Terry Hempfling was born in New York City and lives between Minneapolis and New York. Her work spans dance, improvisation, site-specific performance, visual art, video, social practice, and archive-based work. She has performed and collaborated with artists including Marina Abramović, Laure Prouvost, Pierre Droulers, Anthea Hamilton, Ada Friedman, and Rachel Jendrzejewski, with whom she maintained a longtime artistic partnership until Jendrzejewski’s passing in 2025. Hempfling’s work and collaborations have been developed, presented, and supported through institutions and organizations including the Weisman Art Museum, Walker Art Center, Lighthouse Works, Playwrights’ Center, Shandaken Projects, West Wind Artist Residency, Red Eye Theater, PRACTICE Gallery, Dixon Place, and Keshet Dance. Learn more at terryhempfling.com