About
Bio
A Minnesota native, Anna Segner, is a studio artist focused in painting, mixed media and assemblage. In her practice, Anna incorporates critical animal studies and other research to question the human act of “toying” with animals and nature. Anna earned her MFA from Iowa State University in spring of 2019, and she graduated from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Literature with Writing Emphasis and Studio Art. Between studies she worked as a newspaper reporter in southern Minnesota. She currently teaches drawing in the Department of Art and Visual Culture at Iowa State University.
EXHIBITIONS
2023
End-table Ecosystem, solo exhibition, Lanesboro Arts, Lanesboro, MN
2022
Animals Among Us, solo exhibition, Lilian Davis Hogan Gallery, Saint Mary’s University of MN, Winona, MN
Menagerie: Animals in Art, juried group exhibition, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, MN
Exhume, invitational solo exhibition, Olson Larsen Guild, Olson Laarsen, Des Moines, IA
Animal, invitational group exhibition, Paradise Center for the Arts Faribault, MN
2021
Toy (with) Animals, solo exhibition, Front Gallery, Pump House Regional Art Center, Lacrosse, WI
4th Midwest Open, juried exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, Juror: Brenda Oelbaum, artist and acclaimed arts activist
Curated, Olson Larson Galleries, Des Moines, IA
Octagonal: The All Media Exhibit, Octagon Art Center, Ames, IA, Juror: Jenie Gao
New Year, New Art, A Way Online Gallery based out of British Columbia, Canada
2020
Octagonal: The All Media Exhibit, Octagon Art Center, Ames, IA, Juror: Jordan Weber
Toy (with) Animals, solo exhibition, Ankeny Art Center, Ankeny, IA
20 Artists 20 Parks, traveling exhibition, invitational, Iowa State Parks, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Iowa Arts Council, and Iowa State University *Venues include Dubuque Museum of Art, Sioux City Museum of Art, Polk County Heritage Gallery, and Clarinda Carnegie Art Museum
Family Matters, juried exhibition, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, Juror: Bonny Nahmias, Studio Artist, San Francisco
2019
Dear Earth, group exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
20 Artists 20 Parks, artist residency, Iowa State Parks, Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Animals Among Us, solo exhibition, Waseca Art Center, Waseca, MN
Toy (with) Animals, solo MFA thesis exhibition, Design on Main, Ames, IA
Focus: Artist Grant Exhibition, Pioneer Room, Memorial Union, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Iowa Visions, two-person exhibition, Bisignano Gallery, University of Dubuque
A Bevy: Studio Curiosities, group exhibition, Design on Main, Ames, IA
Octagonal: The All Media Exhibit, Octagon Art Center, Ames, IA, Juror: Jeanine Coupe Ryding
2018
Beyond the Pages of Nature, juried, solo exhibition, Paradise Center for the Arts Faribault, MN
Of a Feather: Birds in Art, Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center, Dowell, MD, Juror: Jennifer Daniels, Senior Landscape Architect, Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institution
Toy with Animals, solo exhibition, empty storefront, Main Street, Ames, IA
Focus: Artist Grant Exhibition, Pioneer Room, Memorial Union, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Common Channel: Responses to Ledges State Park, Boone History Center, Boone, IA
9th Annual Biorenewables Art Competition, Bioeconomy Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
50th National All Media, juried, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA
Emerging Artist Exhibition: Mixed Media, juried, Lanesboro Arts Gallery, Lanesboro, MN
2017
Beyond the Pages of Nature, solo exhibition, Art Haus Gallery, Decorah, IA
Common Channel: Responses to Ledges State Park, Clear Lake Center for the Arts, Clear Lake, IA
Transcendence through Observation, two-person exhibition, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA
Passing Voices, Invitation, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames, IA
Emerging Artist Juried Exhibition, Art Haus, Decorah, IA, Best of Show
Biorenewables Annual Exhibition, Bioeconomy Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Spring Semester Student Exhibition, Design on Main, Ames, IA
Fall Semester Student Exhibition, Design on Main, Ames, IA
First Juried Art Exhibition, Norseman Distillery, Minneapolis, MN
Projects
2022, Artist Residency, Whiterock Conservancy
2021, Sac County Conservation Center Iowa Riparian Ecosystem Mural, Hagge Park Mural, Sac County Conservation Center, Sac City, IA.
2019, Noah’s Ark Mural restoration and repaint, Noah’s Art Restaurant, Des Moines, IA