About Anna Mikuskova

Anna Mikušková Anna Mikušková grew up in the Czech Republic and now splits her time between Czech Republic and Alaska. She received an MA in English language and literature from Masaryk University in the Czech Republic and an MFA in Photography and Related Media from the Rochester Institute of Technology in NY. For six years, she apprenticed silver gelatin printing with master printer Paul Caponigro. Before turning to visual art, Mikušková worked in the field of human rights focusing on services for immigrants and refugees. Her work frequently turns to themes of home, belonging, and the relationships we form with the environments we inhabit.

Her photographs and artist books have been exhibited nationally and internationally including the Griffin Museum of Photography in Massachusetts and the Anchorage Museum in Alaska. Her work is held in private and public collections in the United States and in the Czech Republic including the Wallace Library of the Rochester Institute of Technology and the Art Gallery of the University of New England. In 2022, she was included in the 2022 Silver List.

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End frame: L’Éclipse by Eugène Atget

Northern Exposure