Anastasia Samoylova (b. 1984, Moscow; lives in Miami) moves between observational photography, studio practice and installation. In 2020 she had her first solo museum exhibition of ongoing project FloodZone at USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa. With over 80 photographs, the book of the project was published by Steidl in 2019.

Samoylova was awarded a number of grants for FloodZone, including the South Arts Fellowship and Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography. In 2020 her work will be presented at the Kunsthaus Wien, as well as Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, and Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany, as part of the Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie. Her other recent exhibitions include Perez Art Museum, Miami; Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago, Purdue University, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Griffin Museum of Photography, Julie Saul Gallery, New York; Aperture Foundation, New York; as well as numerous festivals in Brazil, Belgium, France, Spain, Israel, Netherlands, China, and South Korea. Samoylova has published with The New Yorker, Smithsonian Magazine, FOAM, Wired, Art Press, and others. She has lectured as an invited artist at George Eastman Museum, Paris Photo, SVA New York, among others. Her work is in the collections at the Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago, and Art Slant Collection in Paris.

Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2022

FloodZone, Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY
FloodZone, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Floridas, Coral Gables Museum, Miami, FL
Floridas, Galerie—Peter—Sillem, Frankfurt/Main
Floridas, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid

2021
Flood Zone, History Miami Museum, FL, USA
Flood Zone, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
Grand Canyon, Museée des beaux-arts, Le Locle, Switzerland
Floridas, Paris Photo, Paris
FloodZone, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Coming Waters, GAlerie Caroline O'Breen, Amsterdam, NL
Flood Zone, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid, ES

2018
FloodZone, ArtCenter South Florida, Miami Beach, FL 

2017
Landscape Sublime, Broward College, Pembroke Pines, FL

2016
Landscape Sublime, State University of New York Geneseo, NY 
Landscape Sublime, Cincinnati Art Underground, Cincinnati, OH

2015
Landscape Sublime, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI 
Landscape Sublime, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Landscape Sublime, Ear In The Envelope, Chicago, IL


Group Exhibitions (Selection)

2020
Nach uns die Sintflut, Kunsthaus Wien, Vienna, Austria
Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum & Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany

2019
On Water, Salisbury University Gallery, MD
Her Land, Flowers Gallery, London, UK
Lush Green Tropical Jungle. Dot Fiftyone Gallery, Miami, FL 
Americans Looking In, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY 
Altered States of Consciousness, Oolite Arts, Miami, FL 
Smart as Photography, Zephyr, Mannheim, Germany
Marilyn Stafford Photo Award exhibition, After Nyne Gallery, London, UK 

2018
Landed. Darkroom Detroit, Detroit, MI
The Meitar Award Exhibition. Tel Aviv, Israel 
Dialogue. Galerie Andreas Schmidt, Berlin, Germany
Made in The Studio, Julie Saul Gallery, NY 
Voies Off Awards, Arles, FR
Currents New Media Festival 2018, Santa Fe, NM
Between a View and a Milestone, ArtCenter South Florida, FL

2017
Re:Collection, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL Belo Horizonte’s International Festival of Photography, Brazil 
Thread Count, Unseen, Amsterdam, NE
Indecisive Moment, Purdue University, IN Trompe L’oeil, Galerie Protégé, New York, NY 
Future Isms, Glass Box Gallery, Seattle, WA 
Re/Con, Noise Gallery, Bloomington, IN
I Am A Woman Hear Me Roar, Wynwood Space, Miami, FL 
Paradise, The Southern gallery, Charleston, SC

2016
Land Forms, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY 
Loving Earth, Brussels Photo Festival, Brussels, Belgium 
Suwon Photography Festival, Suwon, South Korea Represent: 29 Women We Admire, Photoville, Brooklyn, NY High Summer, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Open, Aperture Foundation, curated by Charlotte Cotton, New York, NY 
Treading Water, curated by Ryan Oskin, Kilroy Metal Ceiling, Brooklyn, NY
The Altered Landscape, curated by David F. Heustess, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
What Are You Trying To Say? SVA Curatorial Space, New York, NY 

2015
Atmosphere. Eastern Michigan University, Ann Arbor, MI
The Classical Elements. Kinfolk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Context 2015. Juror: Michal Raz-Russo, Curator/Art Institute of Chicago. Filter Photo Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sky. Curator: Paula Tognarelli. Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Los Angeles Art Association Open Show. Juror: Susan Cross, Curator/MASS MoCA. Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA 


Permanent Collections

Wilhelm-Hack-Museum; Ludwigshafen, Germany
Perez Art Museum Miami, FL
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL 
University of Miami Art Collection, Miami, FL 
ArtSlant Collection, Paris, France

Artist Residencies

2019
Oolite Arts, Miami, FL

2018
Art Center South Florida, FL

2017
The Studios at Mass MoCA, MA

2016
Fountainhead Studios, Miami, FL

2015
Latitude Chicago, Chicago, IL

2014
Prairie Center for the Arts, Peoria, IL

Academic Appointments

2015- 2016
Assistant Professor of Photography, Head of Photography Department, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, MA

2012-2015
Associate Professor of Art, Head of Photography Department, Illinois Central College, IL

Education

MFA Bradley University, 2011

MA Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, 2007