Julya Hajnoczky: at the last judgement we will all be trees

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Julya Hajnoczky, "Larix laricina," 2019

archival pigment print, 48" x 36"

Julya Hajnoczky: at the last judgement we will all be trees

Julya Hajnoczky’s mesmerizing imagery of meticulously arranged plants, feathers, animal bones, fungi, and lichen seem to float off their rich black backgrounds as if by magic. Not merely documentation of a thing, they are a careful reframing of how we look at the natural world. Contemporary specimens are suspended in time and transformed from something ordinary into something spectacular. This other-worldly quality acts as a lure, pulling us in closer to investigate and inspiring a sense of wonder in us.

Julya Hajnoczky was born in Calgary and raised by hippie parents, surrounded by unruly houseplants, bookishness and art supplies, with CBC radio playing softly, constantly, in the background. It was inevitable, then, that she would grow up to be an artist. She holds a BA in French from the University of Calgary and a BDes in photography from the Alberta University of the Arts. Her multidisciplinary practice includes digital and analog photography, fibre art, and book and paper sculpture, and seeks to draw attention to the complex relationships between humans and the natural world.