Anna Rotty
Albuquerque, NM
Oasis (for Emma)
hand-built wooden frame, photograph on transparency film, acrylic
11" x 9" x 1"
2022
$550
About
Anna Rotty lives on Tiwa Pueblo land in Albuquerque where she is an MFA candidate and instructor of photography at the University of NM. Anna investigates water, light and infrastructure, informing her understanding of orientation and place. Her work was recently shortlisted for the Frankenthaler Climate Art Award and she has been published by Southwest Contemporary, Humble Arts Foundation, and Lenscratch, where she earned 3rd place in the Student Portfolio Prize. Anna recently exhibited her first solo show in NM at Strata Gallery Santa Fe and has participated in group exhibitions at Form & Concept, the University of NM Art Museum, San Francisco Camerawork, Incline Gallery, and Book & Job Gallery in San Francisco.
Artist Statement
A frame juts out cantilevered from the wall above the height of our heads, light reflects through and casts a projection on the wall, allowing us to look up from beneath the surface of reflecting water. Last summer, the Rio Grande dried up in Albuquerque for the first time since the 1980s. I think about what a river is without water. I think about the forms images take and how they change with their environment. I want the light and ephemerality to be an essential aspect to my work, not just in the making of a photographic print, but in the presentation of the work within space.
