photograph by James Kelly
I was born in a blizzard, during a lunar eclipse and have lived in Rhode Island for most of my life. The Northeastern seasons are in constant flux. The ocean spray and air mix, the woods are full of unseen life. These natural phenomena, along with the New England transcendentalists’ foundational respect for nature and working with ones’ hands, have shaped my thought and art making. Although my first professional ambition was to be a wildlife rehabilitator, I became a photographer and animator. My work still engages with the obscure boundary between the living and the dead and I view art making as something wild with an unpredictable life of its own.
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Hannah was a Fulbright Research Fellow to the Netherlands in Photography (2024-25) and an artist in residence at Yaddo. Her work has been supported by grants from the Rhode Island School of Design, Brown University, Stanford University, and the Rhode Island State Council for the Arts. Her films have been screened internationally.
Hannah has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, Stanford University and the University of Rhode Island. She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Art at Colby College.
She holds an MFA from Stanford University in Art Practice (2020), a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in Film/Animation/Video (2016), and a BA from Brown University in Modern Culture and Media (2016.)
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