Anna Rotty (she/her), b. 1989
Anna investigates water, light, and infrastructure, informing her understanding of orientation and place. By constructing landscapes and making light a priority, Anna looks to highlight the intangible and emotional aspects of the world. She is currently an MFA candidate and instructor of record in photography at the University of New Mexico on Tiwa land known as Albuquerque.
I search for the feeling of lifting up a rock along the shore to see what world is living underneath.
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IG: @annarotty
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Exhibitions - Awards - Publications
Currently Showing
1415 Gallery/Alpaca, How We Hold the Sun, solo MFA Thesis Exhibition, March 8 - April 5, Albuquerque, NM
University of New Mexico Art Museum, Swimming In It, curated by Maja Ruznic & Joshua Hagler, Albuquerque, NM
Bernalillo Metropolitan Courthouse, 2023 - 2025, Albuquerque, NM
Solo & *Two Person Exhibitions
*Chung 24 Gallery, A Certain Slant of Light, a two-person exhibition with Adrienne Defendi, curated by Arielle Rebek, San Francisco, CA, through January 2023
Strata Gallery Santa Fe, spectrals from a shoreless sea, Santa Fe, NM, 2022
Book & Job Gallery, Poll Work, solo exhibition in collaboration with National Monument Press, San Francisco, CA, 2022
Group Exhibitions/Publications/Talks
2023
Rombach Gallery, University of Arizona Tucson, Land, Body, & Archive, a collaboration with Southwest Photo Collaborative (UNM, ASU, UofA MFA students)
John Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico, Land, Body, & Archive, by Southwest Photo Collaborative
Lenscratch Student Portfolio Prize, 3rd place award winner
University of New Mexico Art Museum, Hindsight/Insight 2.0: As Far As the Eye Can See, group exhibition, contributing artist and Collective Constructs curatorial member
Sanitary Tortilla Factory, Connective Tissue, curated by Christian Waguespack
Fraction Media, 15th Anniversary Issue
Another Earth, What Makes a Lake, publication
Texas Tech University SRO Photo Gallery, Photographic Practices Today: MFA Perspectives
UNM Art Museum, Some things you’ll know already, a performative lecture on family archive & the museum,
Society of Photographic Educators, Annual National Conference, Reorienting our environments
Southwest Contemporary Vol. 7, Water in the West, curated by Lucy Lippard, artist feature
Artefacta Conference, University of Turku, Finland, Learning with materials, invited speaker
Form & Concept, Under a rock, Along the shore, through 1/28/23, Santa Fe, NM
2022
Harwood 6th St Studio, re(pair), 12/2/22 - 12/15/22, Albuquerque, NM
Kinship Photography Collective - Finding Solace in Nostalgia - a conversation with Anna Rotty & Kinship Photo
Strata Gallery Santa Fe - Member’s Group Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
Poll Work, Book published by National Monument Press, order here
Analog Forever Magazine, Through Many Dangers, curated by Heather Snider
Fraction Media Magazine, 14th Anniversary Issue Show
Frankenthaler Climate Art Awards, Helen Frankenthaler Foundation & Asia Society, Shortlist Finalist
University of New Mexico Art Museum, Not Yet, and Yet, Graduate Art Association Juried Show
Daily Lobo, UNM Photo Student Draws From Environment, Memory, by Megan Gleason
Foto Forum Santa Fe, Member’s Exhibition
Mozaik Philanthropy, Future Art Awards Special Mention Recipient
Strata Gallery, Against the Grain, Director’s Choice, Santa Fe, NM
2021
Humble Arts Foundation, Under the Sun and the Moon
Art Annex, University of New Mexico, Out of Sight
Aint Bad, What We Found - Between the Threshold, Beauty & Resistance
Art History Babes Podcast, Virtual Realism - in conversation with AHBabes, Zach Clark & Connor Czora
John Sommers Gallery, At First Sight, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Aint Bad Issue no. 15, July
Six Feet Photography, Anatomy of a Home, Group Exhibition
Collector’s Photography Gallery, Corte Madera, CA
The Racket, Journal Issue #50
Revolve Gallery, Boundaries, Curated by Six Feet Photography Project, Asheville, NC
Root Division, Spell of the Senses, San Francisco, CA
The Image Flow, 5th Annual Alternative Process Exhibit, Mill Valley, CA
2020
PhotoAlliance, Bay Area Current(ly), Interview Invitee, San Francisco, CA
KALW, radio story collaboration with Angela Johnston, Election Official Portraits
Museo Eduardo Carrillo, Slow Build - in collaboration with Borderline Collective, Santa Cruz, CA
Click Photo Fest, Six Feet Exhibition, North Carolina
Six Feet Photography, Nostalgia - Curated and Collective Show
All She Makes, I Was Here, Group Exhibition
Don’t Take Pictures, Baldwin Photographic Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Photograms Exhibit
Kala Art Institute, Response, Berkeley, CA
Denis Roussel Award 2020, Rfotofolio Outstanding Work Achievement
PhotoPlace Gallery, Landscape, curated by Ann Jastrab, Middlebury, VT
The Racket, Quarantine Journal 17, July
The Curated Fridge, Little Wins, curated by Bree Lamb
Stay Home Gallery, Everything is Different Now, Group Show, Paris, TN
Six Feet Photography - Featured Project, Collapsing the Distance Between Us
Synthetic Meatball, Interview
Stay Home Gallery, To You, Online
Dream Farm Commons, Mail Art Show
Incline Gallery, 9th Anniversary Show, in collaboration with Analog Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 & Earlier
The Laundry, Beyond the Ripples - Reimagine End Of Life, San Francisco, CA
Bay Area Video Coalition, Ritual Room - Reimagine End Of Life, San Francisco, CA
Blackbird, Breach, Solo Show, San Francisco, CA
The LabSF, Call and Response, San Francisco, CA
Flowers Gallery, Phosphene, Solo Show, Oakland, CA
Code and Canvas, Gallery of Broken Hearts, San Francisco, CA
Flowers Gallery, RONG, Group Show, Oakland, CA
Student Union Art Gallery, AFTERPARTY, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
Makers Circle, Artist in Residence, Marshall, NC
Group Study, About Distance - Published Interview with Group Study
1090 Gallery, Dreams, San Francisco, CA
Student Union Art Gallery, Work Around, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA
Light Leaked, Shift, Online Photography Magazine
Strange Fire Collective & Photographic Center Northwest, Call & Response - Art As Resistance, Group Exhibit, Seattle, WA
Incline Gallery, 7th Annual Anniversary Show, San Francisco, CA, December 2017
Woods Outbound, Solo Show, San Francisco, CA, December 2017
Incline Gallery, Reflections, San Francisco, CA, October/November 2017
Friend of the Artist, Fall 2017 Publication, published October 2017
SF Camerawork, Circus, San Francisco, CA, July/August 2017
Something Worth Revising Zine, Issue 4: The Resistance, published July 2017
Madrigal Family Winery tasting room, E-Motion, Group Exhibition, Sausalito, CA, May/June 2017
Strange Fire Collective & The Center for Fine Art Photography, Call & Response - Art As Resistance, Group Exhibition, March 2017
Omi Gallery - Impact Hub, Nasty Women Exhibition, Group Exhibition Fundraiser, Oakland, CA, April 2017
Plus One Resident Artist Exhibit, Solo Show - Recent Works, San Francisco, CA, February 2017
One + One + Two Artist Collective, + ONE Resident Artist in Residence, San Francisco, CA, January 2017
Branner Spangenberg Gallery, Selected Group Exhibition, Redwood City, CA, January 2017
HumbleArts Foundation, Future Isms: The Expiring Present, group show 51, December 2016
Fourteen Hills: the SFSU Review, Literary Journal Issue 23.1 publication, Fall 2016
Artist's Collective in the West End Village, Dreamers, Group Exhibition, San Rafael, CA, November/December, 2016
Branner Spangenberg Gallery, Politics (Not) As Usual, Group Exhibition, Redwood City, CA, October/November 2016
Juxtapoz Magazine, Featured Artist Online, June 2016
EM Wolfman Gallery & Bookstore, Inner Cities, Group Exhibition, Oakland, CA, May 2016
Stanza, Subject to Change, Solo Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, August 2015
PhotoPlace Gallery, Family Matters, Online Exhibit curated by Ann Jastrab, July 2015
The Former Gallery, Sacred Artifacts: Work by Anna Rotty & Luke Egan, West Stockbridge, MA, May 2013
Wauregan Building, Holyoke Points of View, Holyoke, MA, April 2013
South Shore Art Center, Photography NOW, Juried Exhibition, Cohasset, MA, April 2013
The Former Gallery, Something Old & Something New, Group Exhibition, West Stockbridge, MA, December 2012
Dacia Gallery, Art Show on Broadway, Group Exhibition, New York, NY, November 2012
Valley Art Share, Soundtrack to an Eclipse, Online Exhibition, June 2012
Freedom Trails Gallery, Crossing Boundaries, Amherst, MA, February 2012
Caelum Gallery, School’s Out, Group Exhibition, New York, NY, May 2011
Student Union Art Gallery, Revelations, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Amherst, MA, May 2011
Hampden Gallery, Spineless, Group Exhibition, Amherst, MA, May 2011
Herter Gallery, Junior/Senior juried Group Art Exhibition, Awarded Honorable Mention, Amherst, MA, May 2011
UMass Arts Council Grant, 2011
Derb Photography Exhibition, Florence, Italy, April 2010
South Shore Art Center
National Foundation of Advancement in the Arts, Merit Award for Photography, 2007
Lesley College Book Award, 2007
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Education
University of New Mexico, MFA Photo Candidate, anticipated 2024
University of Massachusetts Amherst, BFA Studio Art, 2011