Petra Collins is a Canadian-born artist who has been working as a professional photographer since the age of fifteen. Her innovative use of gel filters and pastel colors set the stylistic tone for editorial and fashion photography throughout the 2010s.
An acclaimed filmmaker, Collins recently received a Grammy nomination for Best Music Video (2022) and is currently working on her first feature-length narrative film. In 2017, she presented a performance piece at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, titled Petra Collins: In Search of Us, with collaborator Madelyne Beckles.
She has published seven photography books in the past seven years, including Fairytales (2021), OMG, Iām Being Killed (2019), and Petra Collins: Coming of Age (2017). Collins has exhibited internationally at Art Basel Hong Kong, CONTACT Photography Festival in Toronto, and Uncontaminated Art Festival in Oslo.
Recent solo exhibitions include Praz-Delavallade Gallery (Paris, France), BASE Cultural Center (Milan, Italy), and Evergold (San Francisco, CA). She has also curated several exhibitions, such as Gynolandscape and PussyPat (New York, NY), Strange Magic (Los Angeles, CA), and Literally Bye at Art Basel Miami Beach.
Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Vogue, I.D., Dazed & Confused, NY Magazine, and Vanity Fair. She is the founder of The Ardorous, an art collective promoting creative collaboration and visibility for young women artists. Get Well Soon is her first solo exhibition at COUNTY.