About

Close up of roughly textured surface of a painting

Reflexions, echoes, reverberating back and back to infinity: I have discovered the pleasure of having a long past behind me ... a background to the diaphanous present; a background that gives its colour and its light, just as rocks or sand show through the shifting brilliance of the sea.
- Simone de Beauvoir

Dorian is the professional name of Australian artist and writer Anna Mandoki. Anna has completed a Painting Techniques course at the Victorian College of the Arts, and has a Diploma in Professional Writing & Editing from RMIT Melbourne. She has previously lived in London and Budapest, and now lives and creates on Wurundjeri woi wurrung country in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia.

A constant theme in Anna's work is the experience of migration and ideas of home. Her multi-layered paintings incorporate textures of soil, photographs, sand and paint to create emotionally expressive works evoking echoes of place, memory and time.

For information about Anna's writing and books, please visit her dedicated website: annamandokiwords.com.

Photograph of artist Dorian (Anna Mandoki), standing in front of two large paintings.

Painting of a woman's head and shoulders against a colourful, textured background. The woman faces slightly to the right. Her right hand is lifted to her head. She is wearing a green jumper.

Painting Awards

2024 Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award - Longlisted

2023 Bluethumb Art Prize - Finalist

2022 Percival Portrait Painting Prize - Finalist

2022 Southern Buoy Studios Portrait Prize - Finalist