Anna Shteynshleyger

Pears and Calculator, 2007. Archival inkjet print, 23 x 30 inches. Courtesy the artist

BIOGRAPHY
Born: Moscow, Russia, 1977

Resides: Chicago, Illinois

Education: Yale University School of Art (M.F.A., 2001); Maryland Institute College of Art (B.A., 1999)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2010

The Renaisance Society at The University of Chicago.

Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv.

2005

"Siberia," Moti Hasson Gallery, New York. Catalogue.

2004

"12 x 12: Anna Shteynshleyger," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

2001

"MFA Thesis Exhibition in Photography," Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut. Catalogue.

1999

"BFA Thesis Exhibition," The Whole Gallery, Baltimore.

Selected Group Exhibitions

and Screenings

2012

"Perspective 2012," International Center of Photography, New York.

2011

"Photo Forum," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. "Nothing in the World But Youth," Turner Contemporary Museum, Margate, England.

2010

"Now We Are Six," Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York.

"Di Goldene Keyt," Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv.

"All My Lovin," Lodz Art Center, Lodz, Poland. Traveled.

"A Selection of Recent Portrait Photographs from the Collection," The Jewish Museum, New York.

2007

"Loaded Landscapes," Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago.

2006

"The Lie of the Land," Murray Guy Gallery, New York.

2005

"Into the Woods," Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago.

2004

"Frozen in Light," Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago.

Jacob Karpio Gallery, Art Basel Miami Beach, Florida.

2003

"Rough Typography," Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago.

"Dig Two," video screening, Artists Space, New York.

2002

"Holiday Shopping," Wallspace Gallery, New York.

"Staged/Unstaged," Reva Gallery, New York.

"Friends and Family," Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York.

1998

Annual Juried Exhibition, H. Lewis Gallery, Baltimore.

1995

"Women in Photography," IV International Exhibition, Smolenk, Russia.

Selected Bibliography

2011

Herschdorfer, Nathalie. Afterwards: Contemporary Photography Confronting the Past. London: Thames & Hudson

2010

Burke-Dain, Elizabeth. "Portfolio: Photography Faculty Guggenheim Fellows," DEMO 12 (July).

Fentress, Clare. "Faith of Film," The Chicago Weekly (January 7).

Ise, Claudine. "Anna Shteynshleyger at the Renaissance Society," Bad at Sports (January 4).

Koster, Kate. "Anna Shteynshleyger," The Chicago Maroon (January 12).

Reaves, Jessica. "Life in Two Worlds Influences a Photographer's Art," The New York Times (January 21).

Smigasiewicz, Beatrice. "Anna Shteynshleyger/ Renaissance Society," NewCity Art (January 18).

Viera, Lauren. "A Simple Photo Style That Speaks Volumes," Chicago Tribune (January 29).

Weinberg, Lauren. "Hairy Eyeball: Anna Shteynshleyger Takes a Critical Look at Orthodox Judaism and Other Personal Subjects," Time Out Chicago (January 14).

2009

Brook, Pete. "Gulag and Guggenheim," Prison Photography (April 21).

Lee, Nate. "Art Break: Ego Casting," NewCity Art (September).

2006

Mack, Joshua. "The Lie of the Land," Modern Painters (September).

2005

Meyer, William. "Where the Gulags Were," New York Sun (May 19).