Anna Rotty is an artist and educator based in Albuquerque, NM, where she teaches photography at the University of New Mexico. Interested in the infrastructure of our built and natural world, Rotty uses photography as a tool to interact with her environment and practice new ways of seeing. Rotty has recently exhibited at the Vladem Contemporary New Mexico Museum of Art, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Strata Gallery in Santa Fe, Princeton University, Chung 24 Gallery, and SF Camerawork in San Francisco, where she was a 2025 FORECAST exhibitor. Her work has been published by Southwest Contemporary and Lenscratch. In 2024, Anna received an honorable mention through the Silver Eye Center for Photography’s Fellowship 24.

Anna’s work is in collections such as The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the SFMOMA Special Collection. She has published two books with National Monument Press and loves collaboration. She’s currently working with a group of artists between the high and dry desert of New Mexico and Hannover, Germany, to engage in investigating water together. In her studio and classroom, Anna encourages play and experimentation so that learning and growth can launch from the unexpected.