"Untitled" aus der Serie 'Chernobyl Safari', 32/500 + 10 A.P., 2014

Jermolaewa was forced to leave her hometown for political reasons as a co-founder of the magazine Democratic Opposition. She was granted political asylum in Austria and first studied at the Institute of Art History at the University of Vienna, then completed her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts. From 2005 to 2011 she was a professor at the State Academy of Design Karlsruhe (New Media Art). She also worked at the Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts. In her mostly documentary video works, the artist reflects the everyday, supposedly stable dimensions of our reality.
Since October 2018, Anna Jermolaewa has been a professor at the Kunstuniversität Linz, where she succeeds Andrea van der Straeten as head of the Experimental Design Department.