Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art
 

Anya Paintsil

Gallery installation view of three mixed-media textile portraits by Anya Paintsil, each depicting figures with sculptural black woollen hair, oversized fabric hands and exaggerated features, hung across a white wall.
Anya Paintsil, 2026

Eoin Carey
A large mixed-media textile portrait of a seated figure with voluptuous woollen black hair, patterned fabric birds with sharp beaks nesting in the hair, and oversized stitched hands and feet against a patchwork beige and pink ground.
Anya Paintsil, 2026

Eoin Carey
A mixed-media textile portrait of a reclining figure with long braided black hair and a mane of unravelled brown yarn, surrounded by dark red fruit-like appliqué shapes with trailing green stems, hung above a radiator.
Anya Paintsil, 2026

Eoin Carey
Close-up detail of a mixed-media textile portrait showing a face with a fierce expression, teary glass-bead eyes, and patterned fabric hummingbirds with sharp fangs and trailing red thread nesting in voluminous black woollen hair.
Anya Paintsil, 2026

Eoin Carey
A mixed-media textile portrait of a figure with sculptural black woollen afro puffs studded with pink beads, oversized stitched hands raised beside the face, and knitted pink flowers, set against a mustard-yellow ground.
Anya Paintsil, 2026

Eoin Carey

Projects

  • Programme
    Anya Paintsil
    The delight of walking alone
    Burns Street Studios 15 Burns Street G4 9SA
    Gallery installation view of three mixed-media textile portraits by Anya Paintsil, each depicting figures with sculptural black woollen hair, oversized fabric hands and exaggerated features, hung across a white wall.