Anne Wehrley Björk (b. 1948, Farmington, NM) lives and works between Lexington, Kentucky and Charleston, South Carolina. She received a BFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Oklahoma, studied at the Alliance Française and earned both an MA and MFA in Painting from the University of New Mexico. Rooted in the landscape of New Mexico, Björk's paintings explore the intersections of memory, perception and place through sustained engagement with Chaco Canyon, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and International Dark Sky Park. Working between representation and abstraction, she transforms observed landscapes through subtle shifts in light, color and atmosphere, creating compositions that balance formal experimentation with a deep sense of lived experience.

Beginning her career in the 1970s, Björk has maintained a rigorous studio practice for more than five decades. Throughout her work, Chaco Canyon has remained a persistent subject, anchoring an ongoing investigation into the relationships among light, form, and perception. Her practice reflects a generation of artists whose contributions have increasingly received renewed institutional and critical recognition.

Recent solo exhibitions include Lost Canyon, Margot Samel, New York (2026); Les Animaux, Fernberger, Los Angeles (2025); Uncommon Light, Ross+Kramer (2020); B.Deemer Gallery, Louisville (2017); and Chaco, B.Deemer Gallery, Louisville (2015). Selected group exhibitions include Ryan Campbell Garrett Art Advisory, Rancho Santa Fe (2025); Fernberger, Los Angeles (2024); Meyer Vogl Gallery, Charleston (2017, 2016); and the University of Kentucky's Barnhart Gallery (2007–2014). Her work is held in the collections of the University of New Mexico Art Museum and the Sears Tower corporate collection. She will be the subject of a solo exhibition at Edel Assanti, London, in September 2026.