Who we are.
Amanda Camenisch, Artist and co-director of Antropia
Amanda is a London-based artist whose practice focuses on art in the public sphere and its social and political impact, alongside sacred arts and ritual as pathways for healing and transformation. Working with underrepresented communities through long-term, socially engaged processes, her projects culminate in immersive installations, sculptures, films, sound works, and performances that foster exchange and connection between individuals and their environments.
She holds an MA in Art and Cultural Anthropology from SOAS University, has completed various certificates in energy healing practices, and brings over ten years of experience in participatory art. Her current research projects include The Anti-Monument and Devotional Songs as a Way of Governance and Healing. Her methodology combines research-driven inquiry with trauma-informed practices to create collaborative conditions that centre participant experiences, care, and empowerment.
She has delivered participatory projects including Singing Blankets (ACE-funded, with Therese Westin, Hackney Migrant Centre, Jesuit Refugee Services, and Communitas Greece), LYRA (ACE), and a Brent Biennial commission (with Therese Westin), while exhibiting and performing with Metroland Cultures, delivering workshops and lectures at the Museum of the Home, University of Chicago, Central Saint Martins, and Universität der Künste Berlin, and partnering with House of Annetta, SPACE, Archive of Belonging, and Camden Council. Amanda and Therese received the Community Engagement Creative Grant Award in 2021 and 2023.
Lizzy Drury, Artist and co-director of Antropia
Lizzy is an artist and curator based in London. She received an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art in 2017 and BA in Drawing and Applied Arts from the University of the West of England in 2014.
Working at the intersection of art, storytelling, ecology and collaboration, she has exhibited work across the UK and India. From 2017-2022 she was represented by Akara Art gallery in Mumbai.
She creates drawings, films and participatory arts projects. Lizzy has lectured on BA and MA courses at institutions including Royal College of Art, Newcastle University and the University of Northumbria. From 2022 - 2025, she managed the public programme of visual arts at the Swiss Church in London.
Lizzy is also one half of Hot Desque, an artist-curatorial collaboration between herself and fellow Antropia director, Neena Percy. Their work spans site-specific installations, drawing, film, writing, publications and workshops that explore theatricality, deeptime and more-than-human perspectives.
Neena Percy, Artist and co-director of Antropia
Neena is an artist and curator based in London. She holds an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, under the Basil Alkassi Scholarship, and a BA in Fine Art from Slade School of Art, supported by the Painters Stainers Company Scholarship.
From 2022 - 2015, she was Events & Exhibitions Manager at San Mei Gallery in South London. Selected through an open call process, she worked towards 17 exhibitions and 50+ public and private events, supporting emerging artists to deliver their most ambitious projects to date.
Neena set up Hot Desque with Lizzy in 2018. Their projects have taken place at art and “non-art” institutions across the UK such as the CCA Glasgow, Corinium Museum and Theatre Royal Newcastle. They have been the recipient of Arts Council England grants since 2019, including a recent DYCP grant for research into theatre, art and archaeology.
