Anne Bengard (Germany,1988) is a self-taught painter based in Berlin. Influenced by masters such as Caravaggio and Rubensand 90s anime, Bengard transitioned from watercolor to oil painting in 2017, simultaneously beginning large-scale mural work. She studied Performance Design and Practice at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. While in the UK she began working for Torture Garden, the world's largest fetish club. This experience shaped her respectful approach to boundaries, which now underlies her artistic practice. Anne's work explores connection as well as intimacy and fetishisation. At times borderline voyeuristic, her visual language uses polarities to examine social perceptions often creating sensuality and tension. Her work probes the complexities of human desire and psychology, asking questions rather than making statements.