ABOUT

Anna Szvák has been living in The Hague for 7 years, where in 2020, she launched her ceramic studio called Szvaka Studio.

Previously, she completed her studies in cultural anthropology and literature and studied documentary filmmaking and interior design. For the past 10 years, clay has been the primary medium of her creative work.

" I don’t use the clay, we work together.

As I shape it, it shapes me.

I think we are a good influence on each other."

She has been involved in ceramics since her childhood and has further developed her skills in various institutions, including the training school for the Hungarian University of Fine Arts and the 'De VAK' art centre in Delft. In addition to ceramics, she also draws, paints, and illustrates. She finished the Orientation Course of the Royal Academy of Art (Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten) 2023/24 in the Hague.

Her main focus of interest is observing societal patterns, with a particular emphasis on changes in women's roles and the transformations of the female body, not only from an aesthetic standpoint but also from a socio-cultural perspective. She researches how we use our bodies as tools for social interaction, self-expression, and achieving an external-internal balance.