Anna Korbel is an illustrator, designer, musician and academic based in London.
Focusing on non-figurative drawing, experimental publication design, participatory workshop design and critical theory - her current research explores the inclusive/emancipatory/anti-capitalist potential of the diagrammatic form within drawing and design pedagogy.
Until beginning her ongoing MA (Visual Communication) at the Royal College of Art, Anna worked as a facilitator and assistant at Venture Arts, a studio that supports artists with learning disabilities. She also works freelance as an illustrator/designer within the music industry, charity sector, public sector and community projects.
Ongoing MA Visual Communication Royal College of Art
2024 BA (Hons) Illustration and Graphic Design (1st) Liverpool School of Art and Design
2024 Cass Art Award Liverpool School of Art and Design
2024 Directors Award for Illustration and Graphic Design Liverpool School of Art and Design
2021 UAL Foundation Diploma in Art and Design Manchester School of Art
Exhibitions
March 27th 2026 I Visited TEXTUAL at TATE and Now I Have Archive Fever TATE Britain Archive
May 5th - 11th 2025 I Am Becoming One With Change (Solo) Cass Art Liverpool
May 23rd - 30th 2024 Degree Show Liverpool School of Art and Design
Work
September 2025 - Present Freelance illustration facillitator/assistant at Venture Arts
November 2025 - Present Artistic director of [Colour] Sun (drawing collective)
January 2019 - Present Freelance illustrator
September 2017 - 2021 Swimming teacher
Pedagogy
April 2026 Typology in Action: Diagram, Image and Type as Collective Method Outland Publishing Fair / RCA
March 2026 Bootleg a Whole Book (Visual Deconstruction Workshop) Royal College of Art
November 2026 Weekly Workshops on Non-Figurative Visual Interpretations of Old Texts [Colour] Sun
April 2025 Illustrating Texts from The Portico Library Workshop Venture Arts/Portico Library
March 2025 International Womens Day Card Workshop Venture Arts
Clients
Richmond and Wandsworth Council
Manchester Urban Diggers
Platt Fields Market Garden
Manchester Radical Tradition
Jewish Socialists’ Group
Na’amod
Die Quieter Please
Broadside Hacks Folk Club
Red Deer Club
Brown Wimpenny
Brian and The Mermaid
Strands Hairdressers
The New Future Music Society Club Band
No Cash Value Productions
White Coppice Nursery
BOXCO
The Good Life
Blooms and Dots
Greenhouse Books
Bernie’s shop
Early Years 2 Primary Roma Havers
Bryony Lloyd
Creepy Crawly
Clifford Johnston & Co Solicitors
Cassidys bar