Oxford and Fusion Arts (online due to the COVID-19 outbreak )
Together Is Better, Creative Therapy with Laura El-Tantawy, individual online session
The Interval with Natasha Caruana and special guests, a month of online creative events
Work-Show-Grow. Money Workshop (with Natasha Caruana and Sarah Waldron), London, UK
Course on Funding, Shooting & Pitching Projects (with Peter Dench), After Nyne Gallery, London
Course on Photographic Essay (with Stuart Freedman), the Photographers’ Gallery, London
Studio Lighting Masterclass (with Magdalena Sienicka), private studio, Kettering, UK
Course on Making Photo Books (with Laura el-Tantawy), the Photographers’ Gallery, London
Member of the Oxford Photographic Society
T A L K S & P R E S E N T A T I O N S
Crossing Borders, Reaching Home. Multilingual Poetry Translation Workshops, Oxford Translation Day (in collaboration with Kasia Szymanska, expert in translation studies)
Phantom Pains. A Personal Journey into Poland’s Past and Present, Oxford Photographic Society, January 2019
Working on a Long Term Project, PhotOX Photography Classes, December 2018
Sophie’s Story, Essex University, Colchester, March 2017
Sophie’s Story, Wandsworth Town Library, London, October 2016
E X H I B I T I O N C U R A T I O N
curated sixteen exhibitions at the Fairway Gallery at OUP in Oxford; collaborated with national and international artists, including Magda Berny, Wshear Wali, David Tolley, Bharat Patel, Magda Wolny and many others; prepared promotional materials and promoted the shows on social media