Annie Irene Hejny

Annie Irene Hejny is a Minneapolis-based artist and environmental activist. Her work strives to celebrate nature’s beauty while simultaneously wrestling with humanity’s devastating impact upon the environment. During this time of climate emergency, she explores personal and communal relationships with fresh water, acknowledging that all humans are bodies of water and are connected by water. Informed by a life immersed in playing outside and freshwater advocacy, Hejny integrates respectfully collected materials from her local environment such as water and sediments from rivers and lakes, fallen snow, and decaying tree bark, in tandem with manufactured pigments to investigate the complexity and uncertainty of the human existence in a climate-imperiled world. While her work is rooted in the Midwest, the need for water is a universal experience, and she believes that protecting and preserving this vital life source is our greatest hope.

She has exhibited nationally including at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Minnesota Museum of American Art, Phipps Center for the Arts, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, DeVos Art Museum, and Sioux City Art Center. Her artwork is held in private collections in 30 states and internationally including at the Mayo Clinic, Minnesota Vikings Art Collection, Target Corporation, University of Minnesota Physicians Clinics, and University of St. Thomas.

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