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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 

The play of daylight on a decaying plaster wall. A line carved through space by an outflung arm. The planes and folds of a face, expression revealed in the shadows, the lines of a life fully lived. Inspiration is in all of these. Creation is the struggle to capture light, line and life with words or with paint. 

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

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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. 

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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

2023   Bluethumb Art Prize - Finalist

2022   Percival Portrait Painting Prize - Finalist

2022   Southern Buoy Studios Portrait Prize - Finalist

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