Julya Hajnoczky Julya Hajnoczky

Recipient of the fourth annual Prefix Prize, Julya Hajnoczky will give a talk about her scanography which transforms botanical specimens into representations of an ecosystem. Presented by Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art and Riverdale Hub in partnership with CONTACT. Register here.

Julya Hajnoczky is a contemporary artist based in Calgary. Equipped with a camper and workspace known as the “Al Fresco Science Machine,” she has explored numerous Canadian ecosystems, from Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park (AB) to the Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve (BC) and Wood Buffalo National Park (NWT). She has completed artist residencies at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum (Vancouver, BC), Point Pelee National Park (ON) and Terra Nova National Park (NL), among others. Her exhibitions include the Art Gallery of St. Albert (St. Albert, AB), Esplanade Art Gallery (Medicine Hat, AB) and Tilted Brick Gallery (Creston, BC). She is represented by Christine Klassen Gallery (Calgary).