Michael Conti is a photographer, mixed media and video artist based in Anchorage, Alaska. Ranging from documentary to creative expression, his work often considers the power of the camera in its conceptual development and production. His concern for non-exploitative equitable representation shapes Mike’s approach to collaboration.  

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Conti’s video work has been shown at the Nam June Paik Art Center in Seoul, South Korea; the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada; and has won awards at the Anchorage International Film Festival. His photography has been widely published in magazines, artist monographs, exhibition catalogs and more. His work has been supported by the Rasmuson Foundation and the Alaska State Council on the Arts;  through residencies at Zygote Press in Cleveland and the Santa Fe Art Institute; he was a Connie Boocheever Fellow in 2011. 

 

His artwork has been exhibited in contemporary art spaces throughout the US; most notably, he was included in the traveling exhibition Decolonization and mounted a 2016 solo exhibit, Stick and Puck, at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center. 

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Conti earned a BFA from the University of Alaska Anchorage, and an MFA from Lesley University College of Art and Design. Since 2006, he has taught photography, video art and printmaking at the University of Alaska Anchorage. He lives and works on the land of the Dena'ina people with his two children.