Anna Korbel (b.2002) is an illustrator, designer, musician and educator based in London.
Focusing on non-figurative drawing, publication design, printmaking, participatory workshops and critical theory – her research explores the inclusive, emancipatory potential of experimental drawing and design pedagogy. She recently received her MA in Visual Communication from the Royal College of Art, having previously completed her undergraduate studies in Graphic Design and Illustration at Liverpool John Moores University.
Alongside her academic practice, Anna works as a freelance illustrator and creative facilitator for organisations such as Venture Arts, Richmond and Wandsworth Council, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Broadside Hacks Folk Club.
2026 Varley Memorial Award Royal College of Art
2026 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
July 2nd - 5th 2026 RCA2026 Festival of Communication Royal College of Art
March 27th 2026 I Visited TEXTUAL at TATE and Now I Have Archive Fever TATE Britain
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 - 2026 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
London Philharmonic Orchestra
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