News
Features, exhibitions, awards and press coverage.
August 2026
Mid Magazine
Anya Kalsi: Emerging Perspectives
Mid Magazine features Anya's solo exhibition Emerging Perspectives at The Hive in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, highlighting her exploration of pattern, rhythm and texture across painting, mixed media, drawing and installation.
Read Feature →View exhibition →April 2026
Derwent Art Prize
Young Artist First Prize — Derwent Art Prize 2026
Anya won the Young Artist First Prize for A Glimpse into Echoes of Entanglement. The shortlisted exhibition ran at OXO Gallery, London, from 9–19 April 2026. The prize received more than 5,000 entries from 2,100 artists across 77 countries.
View Award →View artwork →February 2026
Inspirational Youth Awards
Finalist — Arts & Culture Award 2026
Anya was announced as a finalist in the Arts & Culture Award category of the 2026 Inspirational Youth Awards on 16 February 2026.
View Announcement →January–April 2026
Shutter Hub
Selected for Shutter Hub OPEN 2026
Anya's photography was selected for Shutter Hub OPEN 2026 at Art at the ARB, University of Cambridge. The exhibition ran from 19 January to 2 April 2026 and brought together 120 photographers from around the world.
View Exhibition →December 2025
Punch Records
Creative Commission — Community Routes 2026
Emerging Perspectives was selected as one of five creative commissions supported through Punch Records' Community Routes programme, developing the project from studio practice into a public solo exhibition in 2026.
Read Announcement →November–December 2025
Rugby Art Gallery & Museum
Solo Exhibition at Floor One Gallery
Following her Rugby Open 2024 First Prize, Anya presented a solo exhibition in Rugby Art Gallery & Museum's Floor One Gallery from 29 November to 13 December 2025.
View Exhibition →View artwork →October 2025
No Jobs in the Arts
Reflective Creative Journal — Issue 1
Anya's visual essay Exploring Space and Repetition was published in Issue 1 of Reflective Creative Journal, beginning on page 17.
Read Publication →May–June 2025
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Selected for RBSA Drawing Prize 2025
Anya was selected for the RBSA Drawing Prize 2025 exhibition, which ran from 29 May to 28 June 2025.
View Exhibition →March–June 2025
The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
Selected for Coventry Open 2025
Anya's Powdered Earth, Finite Lines works were selected for Coventry Open 2025 at The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum. The exhibition ran from 28 March to 8 June 2025.
View Exhibition →November 2024–February 2025
Rugby Art Gallery & Museum
Rugby Open 24 — First Prize
Anya won First Prize for Echoes of Entanglement. The award included £1,000 and the opportunity to present a solo exhibition at Rugby Art Gallery & Museum's Floor One Gallery.
View Award →View artwork →