About the Artist.
Hannah Witner is a multidisciplinary visual artist and innovative designer. She is a North Carolina-born, NYC-based creator who began her love of art around age 3, and has been learning ever since. She graduated at the top of her class with a BFA in Integrated Design from Parsons School for Design at the end of 2018.
Her work spans from colorful, surrealist, and psychological oil paintings, whimsical drawings, and experimental & commercial design. Hannah is a multidisciplinary artist: at the heart of her work lies a passion for uncovering the hidden potential of materials, psychological processes, and the human condition, which she undertakes in a spirit of curiosity and experimentation.
Hannah has been a studio resident at NG Art Creative Residency, Nes Artist Residency, Zaratan Arte Contemporânea, ConArtist Collective, and C-3 Lab. Hannah is represented by PIAPH Gallery in New York City and is a part of a number of art collectives in NYC. She has exhibited in and has work in public and private collections across the USA and Europe.
She works as a designer in NYC.
EDUCATION:
2015 - 2018 BFA: Parsons School for Design; New York, NY
Major in Integrated Design, minors in Fine Art and Graphic Design
Summa cum laude, honors; BFA Merit Scholarship for Visual Art
2014 - 2015 Wake Forest University; Winston-Salem, NC
Karen Dingledine Presidential Scholarship for Visual Art
2011 - 2015 Apprenticed with artist Lee Buamgarten at the Civic & Cultural Art Center of Pineville; Charlotte, NC
RESIDENCIES
2020; NG Art Creative Guest Residency, Eygalières, France
2020; Nes Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
2020; Zaratan Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, Portugal
2020; C-3 Lab, Charlotte, NC, USA
2019; The Bowery Union (formerly Con Artist Collective NYC), New York, NY, USA
MEMBER COLLECTIVES:
Solas Studio; New York, NY, USA (SEE WORK FOR SALE)
The Bowery Union, New York, NY, USA
PUBLICATIONS/PRESS:
2021; EmbraceCreatives.com | Home Page Feature
2021: Film Interview with Solas Studio
2021; The Painting Center NYC
2021; booooooom.com | High Frequency
2021; Gallery M&Art agents - Museum of Contemporary Art, Artplu in Shanghai, China
2020; Friend of the Artist: Volume 11
2020; ArtJobs.com | Portrait Submission
(forthcoming); Interview with Visionary Art Collective
AWARDS:
2020; Shortlisted for Gallerie Heimat Art Prize, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
2020; NG Art Creative Guest Residency, Eygalières, France
2015; Scholarship for Visual Art, Parsons School for Design, New York, NY, USA
2014; Karen Dingledine Scholarship for Visual Art, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
2013; NC Governor's School West Awardee/Attendee in Visual Art; Winston-Salem, NC, USA
PRESENTATIONS:
2020; Guest Panelist; Parsons School for Design Navigating the Field Lecture, New York, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2021; ArtAuc Finder Auction, Virtual
2021; Atopos, The Holy Art, London, UK (Virtual)
2021; Spring Showcase, Solas Studio; New York, NY
2020; Creatures, Beasts, and Myths; The Vacant Museum; Virtual
2020; SOLO; Hannah Witner: To Be, Zaratan Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, Portugal
2020; Street Gallery Project Retrospective, The Bowery Collective, New York, NY
2020; Street Gallery Project, The Bowery Collective in Soho, New York, NY
2020; Showcase, 627 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY
2020; Year of the Fancy Rat, 69 Eldridge St, New York, NY
2020; PIAPH Grand Opening, 198 Allen St, New York, NY
2020; State of ReUnion, The Bowery Union, New York NY
2020; National Exhibition of American Art: Altered States (used as promo image for the show); Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY
2019; SOLO; Showcase, 166 Bowery, New York, NY
2019; CONstitution, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2019; Les Femmes, Rue B, New York, NY
2019; Artist Showcase, Rue B, New York, NY
2019; March Studio Residency Showcase, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2019; Spring, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2019; Handle with Care, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2019; Poetry, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2019; February Studio Residency Showcase, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2019; Listen!, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2019; The Thread, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2019; BFA Integrated Design Thesis Show, Parsons School for Design, New York, NY
2016; Monumental Public Space & The Human, State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2015; Parsons Pop-Up/Print Shop, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, New York, NY
2015; Student Art Exhibition, Hanes Gallery of Art, Winston-Salem, NC
2015; Student Art Exhibition, StArt Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
2014; PaperMade Exhibition, Federation University, Sydney, Australia
2014; Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Group Exhibition, Spirit Square Galleries, Charlotte, NC
2013; Site-specific installations: Forgotten Spaces; Winston-Salem, NC
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Private Collections: New York City, North Carolina, Germany, France, Portugal
Wake Forest University Art Collection, Winston-Salem, NC
Parsons School for Design Art Collection, New York, NY
BROWSE WORK FOR SALE:
Browse Work for Sale | EmbraceCreatives.com
SEE WORK FOR SALE | Solas Studio; New York, NY, USA
