Annick Sjobakken is a freelance photographer and educator based in Des Moines, Iowa.

She has taken photos for The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, TIME, Bloomberg Businessweek, Vox Media, Little Village Magazine, and The Globe and Mail. Fraction Magazine, Lenscratch, The Ones We Love, and PDN have featured her work, and her photos have been included in numerous exhibitions. 

Education

2009 MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2003 BFA, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

Select Exhibitions

2025 Serous Cystadeoma, Side Room Gallery at Wake Up Iowa, Des Moines, IA
2025 Living in America, Polk County Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2024 Elsewhere, curated by Patricia Levin, MASS Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2022 From the Altar, Teachout Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2020 Art of Our Time, Mainframe Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2020 Interior Life, curated by Strange Fire Collective, Filter Space, Chicago, IL
2019 Captured in Des Moines, Polk County Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2018 Photo Sensitive, Olson-Larsen Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2018 Motherhood Unveiled, Stitches and Pics, Sackets Harbor, NY
2016 Developed Work, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS
2016 Making Muses, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO              
2016 Honorable Mention in Camera Club of New York’s Annual Juried Show
2016 A Portrait Show, The Garage at Salisbury House, Des Moines, IA
2016 Photos and Realism, The Photography and Paintings of Annick and Scott Sjobakken, The Cellar of La Poste, Perry, IA
2015 At Home, curated by Kat Kiernan of Don’t Take Pictures
2014 Midwest Print Show, curated by Flak Photo’s Andy Adams, Madison, WI
2014 The Ones We Love, curated by Lindley Warren, Des Moines IA
2014 Viaduct Gallery’s Inaugural Exhibition, Des Moines, IA
2013 Featured in Fraction Magazine’s Fifth Anniversary Issue
2013 Des Moines Art Center Faculty Exhibition, Des Moines, IA
2013 Juried Exhibition, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2012 United Citizens, Bushwick Community Darkroom, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Street Shots/NYC, South Street Seaport Museum, New York, NY
2010 Sea Change, curated by Feature Shoot's Alison Zavos, Wassaic, NY
2009 Personal Space, Outlet 7, New York, NY
2009 MFA Thesis Show, School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Family Values, School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Art as Anecdote, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY
2006 La Femme, Superfine, Brooklyn, NY
2005 The Art Show by Ten Women, Belmont Lounge, New York, NY
2003 BFA Show, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

Awards and Distinctions

2024 Selected to participate in Alec Soth’s Workshop at Home
2018 Featured in Epic Magazine
2016 Featured in Fisheye
2016 Featured in Aint-Bad
2015 Featured in The Lenscratch States Project
2014 Selected to participate in The Camera Club of New York’s Benefit Auction
2014 Featured in The Ones We Love online exhibition
2014 Featured on Art Of Iowa
2013 Selected to participate in Flash Powder Projects
2012 Selected to participate in Review Santa Fe
2010 Daniel Cooney Fine Art Online Auction of Emerging Artists
2010 Finalist for The Julia Margaret Cameron Award
2009 Hey Hot Shot Contender – Jen Bekman Gallery
2009 Featured in New York Times Magazine
2003 PDN Photo Annual Winner