Artist in Residence at ISCP in New York, October – December 2026

Anna Pajak is a painter and printmaker. Her starting point is often a bodily sensation translated into the visual. In her works she explores geometrical spaces and architectural elements such as surfaces, patterns, and depths. Pajak merges color, symbols, and perspectives into a visionary imagery where the abstract meets the figurative. Drawing from modernist female painters, spiritualism, and dreams, Pajak deconstructs and recombines symbols, images, shapes, and architectural fragments in ways that challenge traditional contexts and interpretations. Her large- scale paintings bring a sense of another dimension to life – a reality on the border to dream and fiction.

Foto: Oskar Nilsson

Foto: Oskar Nilsson

Anna Pajak (b. 1992) holds an MFA from the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, graduating in 2020. Pajak is represented by Wetterling Gallery and her work has been exhibited in galleries and institutional contexts across Sweden, Norway, and Germany, including Gävle Konstcentrum (Gävle), Alma Löv Museum of Unexp. Art (Östra Ämtervik), QSPA Gallery (Oslo), Stene Projects (Stockholm), Kunstverket Galleri (Oslo), and the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, among others. Pajak has been the recipient of grants and awards, including those from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee, the Queen Sonja Inspirational Award, the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Helge Ax:son Stiftelse and the Nell Walden grant. In 2023, she unveiled a large-scale public artwork in Hagastaden, Stockholm.