Heidi Sanna

I think of myself as an Academy-trained Outsider Artist. I make mixed media constructions, applying the structure and conventions of religious art to contemporary culture. My pieces might be described as Irreligious Icons.

In 2004, I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. That really explained a lot! It put my life in perspective and freed me creatively.

I love A.G. Rizzoli, Tramp Art, Gustav Klimt, Hobo Art, Prison Art, 19th & 20th Century Home Crafts, Grade School Art Projects, Watts Towers, Antoni Gaudi, Boy Scout & Girl Scout Craft Projects, Sevy Verna (maker of the Toynbee Tiles), The Clockwork Silver Swan of the Bowes Museum, Dioramas and Scale Models of all kinds, The Day of the Dead and old copies of Popular Mechanics Magazine from the 1940's and 1950's.

1988
B.F.A., with Honors, in Photography
School of Visual Arts
NY, NY

Sept. 2013 -- Solo Exhibition
"Heidi Sanna: Secular Icons"

EMOA Space
530 W. 25th St. Ste. 407
New York, NY 10001

Nov. 2013 -- Group Exhibition
"Inspirit"

EMOA Space
530 W. 25th St. Ste. 407
New York, NY 10001