Anna Tsouhlarakis is a Native American artist who creates installation, video, and performance art.
Her work has been described as breaking stereotypes surrounding Native Americans and provoking thought, rather than focusing solely on aesthetics.
She also attended American University in Italy and New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture.
[2] Tsouhlarakis drew inspiration from Einstein's theories about time and her own cultures beliefs to create the 2011 video installation Intervals of Pretense, as she noted that there were differences between what she was being exposed to between school and home.
In the video, Tsouhlarakis is taught thirty dances such as the salsa and Harlem Shake, each from a new person with a different background.
The video is meant to send a message about inclusion and that nothing is attached to a specific culture, as Natives can do non-Native dances as well.
[15] In her 2007 exhibition, Clash of the Titans, Tsouhlarakis was inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and greek mythology.
[2] In her 2016 photography series, Untitled, Tsouhlarakis created these photographs to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline.
[17] In her article, Tsouhlarakis discusses the exhibition, Athena LaTocha: Curated by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith at the CUE.