Anna Skladmann
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Anna Skladmann (b. 1986, Bremen) works at the intersection of photography and scanning technologies to examine the tension between nature and society, cultivation and the machine. Through both documentary and conceptual approaches, her practice explores psychological states and processes of self-alchemy, with a particular focus on female myths embedded in nature. By questioning the origins of photography, she reinterprets its earliest principles within the digital sphere, reconstructing scanners to record nature in a process inspired by the first cyanotype photographs. She captures flowers, leaves, buds, fruits and juxtaposes them against different natural light varying throughout the time of the day and weather conditions. Slow scans are used to
create ultra-detailed high-resolution images embracing the technology's faults such as digital glitches. Stories leave microscopic traces through the life cycles of plants and people.
Skladmann received her MA from the Royal College of Art and her BA
from Parsons School of Design. Her photographic projects have been
shown in exhibitions and festivals, including the Maison Européenne de
la Photographie in Paris, The Garden Museum, London, Fotofest
International in Houston, Unseen Photo Fair in Amsterdam and the
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg.
Permanent Collections include The Maramotti Collection, The Museum Of Fine Arts Houston, The Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Stiftung für die Hamburger Kunstsammlung, The Pinault Collection and Dom Museum Wien.
Awards
-2019 Nomination for Prix Pictet "Hope"
- 2013 Nomination for Paul Huf Award
- 2012 Nomination for Prix Pictet "Power"
- 2010 Arles Photo Folio Review
- 2009 PDN's 30 2010
- 2008 NY Photo Festival, Personal Fine Art Series
- 2007 Honorable Mentioning DataColor Scholarship
Collections
The Maramotti Collection, The Museum Of Fine Arts Houston, The Moscow Museum of Modern Art , Stiftung für die Hamburger Kunstsammlung, The Pinault Collection and Dom Museum, Wien.
Residencies
2026
Xenia Retreat, North Hampshire
2018
-Villa Lena, Tuscany
Talks
2021
Paradise Is Not Just A Place Talk, Roman Road, London
2019
“Digital Society, Open Society?”, Austrian Ambassadors Residence, London
“The Man With The Midas Touch”, Garden Museum, London
2018
“Artist Talk Series”, Soho House, London
“The Man With The Midas Touch”, Whiteleys Skyroof Gallery, London
“The Garden Of Eden: An Exploration of Female Agency, Nature and Materiality”,Whiteleys Skyroof Gallery, London
Commissions
2023
‘Rising Magnolia’, A Diptych commissioned by Flint Interior Design for Rockwell Property
2018
-’Ophelia’, commissioned piece for an evening of Russian Culture and Society at Grosvenor Chapel, London 2018
-’Vitrine at NCGM’ - A temporary installation on the building facade of the Flower Market at New Covent Garden Market commissioned for Art Night 2018
Exhibitions
Solo Shows
2020
“In Bloom”, Artsy & Lumitrix, 2020
2019
-”YVA”, Schlueterstrasse 45, Berlin
- “The Man With The Midas Touch - A Botanical Index Of Narcissus”, The Garden Museum, London
2013
- “A Memory Of A Ceremony”, The Vinyl Factory, London
- "1991", Zurab Tsereteli's Art Gallery, Moscow
- "Little Adults", State History Museum, Chelyabinsk
- "Little Adults", History Museum, Ekaterinburg
2012
- "Little Adults", Museum Of Modern Art, Moscow
- "1991 - Generation Putin", Upper Orange Gallery, Berlin
2011
- "Gypsy Queens", GYPSI, Moscow
2010
- "Mali Dospeli", Ministry Of Culture, Bratislava
- "Little Adults", Galerie Volchkova, Paris
- "Twins For Peace", Studio K.O., Paris
Clients:
New York Times Magazine, Bloomberg Business Week Magazine, Sunday Times Magazine, Der Spiegel, Focus Magazine, Marie Claire US, Vice Magazine, Wall Street Journal, United Colors of Benetton, The Kooples, Vogue US, Flaneur Magazine.
Group Shows
2026
‘Yellow’, Lea Bischofberger Gallery, Zurich
2024
‘Permission To Touch?’, The Dot Project, London
2023
‘In The Pink’, Parlour, London
2022
‘Arm & Reich’, Dom Museum, Wien
‘Mystical Nature’, Roman Road, London
‘Breaking Bread’, Broadway Studio Gallery, Letchworth
‘Two Sisters’, Roman Road, London
‘If These Walls Could Talk’, Parlour, London
2021
‘Paradise Is Not Just A Place’, Roman Road, London
2020
Naturalism, Presenza, London
‘Fight or Flight?’, The Columbia, London
2019
‘The Role of A Flower’, Ostudio, New York
‘The Crossover’, Candid Arts, London
‘Rewind/Rewild’, Omved Gardens, London
2018
-“Abstract Reality”, Saatchi Gallery, London
-“PLAY”, Arcade Project, London
-“Capitalist Realism: Future Perfect”, Thessaloniki Museum Of Photography, Thessaloniki
-“Childhood”, Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej, Torun
- "Natur Blick", The Koppel Project Hive, London
- "Adventitious Encounters", Whiteleys Skyroof Gallery, London
2017
- "Ripe", Kingsgate Art Project, London
- "Luxus!?, Kunstverein Pforzheim, Pforzheim
- "Graduate Exhibition", Royal College of Art, London
2016
- “WIP”, Royal College of Art, London
2013
- “Emerging”, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles
- “1% Priviledge In A Time Of Global Inequality”, Lagos
- “1% Priviledge In A Time Of Global Inequality”, Pingyao
- “Rich Pickerings”, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
2014
- “The Ekistics and Ikebana Observatory”, London
2013
- “Small is Beautiful”, Pobeda Gallery, Amsterdam Unseen Fair
- “Small Is Beautiful”, Pobeda Gallery, Moscow
- "Photo Art Fair", Victoria House, London
2012
- "Der Klare Blick", Pop/Off Gallery, Berlin
- "I am Who I am", Kunst im Tunnel, Duesseldorf
- "Facing Youth", Encontros da Imagem 2012, Braga
- "Contemporary Russian Photography", FotoFest 2012 Biennial, Houston
2011
- "Gang Of Berlin Show No.1", Upper Orange Gallery, Berlin
- "Lucky. Das Kind als Motiv in zeitgenössischer Fotografie“ - Städtische Galerie Fürth, Fürth
- "Gute Aussichten“ - 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art in 2011 by the Austrian Cultural Forum in Moscow, Moscow
- "Circulation(s) - Festival de la Jeune Photographie Européenne", Parc de Bagatelle, Paris
2010
- "APT MOCKBA, 14th International Art Fair, Central House Of Artist, Moscow
- "PDN Emerging Thirty", Clark | Oshkin Gallery, Los Angeles
2009
- "Let's Go Home", S-Kai, Hamburg
- "Nymphoto", Sascha Wolf Gallery, NYC
- "New Visionaires 2008", The New York Photo Festival, New York
2008
- "BFA Photography Show", Calumet Gallery, NYC