Anna Jochymek is a Polish-born, London-based artist, ethnographer, and researcher working at the intersection of visual arts, social anthropology, and public engagement. Anna Jochymek is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the School of Social Sciences and Professions, Centre for Global Diversities and Inequalities at Metropolitan University London, working as an ethnographer in a pioneering interdisciplinary study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.

Watermans’ mission is to bring communities together through cultural practice and to enrich lives through the arts and creativity. It presents a programme of international outdoor performance at Bell Square London from May to November, including in 2025 the Theatre is Freedom | Teatr to Wolność festival as part of the UK/Poland Season and delivers an extensive programme of participative arts activities in the community, where it is also lead partner for Creative People and Places Hounslow. It is also a partner in the EU funded project Artcast4D, an innovative pan-European project that combines art and immersive technology to enable people to interact with culture.