©Paul Scannell,McCarthy, AK, 2016
Anna Mikušková grew up in the Czech Republic and is currently based in Alaska. She received an MA in English language and literature from Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic and an MFA in Photography and Related Media from the Rochester Institute of Technology. For six years, she apprenticed as a silver gelatin printer 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 intimate 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 public and private collections 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. Her essays were published in The Maine Arts Journal and in the British journal On Landscape. Currently, she teaches photography at the Wrangell Mountain Center in McCarthy, Alaska
Education
MFA Photography and Related Media, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, 2021
Independent Study with Paul Caponigro, 2013-2019
MA, English Language and Literature, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic: 2005
Selected recent and upcoming Exhibitions:
MINE: What is Ours in the Wake of Extraction, the University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2024
New Acquisitions, The Art Gallery of the University of New England, Portland, ME, USA, February, 2024
Alaska Biennial, Nov 2022- October 2023, Anchorage Museum, Alaska
IGCA Members Exhibition, IGCA Gallery, March 2023, Anchorage, AK
Co-Relations on Diptychs, International Group Exhibitions, LoosenArt Gallery, July 2022, Rome, Italy
Homecoming, JKC Gallery, December 2021 – January 2022, Trenton, New Jersey
A House with No Walls, Dialect, 方言社. Macau, China, July 2021-January 2022, photodialect.com
Unseen, Form and Concept Gallery, August - November 2021, Santa Fe, New Mexico
What is Left of Us, MFA Thesis Show, City Art Space Gallery, April 2021, Rochester, New York
A House With No Walls, Griffin Museum of Photography, August -October 2020. https://griffinmuseum.org/show/house-no-walls/
The Light We Share: Paul Caponigro, Ni Rong, Eleanor Owen Kerr, Dirk McDonnel and Anna Mikušková, Cove Street Arts, November 2019 - February 2020, Portland, Maine
RIT Art Out, Bevier Gallery, juried by Margot Muto, Rochester Institute of Technology, November 2019, Henrietta, NY
Collective Work II: Paul Caponigro, Ni Rong, Eleanor Owen Kerr, Dirk McDonnel and Anna Mikušková, Gallery at 162 Russell Avenue, July 2019, Rockport, Maine
Kennebunk River Club 63rd. Annual Art show, August 2018, Kennebunk, Maine
Reflections on Silver: Paul Caponigro and Anna Mikušková, April 2018, Frank Brockman Gallery, Brunswick, Maine
Migration Experience, April 2018, UMVA Gallery, Portland, Maine
Kennebunk River Club 62st. Annual Art show, August 2017, Kennebunk, Maine
Arrival: Work by and about New Mainers, September-November 2017, Waterfall Arts, Belfast, Maine
Kennebunk River Club 61st. Annual Art show, August 2016, Kennebunk, Maine
3 Artists, 3 visions at 3Fish: Anna Mikuskova, Heath Paley and Kim Stone, June 2016, 3Fish Gallery, Portland Maine, Curated by Susan Porter
A House With No Walls: Kerry Michaels, Anna Mikuskova, and Mary Woodman, March - May 2016, Elizabeth Moss Galleries, Falmouth, Maine
Open Regional Photography Show, juried by Bruce Brown, June 2015, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, Maine
Connections: Solo Exhibition, June 2015, Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, Maine
Structures: Group Exhibition with Maine Traditional Film Photographers, June 2015, Ballard Center, Augusta, Maine
Art 2015 juried by Britta Konau, April 2015, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine
Black & Whites and Tones of Gray, juried by Tina Ingraham, February, 2015, River Arts Gallery, Damariscotta, Maine
Selected Scholarships, Artist Talks, Residencies, Awards and Publications:
Vanha Paukku Cultural Center, Artist Residency, December 2023, Lapua, Finland
“Walking as Practice,” BKN Konstnod, Artist Residency, October 2023, "Björkö, Sweden
Alaska Biennial Artist Talks: Katie Ione Craney & Anna Mikušková. Anchorage Museum, AK, February 2023
Córtex Frontal, Fotofolio Artist Residency, Arraiolos, Portugal, November 2022
The Faraway Nearby, The Museum of America, A Literary Review, Issue 27, 2022
Spring 2022 Critic’s Pick. A House with No Walls. August 2020. Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, Massachussetts. https://griffinmuseum.org/show/house-no-walls/
Kany, Daniel. Former CMCA space fills need for photo shows, Maine Sunday Telegram, August 4, 2019. https://www.pressherald.com/2019/08/04/art-review-former-cmca-space-fills-need-for-photo-shows/
Kany, Daniel. In Brunswick, two gifted practitioners of the art of gelatin silver printing, Maine Sunday Telegram, April 15, 2018. https://www.pressherald.com/2018/04/15/art-review-a-master-and-his-mentee-show-their-photos-in-brunswick/
Mikuskova Anna. Origin Stories, Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly, April 2018 //maineartsjournal.com/origins-stories-anna-mikuskova/
Mikuskova Anna.The Northern Exposure, On Landscape, November 2017.
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Kennebunk River Club 62st. Annual Art show. Kennebunk, Maine, August 2017, Honorary Mention
Kennebunk River Club 61st. Annual Art show. Kennebunk, Maine, August 2016, Honorary Mention
Art 2015. juried by Britta Konau, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine, April 2015, Best Traditional Photograph