CV
Anu Ambasna (she/they) is a London born Artist, DJ and Broadcaster. Anu’s self-taught artistic practice focuses on building worlds through her intricate hand drawn comics and publications, which act as a diary of sorts. She takes inspiration from the mundane and often difficult aspects of life, with humour centered in everything she creates. The protagonists of Anu’s comics and illustrations are sometimes strange to the eye and often center paunchy brown bodies, with themes of family, identity, music and club culture filtering through.
Exhibitions etc:
‘Mystery Prize’ animation - screened at Rally Festival, Southwark Park, 2024
I wanna see all my friends at once - Satellite Store, May 2023 (solo)
Indernet - Kunsthaus Rhenania, Cologne, 2022 (group)
Radical Love - The Crypt Gallery, London, 2017 (group)
gal dem x BBZ takeover - The V&A, London, 2016 (group)
who is snax - The Peckham Pelican, London, 2016 (solo)
Publications:
‘I am so busy’ zine - 2024 (PageMasters)
‘New Shoes’ zine - 2024 (self-published)
‘DJ School’ comic - 2023 (kûs! comics)
‘I’m not busy, but I’m not free’ zine - 2021 (self-published)
‘Corporate Fatigue’ comic - 2021 (As part of ELCAF Haul)
‘alright pal?’ comic - 2015 (Flabby Dagger Zine)
Stockists:
Current: Institute of Contemporary Arts Bookshop
Past: GOSH! Comics, South London Gallery, Playground Annex (NYC), Books Peckham, Review, Pages of Hackney, Idle Moments
Publications included in:
Althea McNish: Colour is Mine at William Morris Gallery / TourDeMoon’s Moon Convoy: zine library - 10 locations, UK / Creative Debuts x Adidas presents: International Women’s Month - Adidas Flagship Store, London / Nicholas Daley’s Pop-up store, London
Residencies:
Kûs! comics, February 2023 (Latvia)
The White Pube, 2020 (online)
Workshops & Talks:
Making Comics Workshops - 2022 - 2023, Institute of Contemporary Arts
Tate Modern Lates: Art Chats - Graphic Novels Now - 2023, Tate Moderns
Young New Contempories: Comic Workshop 2023
In Conversation with Yaeji - 2023, Institute of Contemporary Arts
V&A Friday Lates: Comic Workshop - 2023, V&A Museum
It’s Nice That - Nicer Tuesday’s, 2022 Talk
Saffron: 7 Days of Sound - Radio with personality workshop, 2022
The Believer - Friday night comics, 2021 (workshop)
Previous clients:
RALLY Festival, GALA Festival, It’s Nice That, gal-dem, WePresent, BBC Radio 6 Music, ICA X New Creatives, Glastonbury Festival, Red Bull Music Academy, Moshi Moshi, Rhythm Section International, Daytimers, Astral Black Records, Scenic Route, Stamp The Wax, Equaliser Ldn
Radio:
Soup to Nuts on NTS Radio - 2021 to present
NTS Radio - 2017 to 2021
BBC Asian Network Residency - 2019 to 2020
Balamii Radio - 2015 to 2017
Radar Radio - 2015
Awards:
DJ Mag’s Best of British Awards 2022 - Best Radio Show - Soup to Nuts - Winner
DJ Mag’s Best of British Awards 2021 - Best Radio Show - Anu on NTS - Nominated
Press:
Creative Review, It's Nice That, Dazed & Confused, Elephant Magazine, DJ Mag, Eye on Design Magazine, It’s Nice That, Hyponik, Vice x Vans Class of 2018