Anastasia Samoylova (born 1984, Moscow; lives in Miami) moves between observational photography, studio practice and installation. Samoylova’s work is not about disaster and catastrophe. She explores and evidence the complex relationship between the nature and human society. Samoylova’s photography plays around the collective memories and the narratives of geography.
Samoylova received her MFA from Bradley University and MA in Environmental Design from the Russian State University for the Humanities. In 2021 Samoylova won the first edition of the KBr Photo Award.
In 2020 she had her first solo museum exhibition of ongoing project FloodZone at USF Contemporary Art Museum (Tampa, USA). Recently, her work was presented at the Biennale for Contemporary Photography in Germany, Perez Art Museum in Miami (USA); Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago (USA); The Print Center (USA); Aperture Foundation in NYC (USA); The Chrysler Museum of Art (USA); History Miami Museum (USA), to name a few. Her work is in private and institutional collections as the Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago, and Art Slant Collection in Paris, among others.
Education
2011
MFA Bradley University.
2007
MA Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
Image Cities. DA2 Domus Artium. Curated by Victoria del Val. Salamanca, Spain.
2024
Image Cities. Museo Ruso de Málaga. Curated by Victoria del Val. Málaga, Spain.
2024
Image Cities. Da2. Curated by Victoria del Val. Salamanca, Spain.
2024
Floridas. Amerika Haus. Curated by Kathrin Schönegg. Munich, Germany.
2024
FloodZone. UMBC Albin O. Curator by Beth Saunders. Kuhn Library Gallery. Baltimore, MD, USA.
2023
Anastasia Samoylova’s photography solo exhibition in Asia. UP Gallery. Hsinchu City, Taiwan.
2023
Image Cities. Sabrina Amrani. Madrid, Spain.
2023
Image Cities. Fundación MAPFRE. Madrid, Spain.
2023
Image Cities. Fundación MAPFRE. Barcelona, Spain.
2023
Floridas. C/O Berlin. Berlin, Germany.
2022
Breakfasts. Images Vevey Festival. Vevey, Switzerland.
2022
Landscape Sublime. Galerie Kandlhofer. Vienna, Austria.
2022
Floodzone. Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize exhibition. The Photographer's Gallery. London, UK.
2022
Floridas. Sabrina Amrani. Madrid, Spain
2022
Floodzone. George Eastman Museum. Rochester, NY, USA.
2022
Floodzone. The Chrysler Museum of Art. Norfolk, VA, USA.
2022
Floridas. Peter Sillem Gallery. Frankfurt, Germany.
2021
Floodzone. The History Miami Museum. Miami, USA.
2021
Floodzone. The Print Center. Philadelphia, USA.
2021
Floodzone. Manezh as part of the Moscow Multimedia Art Museum's Biennale. Moscow, Russia.
2021
Grand Canyons. Musée des Beaux-arts, Le Locle, Szwitzerland.
2021
Coming Waters. Caroline O’Breen Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2021
FloodZone. Sabrina Amrani. Madrid, Spain.
2021
FloodZone, as part of the Florida Prize in Contemporary Art. Orlando Museum of Art, USA.
2021
FloodZone. History Miami Museum. Miami, USA.
2021
FloodZone. The Chrysler Museum of Art. USA
2021
FloodZone. The Print Center, Philadelphia, USA.
2020
FloodZone. Contemporary Art Museum at USF, Tampa, USA.
2021
Coming Waters. Caroline O’Breen Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2021
FloodZone. Sabrina Amrani. Madrid, Spain.
2020
FloodZone.Contemporary Art Museum at USF, Tampa, USA.
2020
FloodZone.The Print Center, Philadelphia, USA.
2020
FloodZone.Caroline O’Breen Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2020
FloodZone.Dot Fiftyone Gallery, Miami, USA.
2020
FloodZone.Florida Prize, Orlando Museum of Art, USA.
2020
FloodZone.Guernsey Photography Festival, UK
2018
FloodZone.ArtCenter South Florida, Miami Beach, USA.
2017
Landscape Sublime. Broward College, Pembroke Pines, USA.
2016
Landscape Sublime. State University of New York Geneseo, USA.
2016
Landscape Sublime. Cincinnati Art Underground, Cincinnati, USA.
2015
Landscape Sublime. Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, USA.
2015
Landscape Sublime. Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, USA.
2015
Landscape Sublime. Ear In The Envelope, Chicago, USA.
2015
Landscape Sublime. Pearce Gallery, Dunlap, USA.
2013
Illinois/One Percent, Works on Paper Gallery, Dayton, USA.
2013
5000 Head.David Erlanson Art Gallery, Decatur, USA.
2013
5000 Head.Contemporary Arts Center, Peoria, USA.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Second Nature: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene. Nasher Museum of Art. NC
Curators: Sarah Montross, Marshall Price
2024
Photo Cities: How Images Shape the Urban World. Victoria and Albert Museum Dundee, UK Curator: Lisa Springer
2024
New Works – Art Collection Deutsche Börse. Curated by Anne-Marie Beckmann. Frankfurt, Germany.
2023
A Long Arc: Photography and the American South. High Museum of Art. Atlanta, USA.
2022
Beyond the Frame. Museum of Contemporary Photography. Chicago, USA.
2022
Walker Evans Revisited. Museum Helmond. Helmond, Netherlands.
2022
Uncanny - Contemporary Southem Photography. Columbus State University. Columbus, USA.
2022
Outside In. Laurence Miller Gallery. New York, USA.
2022
Coming Waters - A. Samoylova / Oasis - M. Litt. Galerie Caroline O'Breen. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2022
America in Crisis. Saatchi Gallery. London, UK.
2021
Florida Prize in Contemporary Art. Orlando Museum of Art. Orlando, USA.
2021
Send Me an Image.C/O Berlin, Germany.
2021
Walker Evans Revisited. Kunksthal Helmond, Netherlands.
2020
Nach uns die Sintflut. Kunsthaus Wien, Vienna, Austria.
2020
Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie. Wilhelm-Hack-Museum & Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany.
2020
Americans Looking In.Center for Book Arts, New York, USA.
2019
On Water. Salisbury University Gallery, USA.
2019
Her Land.Flowers Gallery, London, UK.
2019
Lush Green Tropical Jungle. Dot Fiftyone Gallery, Miami, USA.
2019
Altered States of Consciousness. Oolite Arts, Miami, USA.
2019
Smart as Photography. Zephyr, Mannheim, Germany.
2019
Marilyn Stafford Photo Award exhibition. After Nyne Gallery, London, UK.
2018
Landed. Darkroom Detroit, Detroit, USA.
2018
The Meitar Award Exhibition. Tel Aviv, Israel.
2018
Dialogue. Galerie Andreas Schmidt, Berlin, Germany.
2018
Made in The Studio. Julie Saul Gallery, USA.
2018
Voies Off Awards.Arles, France.
2018
Currents New Media Festival .Santa Fe, USA.
2018
Between a View and a Milestone. ArtCenter South Florida, USA.
2017
Re:Collection. Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, USA.
2017
Belo Horizonte’s International Festival of Photography. Brazil.
2017
Thread Count. Unseen, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2017
Indecisive Moment. Purdue University, USA.
2017
Trompe L’oeil. Galerie Protégé, New York, USA.
2017
Future Isms. Glass Box Gallery, Seattle, USA.
2017
Re/Con. Noise Gallery, Bloomington, USA.
2017
I Am A Woman Hear Me Roar. Wynwood Space, Miami, USA.
2017
Paradise.The Southern gallery, Charleston, USA.
2016
Land Forms. Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, USA.
2016
Loving Earth. Brussels Photo Festival, Brussels, Belgium.
2016
Suwon Photography Festival. Suwon, South Korea.
2016
Represent: 29 Women We Admire. Photoville, Brooklyn, USA.
2016
High Summer. Foley Gallery, New York, USA.
2016
Summer Open. Aperture Foundation, New York, USA. Curated by Charlotte Cotton.
2016
Treading Water. Kilroy Metal Ceiling, Brooklyn, USA. Curated by Ryan Oskin.
2016
The Altered Landscape. Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA. Curated by David F. Heustess.
2016
What Are You Trying To Say?SVA Curatorial Space, New York, USA.
2015
Atmosphere.Eastern Michigan University, Ann Arbor, USA.
2015
The Classical Elements.Kinfolk Gallery, Brooklyn, USA.
2015
Sky. Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, USA. Curated by Paula Tognarelli.
Art Fairs
2022
Spark Art Fair. Sabrina Amrani. Vienna, Austria.
2022
ARCOmadrid. Sabrina Amrani. Madrid, Spain.
2022
ZONA MACO. Sabrina Amrani. Mexico City, Mexico.
2021
Unseen Amsterdam Photo Fair. Galerie Caroline O'breen. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Solo booth
2021
Photo Basel. Galerie Peter Sillem. Basel, Switzerland.
2021
ARCOmadrid. Sabrina Amrani. Madrid, Spain. Solo Project.
2020
Paris Photo New York. New York, USA. Solo booth
Public / Private Art Commissions
2020
Grand Canyons. Museum of Fine Arts, Le Locle, Switzerland.
2020
Wilhelm-Hack-Museum. Six Real Matterhorns, façade banner; Ludwigshafen, Germany.
2019
Miami International Airport. Layovers, site-specific project; Miami, USA.
2018
Mount Sinai Medical Center. Four Seasons, from Landscape Sublime. Miami Beach, USA.
2018
Miami International Airport, installation of photographs from Landscape Sublime project; Miami, USA.
2017
Hyde Midtown Miami, mural, commissioned by Jorge Pérez for The Related Group, Miami, USA.
2017
Américo Renné Gianetti Municipal Park, installation of art billboards from Landscape Sublime project; Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
2017
San Francisco International Airport, SFO Museum, installation of photographs from
2017
Landscape Sublime project, San Francisco, USA.
2017
Smartline Miami, Boca Raton, USA.
2017
Standard Vision, video projection of Landscape Sublime series on a building, Los Angeles, USA.
2015
O’Hare International Airport, Art Museo at Loews Chicago O’Hare, Chicago, USA.
Publications
2023
Anastasia Samoylova: Image Cities. Text by David Campany, Victoria del Val. Hamburg: HATJE CANTZ. ISBN 9783775754804
2022
Floridas. Edited by David Campany. Short Story by Lauren Groff. 1st Edition. ISBN 978-3-96999-007-0
2020
Olda, Danny.Anastasia Samoylova: FloodZone.Art Papers.
2019
FloodZone. Ed. Steidl. 1st Edition. ISBN 978-3-95829-633-6
2019
Campany, David.L ife in Miami on the Knife’s Edge of Climate Change. The New Yorker 2018 Landscape Sublime. Hant Magazin, Germany.
2018
Landscape Sublime. Hant Magazin, Germany
2018
And light followed the flight of sound. One day projects, October Fotomagazin Edition, Germany.
2018
Digital Photo, Hungary.
2018
Fisheye, FR, Oxford American.
2017
Kolaj Magazine, issue #20 ArtPress, France.
2017
Landscape Sublime. monograph. In the In-Between Editions, USA.
2016
FOAM. International Photography Magazine.
2015
Winners Catalog Exposure, The Society of Photographic Education Journal, Cleveland, USA.
2015
The Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Competition Winners Catalogue Exposure, The Society of Photographic Education Journal, Cleveland, USA.
2012
Photography: The Whole Story. Ed. Prestel (New York). Designed and produced by Quintessence. ISBN 978-3-7913-4734-9
Public Collections
Art Collection Deutsche Börse.
Vontobel Art Collection, Switerzland.
Sgabello Collection, The Netherlands.
Boston Consulting Group.
Perez Art Museum Miami, USA.
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, USA
University of Miami Art Collection, Miami, Florida, USA.
ArtSlant Collection. Paris, France.
Miami International Airport.
High Museum of Art in Atlanta, USA.