Anna Voytsekhovich
Exhibiting Artist
Location: Maroubra, NSW
Medium: Watercolour, Graphite, Ink, Scratchboard, Acrylics, Oils
Classes at NatureArt_Lab & Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
Anna holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Ecology, and a PhD in Botany. She is a professional scientist, scientific illustrator, botanical artist and wildlife illustrator. A member of the Botanical Art Society of Australia and Florilegium Society. Her artworks and scientific illustrations are Highly Commended and awarded during various competitions and exhibitions (e.g. Margaret Flockton Awards 2021, Flora: The Art and Science of the Plant 2019, Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2023, etc). Anna currently resides in Maroubra and teaches botanical art and wildlife illustration workshops for the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Apart from that she often travels interstate to teach workshops with NatureArt_Lab (Canberra) and Queensland Museum Kurilpa (Brisbane). She also works on a restoration of critically endangered plant communities in Randwick Council Area as a professional Botanist and Bush Regenerator.
Her preferred media are watercolour, graphite, ink, scratchboard, acrylics and oils.
Anna’s artworks focus mainly on Australian native fungi, plants and animals, especially those that are endemic to the Sydney region or categorised as threatened species. In her illustrations Anna is trying to show usually overlooked connections between different species. She finds her endless inspiration in Nature, but most of all she is interested in symbiotic relationships between all living organisms and their interconnection.
Education
2018 – Drawing Nature, Science and Culture: Natural
History Illustration 101 Course, University of Newcastle (UON), Australia
2012 -PhD in Botany, M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv
2004 – Specialist’s degree in Botany, International Solomon University (ISU), Kyiv, Ukraine
2003 – Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Bioecology, ISU, Kyiv, Ukraine
1995 – School of Arts, Ukrainka, Ukraine
Membership
Randwick Art Society (2017-present)
Botanical Art Society of Australia (2017-present)
Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney (2017-present)
Florilegium Society (2021 – present)
Queensland Wildlife Artists Society (2023-present)
Main Exhibitions
2016 Radical Mycology Convergence Art Gallery Expo – New York, USA (Highly Commended)
2017 International Women’s Day Art Prize – Little Bay, NSW, Australia
2018 Botanical Art Worldwide Exhibition – Kyiv, Ukraine
2018 Botanica: Symbiosis – Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, Australia
2019 Botanica: Celebration, The 20th Anniversary – RBG Sydney, Australia
2019 Flora: The art and Science of the Plant – Chatswood, Sydney, Australia (Highly Commended)
2019 Botanical Art Exhibition – M.M. Hryshko NBG, Kyiv, Ukraine
2019 Disappearing Beauty: World Red Book Plants – Moscow, Russia
2020 Margaret Flockton Award – Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, Australia
2020 Cultivate – Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, Australia
2020 Flora: The Art and Science of the Plant – BASA, Australia (online)
2021 Fungi x Botanica – Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
2021 Margaret Flockton Award – Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney (Highly Commended)
2022 Florilegium Exhibition – Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
2023 Flora: The Art and Science of the Plant – The Holmes Court Gallery, Perth, WA
2023 Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show – Melbourne, VIC (Awarded Best in Show).
2023 On the Edge: Species at Risk – Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
2023 Botanica de Materia Medica – Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
2024 Framing Nature – Maleny, QLD
2025 Resonance: Art as the Voice of Nature – Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT
Fungi of Randwick. Pocket Guide. Randwick City Council, 2024.
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- Phyllodes imperialis (Southern Pink Underwing Moth)
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- Amazing Butterflies (Ornithoptera richmondia and O. croesus)
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- Drechmeria gunnii and The Rain Moth
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- Golden Stag Beetles (Lamprima aurata male and female)
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- Nightwatch (Bush Stone-Curlew – Burhinus grallarius)
