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Anu Ambasna 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 illustrations, 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:
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’m not busy, but I’m not free’ zine, 2021 (self-published)
Stockists:
UK - Institute of Contemporary Arts Bookshop, GOSH! Comics, South London Gallery, Playground Annex (NYC),
Books Peckham, Review, Pages of Hackney, Idle Moments
As part of:
Althea McNish: Colour is Mine - 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
ELCAF Haul - Corporate Fatigue comic, 2021
Flabby Dagger Zine - alright pal? comic, 2015
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
Residencies:
WePresent, 2022 (Instagram)
The White Pube, 2020 (online)
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
Workshops & Talks:
It’s Nice That - Nicer Tuesday’s, 2022
Saffron: 7 Days of Sound - Radio with personality workshop, 2022
The Believer - Friday night comics, 2021
Previous clients:
It’s Nice That, gal-dem, BBC Radio 6 Music, ICA X New Creatives, Glastonbury, Red Bull Music Academy, Moshi Moshi, Rhythm Section International, Daytimers, Astral Black Records, Kush Jones, Fauzia, Stamp The Wax, Equaliser Ldn
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