Donna Hurt

Being born and raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia contributed to Donna’s abiding connection to land and wildlife. A keen observer of the community and life around her, she was using her camera to document life in the mountains by age ten. The desire to capture and preserve through image making propelled her to receive a BA in photography. Donna’s interest in myths and storytelling is evident in her various photographic series and video projects that deal with her quest in understanding the environment, the community and her identity within it.

After working in the commercial industry and being a medical photographer, she returned to school to receive her MFA in 2005 from The School of the Art Institute in
Chicago. While in school her exclusive use of still images shifted to incorporate performance and video.  This shift opened a new venue for her concerns of sustainability, the environment, and the body to be explored. Currently she lives and works as an artist in Charleston SC.