Anna’s practice is informed by the dynamic between personal and cultural myths. She explores how our private narratives are deeply rooted in ancient storytelling and folklore and conversely how folklore has the ability to tell us intimate, confidential stories about ourselves. In her work She synthesises female mythic characters and retell their stories while placing them in the current climate. By doing so Anna creates an experience of eeriness, evoking a sense of both familiarity and distress.

Anna’s main medium of work is wearable sculpture and performance. She works in a technique called tufting, making hand-made carpet textile which she transforms into wearable sculptures. The sculpture functions as both a garment that is performed in as well as an independent sculpture. Through this choice of medium Anna is interested in exploring how elements associated with the domestic sphere operate as an extension of the self and reflect on one's heritage and gender role. Her performances reverse this dynamic and exhibit the private domestic carpet as an external masquerade both exposing and hiding fragments of the self.

Anna Perach holds an MFA from Goldsmiths, and a BA in arts from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem. She also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Münster, Germany. Recent selected exhibitions include Identity, Jüdische Gemeinde, Frankfurt (2020); In Stitches, Larsen Warner, Stockholm (2020); Five Hides, Manor Place Walworth, London (2020); Seven Wives, MFA show, Goldsmiths, London (2020); Storia Notturna, Centrale Fies, Italy (2020); Tomorrow: London, White Cube, London, online project (2020); Ridiculous, Elephant West, London (2020); Parade, Broadway Gallery, Letchworth (2019); Plus One, Limbo, Margate Festival, Margate (2019); The Mother Art Prize 2019, Mimosa House, London (2019). In 2021 Anna will have a solo exhibition at Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, IL. Born in Ukraine, she now lives and works in London.