Lacey Prpić Hedtke is an artist, photographer, librarian, astrologer, and public artist who lives and works in South Minneapolis, MN.

Solo Exhibitions + Events:

2024 Maybe Magic Will Help, Neon Heater, Findlay, OH

2018 Spells For…, After School Special, Milwaukee, WI.
Street Banner, Art Blocks, Pillsbury House + Theatre, Minneapolis, MN

2017 We Believe in Infinite Intelligence. Antenna Reading Room, New Orleans, LA
Union Parkway Procession. Pillsbury House + Theatre Art Blocks, Minneapolis, MN

2016 Alley Altars. Art Blocks, Pillsbury House + Theatre, Minneapolis, MN

2015 Art Blocks Alley Protection. Minneapolis, MN

2007 Solo show. Seward Café, Minneapolis, MN

1999 Solo show. Jerabek’s New Bohemian, St. Paul, MN

Group Exhibitions + Events:
2026 Untitled dual show, Inez Greenberg Gallery, Bloomington, MN (upcoming)

2025 Under the Influence, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE (upcoming)

2024 The Third Space, Spare Change Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2020 After Spiritualism: Loss and Transcendence in Contemporary Art, Fitchburg Art Museum,
Fitchburg, MA

2019 Burn the Witch, Electric Heater, Nashville, TN

2018 Polaroid, OURS Magazine

2017 Medium. Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA

2016 Art of Darkness. Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, Fridley, MN

2015 Art Blocks: No Fences: Neighbors Connecting Through Art. Pillsbury House + Theatre,
Minneapolis, MN
Rad Womyn Art Show. Mom's House, Caffetto, Minneapolis, MN
Parts of a Whole 3. Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Ladies First: Got a Minute?. Seward Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
Witchy Weirdos. GT Artistry, Minneapolis, MN
Breaking Ground. Lunder Center for the Arts, Cambridge, MA
Afterimage: Life After the Death of Photography. Minneapolis College of Art and Design,
Minneapolis, MN

2014 LISTS: An International Exhibition. Gallery 308, Minneapolis, MN

2013 Papergirl Vancouver. Vancouver, BC, Canada
On the Road Detroit. the Art Book Review, Detroit, MI
North of the 45th Parallel. The DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI

2012 I Do What I Want. Seward Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
Benefit auction. Aviary Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
iPhotography. Aviary Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA

2011 Kugatsu group show. Utility, Setagaya, Tokyo
Monsters of America. Seward Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
Non Solo. Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
Dixon Place. New York, NY
32 Below. St. Cecelia’s Convent, Brooklyn, NY
Non Solo. Flux Factory, Queens, NY
Non Solo. Zora Space, Brooklyn, NY
Of Gods and Monsters: Selected Works on the Spiritual, Grotesque, and Macabre, Daniel
Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
Non Solo. Thomas Hunter Project Spaces, Hunter College, New York, NY

2010-11 NEW STAND. Arts & Sciences PROJECTS, New York, NY

2010 Arts in Bushwick Beta Spaces Festival. Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY
I am an Important Giant. Antenna, New Orleans, LA
Alternatives: Where Process is Paramount. Mpls Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN
No Assumption. Art of This and Artcodex, Minneapolis, MN
Café Royal Books Popup Exhibition and Library. PR1 Gallery, University of Central
Lancashire, Southport, United Kingdom
The $99 Sale. Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
The Arts of Community. Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN
DIY/Zine Art Show. Johalla Projects, Chicago, IL
Nature Noir. Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH

2009-10 Micro-Pages: An Artists’ Book Project. Touring UK exhibit

2009 Independent Variables: Contemporary Zine Publications. Minnesota Center for Book
Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Exquisite Installation. Vesper College, Minneapolis, MN

2008 See and Be Scene Inaugural Show. West End Arts, St. Paul, MN

2007 Sneak Peak Red Hot Art Preview. Stevens Square Center for the Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Local Filmmaker series. Belfry Center for Social and Cultural Activities, Minneapolis, MN

2006 Art of Horror. Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN
Found Objects. Belfry Center for Social and Cultural Activities, Minneapolis, MN

2005 Things We Love. Clifford/Smith Gallery, Boston, MA

2003 PH8. Gallery 601, Boston, MA
Senior BFA Exhibition. 700 Beacon Street Gallery, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA

2002 Group Show. Gallery South, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA

2001 Installation. Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
Group Show. Gallery South, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA

1999 Junior Homegirls: Teenagers in the Director’s Chair. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Hair of the Dog Gallery. St. Paul, MN
NeoMedia. Jacques Art Center, Aitkin, MN

1998 Perspectives: Photographic Works. Café Prague, Minneapolis, MN
Members Show. pARTs Photographic Arts Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

1997 Members Show. pARTs Photographic Arts, Minneapolis, MN

Public Art and Community Engagement Projects

2023 Summer Solstice Festival, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN

2022 Free the Deeds Revealing and Healing Histories, Parkway Theater, Minneapolis, MN

2021 Summer Solstice Festival, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN

2017 Ectoplasm Photo Ritual + Séance, The Future, Minneapolis, MN (with Maria Molteni)

2016 Swag and Brag Workshop: Ectoplasm Selfie-Building Ritual. Boston Center for the Arts,
Boston, MA (with Maria Molteni)
Summerland. Tilsner Artist Co-op, St. Paul, MN
Poetry and Pie Picnic. Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis, MN
Soothsaying and Spirit Boards, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, M
Autobiography, April Free First Saturday: Visual World, Walker Art Center,
Minneapolis, MN
Spiritualist Ice Cream Social, Minneapolis, MN

2015 Poetry and Pie Picnic. Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis, MN
GOOD THINGS: Blue Moon, Mom's House, The White Page, Minneapolis, MN

2014 Art Blocks. Pillsbury House + Theatre, Minneapolis, MN

2013 Cocktails at the Castle: Loki's Halloween Bash. American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis,
MN
Manifestations. Public project with Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery for
Northern Spark, St. Paul, MN
Visitations The Third Place Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2011 Constellation: A Backyard Art Expedition. Minneapolis, MN

2009 Belfry Open Studio. Art Shanty Projects, Plymouth, MN

Residencies:
2023 Walkaway House, North Adams, MA

2022 Wedding Cake House, Providence, RI

2018 Golden Dome School, Wurtsboro, NY

Reviews, Interviews + Publications:
Publications:
”Maria, From the Ectoplasm Selfies series” photograph, 2017, The Art of Ectoplasm: Encounters with Winnipeg's Ghost Photographs, Edited by Serena Keshavjee, University of Manitoba Press, 2023.

"Contemporary Witch Culture", Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art, Edited by Robert Cozzolino, University of Chicago Press, 2021

Crossman, Lisa, "To Summon and Witness the Apparitions of Our Pasts", Visionary New England, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum + The MIT Press, 2020

Camera Work, Outlandish Press, 2019

Ectoplasm Selfies: DIY Ritual in the Age of Social Mediums, Super Hit Press, 2017 (with Maria Molteni)

We Believe in Infinite Intelligence: A 21st Century Guide to Spiritualism., Wooden Leg Press, 2016

"Stereograph Devotees", Eyewitness, Minnesota History Magazine, Fall 2015

"If You've Received This Message in Error: Transmissions from the North American Fax Registry", Vol. 1, Facsimile Press, 2015

"Crazy Man's Castle", Eyewitness, Minnesota History Magazine, Winter 2014-15

WOPOZI Issue No. III Carmine, 2013

Gihring, Tim, "The New Traditionalists", Minnesota Monthly, March 2013.

Georges, Nicole J., Bad Roommate Zine 2013

Hamre, Anne, "Zine Collector", Minnesota Women's Press, July 2012.

DeSmith, Christy, "Art Harvest", American Craft, October/November 2011.

MCTC Zine Library Zine, 2011.

Matter Journal, #14: Animal, Winter 2011.

Marosi, Marty, "Behind the Zines", Minnesota Daily, September 22, 2011.

Raidt, Dana, "Ideas + Paper + Stapler", Metro Magazine, August 2011.

Excitement and Adventure, 2009.

“Take a Picture, It’ll Last Longer”, Art Review and Preview!, Issue #10: Pipe Dreams, Fall 2009.

Blackmore, J. “Zine Review: Toxic”, Broken Pencil, Issue 45, Fall 2009.

"Review of Prospect.1", Art Review and Preview! , Issue # 8: Cut & Paste, Spring 2009.

Marrone, Daniel, “Zine Review: Cereal Boxes and Milk Crates: Zine Libraries and Infoshops are NOW”, Broken Pencil, Issue 40, Summer 2008.

Web:
"What is haunting America? And why does it matter now?" Mia stories, March 2, 2022

“Ectoplasm Selfies”, Sabat Magazine, November 16, 2018

Verso, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, February 2013

Hunn, Sarrita, "Constellation", Temporary Art Review, November 13, 2012.

Iverson, Kate, "Victorian Photography & Cocktails Collide at the Ramsey House", The651.com, April 23, 2012.

The Zineatorium, MPLS.TV, 2011.

Green, Loren, "Twin Cities Zinefest: A Q & A With Lacey Prpic Hedtke", The Dressing Room, City Pages, September 20, 2011.

“A Futuristic Library Includes Zines” Quodlibetica, Constellation 14, June 1, 2011.

“Zines: Do it Yourself and Teach Your Friends”, Library Journal, November, 2010.

Keough, “Review: Etiquette”, Print Fetish, May 18, 2010.

Review of Sassyfrass Circus, Jenna Brager, “Zines From the LJ Mailbag”, Library Journal, August 17, 2009.

“Crafty Librarians/Librarian Crafts,” LIBREAS Library Ideas, Issue #13: Pop Culture and Libraries, 2008.

“Cereal Boxes and Milk Crates: Zine Libraries and Infoshops are…Now”, LIBREAS Library
Ideas, Essays at the Front, LIBREAS Library Ideas, Issue #13: Pop Culture and Libraries
2008.

Greenwood, Amy, “Zine Review: Very True”, Broken Pencil, Issue 40, Summer 2008.

“Support Your Local…Zine Libraries, Infoshops and Radical Bookshops”, Information for Social
Change Journal, 2008.

Keough, “Review: Likes/Dislikes”, Print Fetish, October 17, 2008.

Honors, Grants, and Commissions:
2021 Early Career Project Grant, Forecast Public Art

2018 Midway Visual Arts Fund, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts’ Regional
Regranting Program
Early Career Artist Research + Development Grant, Forecast Public Art
Mobile darkroom box camera for Springboard for the Arts' ReadyGo

2012 Metropolitan Regional Arts Council Next Step Fund Grant
Photography Art Cart, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Tintype album cover for Brian Deremer's Dusty Songs For Children of The Modern Age

2010 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant
Community Supported Art artist, Springboard for the Arts, St. Paul, MN

2008 Sister Marie Cecilia Marzolf CSJ Founder's Award Winner, St. Catherine University

2007 Graduate Student Board Travel Grant, St. Catherine University

Lectures, panels, workshops + presentations:
2022 We Are Constellations: Neptune, Revolutions, and the Future, Supernatural America
exhibition opening panel, Mia, Minneapolis, MN

2020 Guest Artist, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Body Electric class, Minneapolis, MN
MFA Thesis Committee Mentor, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

2018 History of Women in Photography, Edina Historical Society Museum, Edina, MN

2017 Museum Out Loud: Sacred and Queer: Navigating the Intersections of Spirituality,
Sexuality, and Gender Identity, Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA
Victorian Spirit Photography, Dakota County Historical Society, Mendota, MN
Medium to Message Book Art Biennial panelist, Minnesota Center for Book Arts,
Minneapolis, MN
History Happy Hour: Victorian Photography, Minnesota Historical Society Ramsey House,
St. Paul, MN

2015 History Happy Hour: Spiritualism in Minnesota, Minnesota Historical Society,
St. Paul, MN

2014 History Happy Hour: Spiritualism in Minnesota, Minnesota Historical Society,
St. Paul, MN
History Happy Hour: Daguerreotypes, Minnesota Historical Society,
St.Paul, MN
History Happy Hour: Tintypes, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN

2013 Presenting Artist, Northern Spark Pre-Festival Artist Talks, St. Paul, MN
Panelist, Publishing to the People: Libraries, Zines, Maker Spaces and DIY Publishing,
Minneapolis Community and Technical College Library, Minneapolis, MN
History of Hip: Industry of Death, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
Artist Lecturer, "Extinct Photography", Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN

2012 History Happy Hour: Vintage Photography, Minnesota Historical Society,
St. Paul, MN
Visiting Artist, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
History Happy Hour: Vintage Photography, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
Panelist, Alternative Materials, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
Tintype presentation for MNHS staff, Minnesota Historical Society, St.Paul, MN

2011 Teaching Artist, Normandale Community College, Minneapolis, MN
Teaching Artist, Sam Hoolihan’s photography class, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
MN
Teaching Artist, Third Thursday cyanotype workshop, Minneapolis Institute of Arts,
Minneapolis, MN

2010 Guest, Salon Saloon: The Skin Show, Minneapolis, MN
Teaching Artist, Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs, Augsburg University,
Minneapolis, MN

2008 Poster presenter, BOBCATSSS, Zadar, Croatia
Panelist, You, too, can present at a conference, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN
Guest Artist, University of Minnesota illustration class, St. Paul, MN
Panelist, Radical Reference: Reflections on the RNC, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN

2007 Guest Artist: Zines and 'Zine Libraries: An Introduction to Handmade Books In and
Around the Library, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
Artist Lecture, University of Minnesota illustration class, St. Paul, MN
Artist Lecture and library visit, “By Design”, Minnesota Center for Book Arts,
Minneapolis, MN
Zine Librarian Panelist, Twin Cities Zinefest, Minneapolis, MN

2006 Panelist, Belfry Center for Social and Cultural Activities, Minneapolis, MN

2005 Visiting Artist, Bonnell Robinson’s 19th Century Photography Class, Art Institute of
Boston, Boston, MA

Relevant Professional Experience
2024 Panelist, Individual Excellence Photography Awards, Ohio Arts Council

2020-2022 Board Co-Chair, Golden Dome School

2017-2022 Residency Director, The Future, Minneapolis, MN

Education:

Auctioneer training, World Wide College of Auctioneering, Clear Lake, IA

MLIS St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN

BFA Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA

Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN