Anna Sampson, born in Birkenhead, UK (b.1993).
Currently lives and works in London.
Education
2019 - 2021 MA Gender, Society & Representation - University College London (UCL)
2012 - 2015 BA (Hons) Fine Art - Chelsea College of Arts; University of the Arts London (UAL)
Selected Features
2025 THEM, Beyond Tom of Finland: 8 Artists Redefining Queer Erotica
2024 DAZED, These Provocative Portraits are a Celebration of Queer Erotica
2024 GAY TIMES, Anna Sampson's Queer Gaze is Evolving Erotica
2024 Polyester, 'Other Intimacies' is the Artbook Exploring the Political Potency of Queer Erotica
2023 Purple SEX, A Polaroid Series by Anna Sampson - collaboration with Vex Ashley
2022 DAZED, Lesbian Caners - collaboration with Ellis Jaz
2022 ART UK, Rediscovering Art by Women: Celebrating the Power of Marginalised Artists
2021 AnOther, Where Kink Meets Craft - collaboration with R&M Leathers
2019 DAZED, Artists Explore the Spectrum of Beauty
2019 The Face, The Real Deal: Brooke Candy
2019 i-D, These Powerful Photos Show the Beauty of All Bodies
2017 DAZED, Playful Photographs of Friends Dressed in Drag
2017 Purple SEX; Photographs of London Youth
2017 EVENING STANDARD, Why is Nudity Still Taboo?
Lectures & Launches
2025 CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS: Artist Lecture (March 12)
2024 PLEASE KNOCK: 'Other Intimacies' book signing, New York City (Oct. 26)
2024 CLAIRE DE ROUEN: 'Other Intimacies' book signing (Oct. 17)
2024 THE STANDARD: 'Other Intimacies' book launch, (July 10)
2019 KINGSTON UNIVERSITY: 'Performing Gender', artist lecture,
2018 THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S GALLERY: 'Gender Trouble', artist takeover
2018 TATE MODERN:The Feminist Library takeover
Exhibitions & Residencies
2025 UPRISE: The Art of Resistance, The Untitled Space, New York City (March 8 - 29)
2024 PULP, Photobook Cafe, London, UK. (Dec. 3)
2024 Purity & Danger, GUTS Projects x GUTS Gallery, London, UK. (Oct. 25 - Nov. 19)
2024 FETISH, Marlborough Gallery, London, UK. (Sept. 5: CLOSURE)
2024 Lavender Menace: Language of Queer Feminism, Art Exchange, UK. (April 25 - May 31)
2023 Artist Residency: RAW, Paris, France. (Dec. 5 - Jan. 6)
2022 The Unseen: Hunger Magazine x Rankin Creatives, Quantus Gallery, London, UK. (June 15 - 24th)
2022 Artist residency: NUE Galerie, Valencia, Spain. (June 6– 14th)
2022 Femme et Fatale - ImageNation Paris, Galerie Joseph Le Palais, Paris. (May 27– 29th)
2019 BODY BEAUTIFUL, The Untitled Space, New York City (Nov. 21– Dec. 20th)
2019 Rethinking Vulnerability, Parallel Vienna, Austria. (Sept. 24– 29th)
2019 Ballad of Sexual Independency, Vogue Fabrics, London, UK. (Aug. 29th)
2019 Double Sided Sticky Tape, Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK. (Aug. 5–8th)
2019 CAMP, Dalston Superstore, London, UK. (Feb. 7th–May 1st)
2017 Nasty Women: London, The Black and White Building, London, UK. (Sept. 21– 24th)
2017 Photography on a Postcard, The Print Space, London, UK. (Oct. 12– 25th)
2017 Zines of the World, The Old Truman Brewery, London, UK.
2017 Gender Trouble, Doomed Gallery, London, UK. (July 6– 9th)
Print Features
2023 ARCHER, Issue 19: PLEASURE - Interview/Photo Piece (Winter 23)
2022 PORNCEPTUAL, Issue 5: Fluids
2022 MOAN ZINE, Issue 4 - Interview/Photo piece
2020 CACTUS, Issue 10: Sinead O'Dwyer - Manipulating Fashion Design, an Avant-Garde Approach to the Body (Spring 20)
2019 DADA, Issue 1: An ode to Nobuyoshi Araki - collaboration with Tessa Kuragi and Betony Vernon (Fall 19)
2018 F-Word, Issue 2: Youth Rising - New Gender Norms (Winter 17/18)
Fashion Presentations
2022 DAZED, Lesbian Caners - collaboration with Ellis Jaz
2022 Ellis Jaz, 'I Love You, Lesbian Caners' SS23 Presentation for London Fashion Week
