Anne Bengard photographed by Anthony Kurtz in Berlin, Germany
Anne Bengard is a Berlin based visual artist specializing in figurative realism and portraiture. Influenced by both manga art and old master paintings, her style often consists of a saturated, high contrast color palettes and visual language which explore themes around intimacy, connection and fetishization. Working in London’s colorful and extravagant fetish club scene since her late teens, fetish club etiquette formed her ethos, emphasizing the importance of consent and respect. This is the basis on which her work is formed. After working primarily in watercolors for many years, she shifted her focus to murals and urban art as ...