about LYDIA HANSEN
Lydia Hansen is a fiber and installation artist whose work envisions the environment as neighbor and friend. Through tactile sculpture and large-scale fiber installations, she designs art experiences to reawaken audiences into active observation of the natural world. Her work occupies a space between visual and experiential art.
Hansen came to art in 2020 after burnout and depression forced her out of her dream career as a professional journalist. Art-making replaced interviewing as her medium for conversing with the wider world. Hansen leans on her 15+ years as a self-taught fiber artist to drive ongoing experimentation with form and material as she continues to reinvent herself through an evolving art practice. She is a crocheter, sewist, sculptor, and environmental educator; more roles are yet to be uncovered.
Recent works have included collaboration with experts in environmental education and science to produce site-embedded art experiences. Since her first exhibition in 2023 at Threshold Arts (Rochester, MN), her works have reached audiences at Pump House Arts (La Crosse, WI), DreamAcres (Wykoff, MN), Austin Artworks (Austin, MN), and Chatfield Center for the Arts (Chatfield, MN). Additional works are forthcoming in 2026 at Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center (Lanesboro, MN), and Bloomington Center for the Arts (Bloomington, MN).