Fauna Rasmussen

Fauna Rasmussen (She/Her) is a Minnesota based stop-motion animator. She currently attends the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, majoring in animation. The bulk of her work deals with ecology and rewilding, often specifically covering the enormous loss of mega/macrofaunal biodiversity during the two latest mass extinctions. Her most recent project, Dear Fauna is a stop-motion short film animated using needle felted puppets, and taking place in the late Pleistocene to early Holocene eras. The film and puppets were exhibited in the Paleo Art Show (Minneapolis) Otherworldly Arts Gallery, and will be featured in the Robbin Art Gallery (Robbinsdale) this upcoming August. She can be seen driving around Minneapolis in her art-car, named Flora. 

As my work has changed over time I've shifted from a general interest in zoology, and especially prehistoric zoology to a focus on recent prehistory and the zoology therein. I hope that my work can help to inspire future generations to take interest in restoring our fantastically diverse world that is rapidly disappearing piece by piece. I've come to accept also that my work does not have to perfectly reflect the reality of nature, but rather I can stylize and simplify it to make it easier to digest for the general public. I'm making art after all, and I've found that my best work was that which embraced its impressionism and accepted that it was in fact art. If you like what you see and want to encourage me to continue to evolve and improve my work, I encourage you to follow my social medias and tell me what you like and what you don't! Reading how my work affects people is incredibly inspiring and keeps me motivated. Thanks for all your support over the last few years!