Chehalis Deane Hegner is a discipline fluid artist named in the 2018 and 2020 Julia Margaret Cameron Awards. She received the Gjion Mili Photography Prize in 2010 (Kosovo.) Her portraits have been featured in Christie’s and Phillips catalogs. Solo and group exhibitions in the US and Europe include: The Griffin Museum (MA), Photographic Resource Center (Boston), Art Institute of Boston, Maryland Art Place (Baltimore), St. Gauden’s National Historic Site (Cornish, NH), The Cultural Center (Varigotti, Italy), Perspective Gallery (Evanston, IL), Interlochen Arts Academy (MI), the MIT Museum (Cambridge, MA) The Rey Center (Waterville Valley, NH), University of Massachusetts (Lowell), University of Texas (Austin), Institute of Contemporary Art (Portland, ME) and the National Gallery of Art in Kosovo. In 2005 Hegner received her MFA in Photography at Lesley University College of Art and Design (Cambridge, MA). She served as photography faculty at University of Massachusetts within their Department of Art and Design until 2015. Hegner has held positions on jury panels, teaches photo workshops, and is a member of ASMP. She currently is the founding director at Halo Hill, a community arts organization (IL) and has served on non-profit boards including The PRC (Boston University) and the Hegner Family Foundation.

Chehalis Deane Hegner Portfolio

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