Anna Boros

Born 1958, Sydney
Bachelor of Electronic Arts
Graduation show: 2004
Graduation ceremony: 2005


Artwork in Space YZ

Kitty Kitty, 2006
Pastel on canvas
120 x 100 cm


Using astrological, metaphysical and Masonic symbols, Kitty Kitty is a visual narrative about intuition.

The process of this work involved the use of Tarot cards. I used my intuition, using the cards which are made for the application of intuition. I would draw a card and interpret each instruction, step by step. The question I used for the work in the Tarot was 'Please show me step by step an interpretation for the intuition'. This is how this work was progressively built, and how Kitty Kitty materialised.

Visit Anna Boros’ website here.

Making of Kitty Kitty, 2006

The Beauty Myth is a performance artwork that I created in 2003. Photographed by Craig Lewin, The Beauty Myth saw me precariously pose by the murky banks of the university swamp, surrounded by mosquitoes, scratching welts and cursing in discomfort between shots.

This work responds to the exploitation of women in society. The standards of beauty in our culture are both misleading and misguiding to a potentially healthy female with positive self-image. I was caught up in this trap years ago, and to my detriment I had discovered the harm of poisonous and chemical body-shaping myself.

The Good Ol' Days 

The crazy things we all did! 

The parties and the music. My singing performances helped light up Z block. Teachers just wanted us to be happy and express ourselves. Sometimes I would buy a bucket of ice cream and cones when Z block would get really hot in the summer and got the workers (like myself) to help themselves. 

Some students did self-mutilation performances to a point where we were fascinated by such performances that were given by some terribly depressed students (everyone’s all grown up now I imagine!).

There were teachers who were like surrogate mothers and fathers. They were great and guided us through incredibly trying hard work times. Also, the bad times when some teachers were not really reliable to teach effectively and kindly. Some should have been tossed.  

Then, of course, the dangers of not using proper tools. Blades coming off drill pieces and flying through the air. Being told off by the teacher. The strikes and the causes, the cries from the students, “Let them eat cake!”(derived from Marie Antoinette, when the peasants did not have enough to eat). Crazy times!

I also studied Electronic Arts and made some work on video at a time before digital technologies were what they are now. Hell! We were only just learning how we could work on those clunky PCs back then. 

How far I have come. Besides being a capable and dedicated artist, I’m also having fun being the occasional gamer, using a gaming laptop. For me, it’s amusing, but we never know where we will end up. I’m 62 now and I occasionally help out some Instagrammers to build sophisticated builds in Minecraft. Wow! This is the life!

This exhibition, Space YZ, has helped me relive some of the best times I have ever had in my life. Thank you.