My artistic practice is based on the belief that the process of creating a visual record is as valuable as the existence of one. I use the camera as a tool to translate experience and meaning, often being both celebratory and critical of photography. Much of my work from the last ten years has been socially engaged; generally, my aim is to connect with a community and work collaboratively towards a common goal of raising awareness and creating a dialogic space around issues of importance.
My photographic and social practice have a strong overlap; images often serve as a record of encounters, relationships, and observations. Images act as vessels enabling an audience to engage in a conversation that is connected to the original interaction or event when the work was produced. As a conduit across experience, it is my goal to make photographs that raise questions about how identity is shaped, memory is developed, and forces outside of our control impact our fate.
Reich was born in Woodland, California and currently lives and works in South Dakota.
B.A.: Studio Art, Art History: University of California at Davis
M.F.A.: Milton Avery School of Art, Bard College
Professional Experience
Sept 2021-Present Associate Professor of Art, Augustana University
June 2020-Present Chair, Art and Anthropology Department
Sept 2015 – Aug 2021 Assistant Professor of Art, Augustana University
2013, 2014 Lecturer, Photography Department, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA
2014 External Reviewer, EU Ministry of Education Accreditation of Vilnius Academy of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013-2014 Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2013-2014 Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Vilnius Academy of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
Books
I Try Not to Think of Afghanistan: Lithuanian Veterans of the Soviet War. Cornell University Press. 2024. Print. (forthcoming )
Solo Exhibitions
2020 There may be more beautiful times, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
October 16, 2020 - February 19, 2021
2017 The grass near my home Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
November 11, 2017 - February 4, 2018
2017 Lithuanian Afganai, Balzekas Museum, Chicago, Illinois
June 9-September 2, 2017
2016 No One Asked Us, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
June 18 - October 16, 2016
2015 Context/No Context, ZARYA Center for Contemporary Art, Vladivostok, Russia
June 15 - July 15, 2015
2013 New Works, D Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
March 1-31, 2013
2013 Cockroaches, Domas Norieka Gallery, Žeimiu Dvaro Sodyba, Zeimiai, Lithuania
January 1-31, 2013
2012 Harvest, Boling Fine Art Gallery, Fresno, CA
August 10-September 10, 2012
2012 Noise, Temporary Allegiance, Gallery 400, University of Chicago Illinois, Chicago IL
June 29-July 6, 2012
2011 Anna Reich: Solo, North Branch Gallery, Chicago, IL
March, 24-May 18, 2011
2011 Untitled, Terrain, Oak Park, IL
October 16 - November 6, 2011
2008 Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA
May 1-15, 2008
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 The West Througa New Lens, PACE Center, Parker, CO, November 15, 2023 - January 1, 2024
2023 Past & Present, 15th Anniversary of Der Greif Magazine at Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, Germany, Anniversary Celebration July 16-18, 2023
2023 Words Matter, Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI June 15 - July 14, 2023, Reception: Friday, June, 16, 2023
2023 South Dakota Governor's 10th Biennial, South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD
February 11-May 14 , 2023
2022 Salina Biennial: Art of the Mountain and Plains Region, Salina Art Center, Salina, KS
May 25-September 4, 2022
2021 South Dakota Governor's 9th Biennial, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
June 26-September 19, 2021
2021 Juried Exhibition 2021, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, Kansas
March 1-31, 2021
2020 Agents of Change, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
October 15, 2020 - March 5, 2021
2020 Faculty Biennial,Eide/Dalrymple Gallery, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD
September 10-October 10, 2020
2019 Land of Plenty: South Dakota Photography, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
September 20, 2019 - February 16, 2020
2019Artcetera, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
December 14, 2018- March 2, 2019
2019 Augustana Faculty Exhibition, East Bank Gallery, Sioux Falls, SD
October 1-November 4, 2018
2018 Faculty Biennial, Eide/Dalrymple Gallery,
September 7-October 12, 2018
2015 Occult, Greenough Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
September 18-Nov 2, 2015
2013 Boy #3, See Me Brooklyn at SCOPE Art Fair, Miami, FL
December 3-December 8, 2013
2013 EXPOSURE, See Exhibition Space, Long Island, NY
July 9-15, 2013
2013 Storefront, 108 N. State Street, Chicago Loop Alliance Foundation, Chicago, IL
May 10-June 9, 2013
2012 Pass It On, FELTspace, Adelaide, Australia
June 1-June 3, 2012
2012 78,982km/49,077mi, Samband íslenskra myndlistarmanna (SIM) / The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
May 21-June 1, 2012
2012 Sent, Milk Gallery, Sacramento, CA
March 19-March 25, 2012
2012 Twenty in Their Twenties, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
January 20 to February 23, 2012
2011 How to Change a Tire: Bard College MFA Thesis Show. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
July 16-July 30, 2011
2010 One Hour Photo, American University Museum, Washington D.C.
May 8-June 6, 2010
2005 Neo Mod, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
February 18-March 2005
Residencies and Grants
2023 Humanities for the Public Good “Sustaining Good,” Council for Independent Colleges
2023 Anderson Ranch Artist-in-Residence (Spring Session)(unable to attend)
2022-2023 Jane and Charles Zaloudek Faculty Research Fellowship
2021 Augustana Research and Artist Fund (ARAF) Award
2020 Augustana Research and Artist Fund (ARAF) Award
2019 Humanities for the Public Good, Council for Independent Colleges
2019 Augustana Research and Artist Fund (ARAF) Award
2018 Augustana University Sustainability Funding
2018 Augustana Research and Artist Fund (ARAF) Award
2017 South Dakota Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant
2017 Augustana Research and Artist Fund (ARAF) Award
2016 Upper Midwestern Association for International Education (UMAIE) Faculty Travel Grant
2016 Global Education and Off-Campus Study Committee (GEOC) Development Grant
2016 Augustana Research and Artist Fund (ARAF) Award
2015 Artist/Humanitarian Grant, U.S. Consulate, Vladivostok, Russia
2015 Artist Grant, ZARYA Center for Contemporary Art, Vladivostok, Russia
2015 Artist-in-Residence, ZARYA Center for Contemporary Art, Vladivostok, Russia
2015 Robert Rauschenberg Artist As Activist Travel/Research Grant
2013-2014 U.S. Fulbright Research Fellowship; Lithuania and Latvia
2013 Artist-in-Residence, Žeimiu Dvaro Sodyba, Zeimiai, Lithuania
2012 Emergency Artist Grant, The Foundation for Contemporary Art
2012 Artist-in-Residence, SÍM Residency Reykjavik, Iceland
Visiting Artist | Guest Lectures
2021 There may be more beautiful times, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2020 Re-Presenting Native American Archival History, (funded by Humanities for the Public Good, Council for Independent Colleges) Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2017 Artist Talk, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
2017 Artist Talk, Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, Chicago, IL
2016 Panel Discussion, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD 2016 Artist Talk, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
2016 Fulbright-Amizade Educational Enrichment Project, Restore Appalachia, Williamson, WV
2015 Artist Talk, Luch-5, Vladivostok, Russia
2015 Artist Talk, Udege Settlement, Roshchino, Russia
2015 Artist Talk, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia
2015 Eyewitness to the Terrible (panel discussion) ZARYA Center for Contemporary Art, Vladivostok, Russia
2015 Artist Talk, ZARYA Center for Contemporary Art, Vladivostok, Russia
2014 Visiting Artist, Photo Department, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
2013 Visiting Artist, Advanced Photography, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA
2013 Visiting Artist and Project Director, Žeimi? Pagrindine Mokykla, Zeimiai, Lithuania
2012 Visiting Artist, Contemporary Practices: Research Studio, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2012 Artist Talk, Icelandic Association of Visual Artists, Reykjavik, Iceland
2012 Artist Talk, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 Visiting Artist, Advanced Photography, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA
2010 Visiting Artist, Evidence, School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Boston, MA