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FACULTY

ABBEY HEPNER

Abbey Hepner is the Area Head of Photography and Digital Media. Hepner received an MFA in Photography from the University of New Mexico in 2016. In 2008, she received a BFA in Studio Art and a BA in Psychology from the University of Utah. Her artistic practice examines health, technology, and our relationship with place through photography, video, electronic, and installation-based work. She frequently works at the intersection of art and science, investigating biopolitics and the use of health as a currency.

 

Hepner’s work has been exhibited widely in such venues as the Mt. Rokko International Photography Festival in Japan, SITE Santa Fe, the University of Buffalo Art Galleries, Krannert Art Museum, Noorderlicht Photofestival in the Netherlands, and Newspace Center for Photography. Hepner has been an artist in residence at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Canada, and her work has been highlighted in Hyperallergic, Lenscratch, Ars Technica, Artillery Magazine, and Fraction Magazine. She has presented at the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), Society for Photographic Education (SPE) conferences, and the Yuma Arts Symposium. Hepner also serves on the Board of Directors for the Society for Photographic Education. In 2022, she was awarded a Fellowship Award by the Illinois Arts Council Agency. Her monograph, The Light at the End of History, was published by Daylight Books in 2021.

 

Artist's Website: http://www.abbey-hepner.com

abhepne@siue.edu

The Photography and Digital Media program frequently hosts a range of lecturers and visiting artists who continue to enrich our program.

Recent Lecturers have included:

Tommy Bruce, 2020-2021 https://tommybruce.net/ 

Rachel Helden, 2021 https://www.rachelhelden.com/

Recent Visiting Artists have included:

Nona Faustine https://www.instagram.com/nonafaustineartist/?hl=en

Sarah Sudhoff https://www.sarahsudhoff.com/

Bree Lamb https://www.breelamb.com/

Emma Powell https://www.emmapowell.photo/

Sidian Liu https://sidianliu.com/

Logan Bellew https://loganbellew.com/

Ally Christmas https://allychristmas.com/

Our MFA students also teach many of our Introduction to Digital Photography courses, offering them the opportunity to gain teaching experience while contributing to the robust and innovative foundational knowledge in our program. Some of our recent award-winning MFA graduates that have taught in photography have included:

Natcha Wongchanglaw (2024) https://natchaw.com/

Brooke Krankel (2024) https://www.instagram.com/brooke_stlou/

​Jenny Kettler (2021) https://www.jennykettler.com/

© 2020 by Abbey Hepner

Illinois & St. Louis, MO Photography Program | Tel: 618.650.3013 | abhepne@siue.edu

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