Anastasia Samoylova

Anastasia Samoylova is a Russian-born American photographer who moves between observational photography, studio practice, and installation. Her work explores notions of environmentalism, consumerism, and the picturesque. She has recently held exhibitions at Kunst Haus Wien; Chrysler Museum of Art, HistoryMiami Museum; Kunsthalle Mannheim, and Museum of Fine Arts, Le Locle. In 2022 Samoylova was shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize and will present an extensive solo exhibition at the Eastman Museum (Rochester, NY). Her work is in the collections of the Perez Art Museum Miami, the Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago, and the Wilhelm-Hack Museum, among others. Her two monographs, FloodZone and Floridas, were published by Steidl in 2019 and 2022.

Anastasia Samoylova
Anastasia Samoylova, Fountain, 2017. Courtesy of the artist

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