Hanna Washburn    

Beacon, NY                         

 

EDUCATION                             

2018                 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY  •  Master of Fine Arts in Fine Arts                         

2014                 Kenyon College, Gambier, OH  •  Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art and English, Magna Cum Laude

 

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2026                 (forthcoming) Solo Exhibition at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (solo)

2025                 (forthcoming) Solo Exhibition at the Katonah Village Library, Katonah, NY (solo)

A Thing and Its Shadow, Rosefsky Gallery, SUNY Binghampton, Binghampton, NY (solo)

2024                 The Animal Within the Animal, IA&A at Hillyer Gallery, Washington D.C. (two-person with Ana Maria Farina)

Shapeshifter, Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY (solo)

Tendrils, Limbs, Bellies, and Blooms, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY (solo)

                        Stitch in the Side, Olin Gallery, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA (solo)

2023                 Jog Your Memory, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY (solo)

2022                 Borrowed Bones, Beacon Artist Union, Beacon, NY (solo)

2020                 Homebody, The James Library and Center for the Arts, Norwell, MA (solo)

2018                 Hanna Washburn and Pierre Chaumont, Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute, Utica, NY (two-person with Pierre Chaumont)

                        Affordable Art Fair Young Talent: Hanna Washburn, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY (solo)

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS           

2025                 (forthcoming) Soft Structures, curated by Jennifer Wroblewski, Jane Lombard Gallery, New York, NY

                        (forthcoming) String Theory, curated by Jill Benson, N/A Project Space, New Paltz, NY

Assembled Overtime, curated by Emily Markert, West Chelsea Building, New York, NY

Those Who Tend, curated by Kaylan Buteyn and Visionary Art Collective, Warnes Contemporary Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

A Penny in Your Pocket, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Knoxville, TN

2024                 Talking Threads, curated by Karlyn Benson, Susan Eley Gallery, Hudson, NY

Fusion & Flux, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Richmond, VA

By a Thread, curated by Fritz Hortsman, Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Woodstock, NY

2023                 Inspired by Nature, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY

                        Mirrored Enchantments: Artist Echoes and Reflections, Flush Gallery x Ed. Varie Gallery, New York, NY

Homespun, curated by Karlyn Benson, Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY

Your Head is a Houseboat, curated by Uttara Parekh, Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY

Paroxysm, curated by Alison Pirie, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY

2022                 Museum Workers Create, King Manor Museum, Queens, NY

Green House, curated by Marianna Peragallo + Hanna Washburn, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY

NADA New York, booth curated by Katy Hamer, New Art Dealers Alliance, New York, NY

Mohawk Hudson Regional Invitational, curated by Jennie Tang, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY

Home Body, The Arcade Building at 488 Broadway, Albany, NY

Life as Clouds, String Room Gallery, Wells College, Aurora, NY

2021                 Pop Up!, curated by Kyle Henderson, SoMad nyc, New York, NY

                        The Haunted Mill, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY

                        Blessed Bodies, curated by Abby Cheney + Hanna Washburn, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY

Mohawk Hudson Regional, Albany International Airport Gallery, Albany, NY

The Fridge Show, curated by Abby Cheney, Rina AC Dweck, + Hanna Washburn, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY

                        CraftBoston: Fiber Stories, The Society of Arts + Crafts, Boston, NY

                        Women’s Work: New Takes on Textile Art, curated by Nicole Lampl, Elm Street Arts - Reeves House, Atlanta, GA

                        Sunrise Sunset, curated by Kathy Greenwood, Albany International Airport Gallery, Albany, NY

                        The Vision of Care, curated by Robert Shane, Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Woodstock, NY

2020                 Let the Good Times Roll, ArtPort Kingston, Kingston, NY

                        Home as Situation, Bolivar Art Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

                        Infinite Uncertainty, Opalka Gallery, Russell Sage College, Albany, NY

                        The Feminine Agenda, curated by Ana Maria Farina, WomensWork.Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY

                        Everything is Different Now, Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN

                        Settle In, curated by Abby Cheney, Rina AC Dweck, + Hanna Washburn, HERE Arts, New York, NY

2019                 Inalienable, Chashama at 21 Greenwich Avenue, New York, NY

                        The Chair Show, ArtsWestchester, White Plains, NY

                        Dirt in the Wrong Hands, curated by Johanna Keefe, Quaid Gallery, Tampa, FL

                        Asculpture, curated by Rad Hourani, Rad Hourani Foundation, Montreal, Canada

                        Every Woman Biennial, La MaMa Galleria, New York, NY

                        Relief, Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock, NY

                        Bloom, Millersville University, Millersville, PA                        

2018                 Locations, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY

Constellations, School of Visual Arts Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY

                        Ladies of Change, Chinatown Soup, New York, NY

Tactics, Works, Forms, Statements, curated by Kari Conte, 371 Broadway, New York, NY

                        Object Lessons, curated by Abby Cheney + Hanna Washburn, Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY                                

                        Representing Feminism(s), Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH

                        Textile Landscapes, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA

2017                 Vital Constitutions, Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University, Houston, TX

2016                 Transformations, Sotheby's Institute of Art, New York, NY

 

 

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES     

2024                 Scholastic Awards Alumni Microgrant, New York, NY

2023                 Open Studio Residency at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

2021                 Albany Institute of History & Art Board of Trustees Award, Albany, NY

2020                 Residency at Monson Arts, Monson, ME

2019                 United Breast Cancer Foundation x Chashama Artist Grant, New York, NY

                        Residency at the Society of Arts + Crafts, Boston, MA

                        Residency at Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2018                 Residency at Art Farm, Marquette, NE                    

                        Residency at Textile Arts Center, New York, NY

                        Residency at Byrdcliffe Colony, Woodstock, NY

2014                 Peterson Prize in Studio Art, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

 

SELECTED PRESS                    

2024                 Scenic Hudson, How Textile Sculptor Hanna Washburn Keeps Things Sustainable

Hyperallergic, 10 Exhibitions to See in Upstate New York This April

Art Uncovered Podcast, Textile Artist Hanna Washburn (podcast interview)

Suboart Magazine, About Growth and Change with Hanna Washburn

2023                 North Country Public Radio (NCPR), Lake George artist sews sculptures that remind her of home (radio interview)

Cult Bytes, Hanna Washburn’s Upcycled Cloth Sculptures Celebrate Memories

Femme Art Review, Taking Up Space: In Discussion with Hanna Washburn

2022                 Queens Chronicle, The Museum is the Muse, the Curator is the Artist

Hyperallergic, Critics Choice at Spring Break 2022

2021                 Kenyon Alumni Magazine, The Art that Changed Our Lives

Hyperallergic, The Wonderfully Messy Mix of Art and Craft at Spring Break

                        Hyperallergic, With a Medieval Flair, Spring Break Art Show Celebrates the Eccentric

                        The Highlands Current, Inside the Box: Collective Curates Fridge-Inspired Show

                        The Coastal Post, Remote Studio Visit: Hanna Washburn

                        Fugue Journal, Issue 60, Hanna Washburn

2020                 Brooklyn Art Library, Beyond the Page: Hanna Washburn

2019                 The Boston Globe, What’s Happening South of Boston

                        The Norwell Mariner, New Art Exhibit Opening at the James

                        The New Yorker, Living With Art

                        Kenyon College, A Celebration of 50 Years of Women Artists

                        WAG Magazine, Seat Yourself

2018                 Visual Arts Journal, Recycle, Reuse, Repurpose

                        The New York Times, 23 Exhibitions to View in NYC

 

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2024                 A Line, a Link, a Web, group exhibition curated for the Surface Design Association (SDA), Virtual

2023                 Tangled Vines, interactive installation project with Abby Cheney, Flux Factory, Governors Island, NY

2022                 Green House, co-curated by Marianna Peragallo, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY

2021                 Blessed Bodies, co-curated with Abby Cheney, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY

                        The Fridge Show, co-curated with Abby Cheney and Rina AC Dweck, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY

2020                 Settle In, co-curated with Abby Cheney and Rina AC Dweck, HERE Arts, New York, NY

2019                 How to be both, co-curated with Bailey Romaine, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2018                 Object Lessons, co-curated with Abby Cheney, Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY     

 

VISITING ARTIST AND EDUCATOR

2025                 ArtBridge, Artist Talk with Davina Hsu, New York, NY

SUNY Binghamton, Visiting Artist Talk, Binghamton, NY

2024                 Susan Eley Gallery, Talking Threads Artist Panel, Hudson, NY

2023                 Dorsky Museum of Art, Artist Talk, New Paltz, NY

2022                 Warren Wilson College, Visiting Presenter (virtual), Swannanoa, NC

Storm King Art Center, Children & Family Programs Educator, New Windsor, NY

Dia: Beacon, Saturday Studio on the Farm Educator, Beacon, NY       

School of Visual Arts, Visiting Presenter, New York, NY

2019                 Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Artist Panel, Woodstock, NY

                        School of Visual Arts, MFA Alumni Panel, New York, NY

2018                 Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute, Artist Talk, Utica, NY    

                        University of Washington, Visiting Artist (virtual), Seattle, WA  

2017                 Rice University, Vital Constitutions Graduate Conference, Houston, TX