HANNAH NEWMAN
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Solo + Two-Person Exhibitions
2026 An Optimized Garden | 1122 Gallery | Portland, OR
Songs for the Synthetic Dawn | Mount Hood Community College Visual Arts Gallery | Gresham, OR
2025 Neural-lithic Futures | North View Gallery | Portland Community College | Portland, OR
2023 Flowstone | Carnation Contemporary | Portland, OR
2021 Pangea | Carnation Contemporary | Portland, OR
2019 LAGGY VISTAS (and other energy transfers) | The Wire | Digital Exhibition on Instagram
2018 Slipstream | Tropical Contemporary | Eugene, OR
2017 Nearly Not There | GRIN | Providence, RI
Thirsty + Drowning: A Baptism | Rainmaker Artist Residency | Portland, OR
2016 PLEASE PAY ATTENTION PLEASE | Cascade Gallery | Portland, OR
2013 Fragments and Fossils | Springfield Pottery | Springfield, MO
2012 Natural Forces | Springfield Pottery | Springfield, MO
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 Dedication | Pacific Northwest College of Art | Portland, OR
All I Ever Want Is To Fall Into Your Human Hands | Tempus Projects | Tampa, FL
2025 The Game Show | The Vestibule | Seattle, WA
Faculty Biennial Exhibition | Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University | LaGrande, OR
On the Natural | Center on Contemporary Art | Seattle, WA
2024 En Motion | Weel Well Projects | Portland, OR
Sleepless Nights | SOIL Gallery | Seattle, WA
2023 Earth Is a Time Machine | Wavelength Space | Chattanooga, TN
The Close Read: OCAC Alumni Biennial | X Gallery | Portland, OR
2023 Around Oregon Biennial | The Arts Center | Corvallis, OR
Friend of a Friend | Carnation Contemporary | Portland, OR
Between Spaces | Wavelength Space | Chattanooga, TN
It’s Complicated | Carnation Contemporary | Portland, OR
2022 The Nexus of Here | SATOR Projects | Portland, OR
A Provocation | After/Time | Portland, OR
2021 Atlas | Carnation Contemporary | Portland, OR
The Rate At Which | Erickson Gallery | Portland, OR
OCAC Bienniale | Oregon Contemporary | Portland, OR
Light Work | Many Hands PDX | Portland, OR
Second Date | Carnation Contemporary | Portland, OR
What’s Different? | Soil Gallery | Seattle, WA
Failsafe | Gallery 114 | Portland, OR
2020 Postpractice | Carnation Contemporary | Portland, OR
Metamorphosis | Columbia Center for the Arts | Hood River, OR
.doc | LaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon | Eugene, OR* Cancelled due to COVID-19
IF/THEN | Tropical Contemporary | Eugene, OR
2019 TRAAAAAAASH | The Wrong New Digital Art Biennale | Online Pavilion
LANGUAGE | Institute For Conceptual Studies + The Wrong New Digital Art Biennale | Online Pavillon
<SCRIPT> | Carnation Contemporary | Portland, OR
Fresh Air | Outback Arthouse | Los Angeles, CA
Distress Signals | The Envelope | Portland, OR
Entanglements | Her Environment | Chicago, IL
2018 2018 Cubed Luminous | Pensacola Museum of Art | Pensacola, FL
Truth and The Flood (The Danube) | Neon Heater/Real Tinsel | Milwaukee, WI
First Date | Carnation Contemporary | Portland, OR
Antithesis | Hoffman Gallery | Portland, OR
4th International Exhibit on New Media | Czong Institute of Contemporary Art | Gimpo-si, KOR
Library Project | OV Project Space | Portland, OR
Murmurs: Her Environment #7 | TriTriangle | Chicago, IL
2017 Assembly Required | Murmur Media | Atlanta, GA
2016 Stall Pop Up | Stall Gallery | Tokyo, JP
Dispersal | Rainmaker Artist Residency | Portland, OR
Incoming 3: Rainmaker Residents | Rainmaker Artist Residency | Portland, OR
Pacific Northwest College of the Arts MFA Salon Show | Museum of Contemporary Craft | Portland, OR
Re | Solve: Oregon College of Art and Craft Thesis Exhibition | Soltesz Fine Art | Portland, OR
Matrix to Multiples | Oregon College of Art and Craft | Portland, OR
2015 Impetus | Hoffman Gallery | Portland, OR
A Curious Thing | Oregon College of Art and Craft | Portland, OR
Leaners: The Art of the Humble Tool | Ash Street Project | Portland, OR
Grove | Pond Gallery | Portland, OR
CeramicsShowcase | Centrum Gallery | Portland, OR
2014 Ceramics Guild Juried Show | Oregon College of Art and Craft | Portland, OR
In Full Bloom | Baltimore Clayworks | Baltimore, MD
2013 Artists-In-Residence Show | Springfield Pottery | Springfield, MO
Springfield 12th Anniversary Arts Contest | Ozarks Technical Institute Fine Arts Gallery | Springfield, MO
Fresh Gallery Juried Competition | Fresh Gallery | Springfield, MO
2012 Artists-In-Residence Show | Springfield Pottery | Springfield, MO
Featured Residents | Springfield Pottery | Springfield, MO
Member’s Show | Creamery Arts Center | Springfield, MO
Artist’s Co-op Show | Grass Buffalo Gallery | Springfield, MO
2011 Artists-In-Residence Show | Springfield Pottery | Springfield, MO
Spring Senior Thesis | Indiana Wesleyan University | Marion, IN
Residencies
2022 Stay-At-Home Gallery + Residency, Paris, TN
2018 Short-Term Artist Residency | Kimmel Nelson Harding Residency | Lincoln, NE
2016-17 Rainmaker Residency | Rainmaker Artist Residency | Portland, OR
2015 MJ Wood 'Do Good' Residency | Red Lodge Clay Center | Red Lodge, MT
2011-14 Long Term Resident | Springfield Pottery | Springfield, MO
Awards
2025 Arts Project Grant | Regional Arts and Culture Council | Portland, OR
2024 Professional Development Award | Portland State University | Portland, OR
2023 Professional Development Award | Portland State University | Portland, OR
2022 Finalist | Hopper Prize
2017 Professional Development Grant | Regional Arts and Culture Council | Portland OR
2015 Graduate Fellowship | Oregon College of Art and Craft | Portland, OR
2014 Graduate Teaching Assistantship | Oregon College of Art and Craft | Portland, OR
2013 2nd Prize, 12th Anniversary Arts Contest | Ozark Technical Institute Fine Arts Gallery | Springfield, MO
Professional Experience
2026- present Associate Director | Gather:Make:Shelter | Portland, OR
2019-present Co-Facilitator + Co-Founder | WAVE Contemporary | Portland, OR
2023-2025 Operations Manager | Gather:Make:Shelter | Portland, OR
2022-2023 Education and Programming Manager | Oregon Society of Artists | Portland, OR
2021 Independent Arts Writing Consultant | Portland, OR
2018-20 Program Manager | MFA Applied Craft + Design | PNCA + OCAC | Portland, OR
2016-17 Art Studio Manager | Catlin Gabel High School | Portland, OR
2015 Artist-In-Residence Program Assistant | OCAC | Portland, OR
Oregon College of Art and Craft Mid-Career Residency Juror | OCAC | Portland, OR
Gallery Assistant | Hoffman Gallery | Portland, OR
2014 Gallery Assistant | Hoffman Gallery | Portland, OR
2011 Assistant Gallery Curator | Indiana Wesleyan University | Marion, IN
Teaching Assistant | Ceramics + Sculpture | Indiana Wesleyan University | Marion, IN
2010 Assistant Gallery Curator | Indiana Wesleyan University | Marion, IN
Teaching Assistant | Ceramics + Sculpture | Indiana Wesleyan University | Marion, IN
2009 Assistant Gallery Curator | Indiana Wesleyan University | Marion, IN
Curatorial + Events
2024 Sleepless Nights | SOIL Gallery | Seattle, WA
2022 The Nexus of Here | SATOR Projects | Portland, OR
The Extended Ear: An Artist Book Fair | Carnation Contemporary | Portland, OR
A Provocation | After/Time | Portland, OR
2021 What’s Different? | Curatorial + Administration | SOIL Gallery | Seattle, WA
Shapeshifters: A Guided Meditation | Gallery 114, Portland, OR (virtual)
Failsafe | Curator | Gallery 114, Portland, OR (virtual)
Pangea: Live Performance | Carnation Contemporary | Portland, OR (virtual)
2020 MFA AC+D Mid-Year Show | Curator | MFA Applied Craft + Design | PNCA | Portland, OR
2019 MFA AC+D Mid-Year Show | Curator | MFA Applied Craft + Design | PNCA + OCAC | Portland, OR
MFA AC+D Lecture Series: Ezra Shales | Event Planner | PNCA + OCAC | Portland, OR
MFA AC+D Lecture Series: Matt Olson | Event Planner | PNCA + OCAC | Portland, OR
Shapeshifters: A Guided Meditation | Carnation Contemporary | Portland, OR
Love Olivia + Zach | Curator | Artist Lecture| Carnation Contemporary/Instagram | Portland, OR
Networked Perspectives | Artist Lecture Series | Curator | Carnation Contemporary | Portland, OR
http://www: a birthday celebration | Curator | Exhibition | Carnation Contemporary | Portland, OR
MFA AC+D Lecture Series: Wendy Red Star | Event Planner | PNCA + OCAC | Portland, OR
2018 MFA AC+D Lecture Series: Future Firm | Event Planner | PNCA + OCAC | Portland, OR
MFA AC+D Lecture Series: Annica Cuppetelli | Event Planner | PNCA + OCAC | Portland, OR
MFA AC+D Lecture Series: John Park | Event Planner | MFA Applied Craft + Design | Portland, OR
2017 Ben Skiba | Curator | Exhibition | Rainmaker Gallery | Portland, OR
2015 anyplacewhatever | Decentralized Exhibition in physical and online space | Portland, OR
Teaching/Instruction
2025 Mentor | MFA Visual Studies Program | Willamette University / PNCA | Portland, OR
2022-2024 Adjunct Instructor | College of Art & Design | Portland State University | Portland, OR
2019-2022 Thesis Mentor | MFA Applied Craft + Design Program | PNCA | Portland, OR
2020 Thesis Mentor | MFA Visual Studies Program | PNCA | Portland, OR
Instructor | Independent Study | MFA Applied Craft + Design | PNCA | Portland, OR
Substitute Instructor | Theory of the Object | MFA Applied Craft + Design Program | PNCA | Portland, OR
2019-2020 Instructor | CRA611 Studio Practice | MFA in Craft | PNCA + OCAC | Portland, OR
2017-18 Instructor | Introduction to Adobe Creative Suites | OCAC, Studio School | Portland, OR
2016 Art Instructor | Beginning Ceramics for Kids | VibePDX Studio | Portland, OR
2015 Teaching Assistant | Ceramics II | Oregon College of Art and Craft | Portland, OR
2014 Teaching Assistant | Ceramics I | Oregon College of Art and Craft | Portland, OR
2011-14 Claymobile Instructor | Springfield Regional Arts Council Claymobile Projects | Springfield, MO
2011-14 Beginning Wheelthrowing and Hand-building Instructor | Springfield Pottery | Springfield, MO
Artist Lectures + Workshops
2026 Artist Talk | Mount Hood Community College | Portland, OR
2025 Artist Talk | Portland Community College | Portland, OR
Artist Talk | Eastern Oregon University | Portland, OR
2022 Guest Lecturer | Digital Tools (BFA) | Portland State University | Portland, OR
2021 Guest Lecturer | MFA Applied Craft + Design Critique Seminar | PNCA | Portland, OR
Guest Artist | Foundations (BFA) | Portland State University | Portland, OR
2020 Guest Lecturer | MFA Applied Craft + Design Critique Seminar | PNCA | Portland, OR
Guest Critic | MFA Applied Craft + Design Critique Seminar | PNCA | Portland, OR
2019 Guest Critic | MFA Applied Craft + Design Critique Seminar | PNCA | Portland, OR
Guest Critic | MFA Applied Craft + Design Critique Seminar | PNCA | Portland, OR
Guest Lecturer | Critical Inquiry (MFA) | OCAC | Portland, OR
Guest Critic | MFA Applied Craft + Design Critique Seminar | OCAC + PNCA
Guest Lecturer | Text and Image (BFA) | OCAC | Portland, OR
Guest Lecturer | Digital Tools Class (BFA) | Portland State University | Portland, OR
2018 Guest Critic | MFA Applied Craft + Design Critique Seminar | OCAC + PNCA | Portland, OR
Guest Lecturer | Digital Tools Class (BFA) | Portland State University | Portland, OR
Guest Critic | MFA Applied Craft + Design Critique Seminar | OCAC + PNCA | Portland, OR
Artist Talk | Kimmel Harding Nelson Center | Lincoln, NE
2017 Information as Material + Internet Art History Workshop | Oregon College of Art and Craft | Portland, OR
2016 The Texture of Research | Practicum Capstone Class (BFA) | OCAC | Portland, OR
Art of the Everyday Workshop | Catlin Gabel School (Middle School) | Portland, OR
Artist Talk | Drawing 1 Course (BS) | Cascade Gallery | Portland, OR
2015 Artist Talk | Red Lodge Clay Center | Red Lodge, MT
2011 Artist Residencies and Professional Development Discussion | Indiana Wesleyan University | Marion, IN
Volunteer/Membership
2019-present WAVE Contemporary | Portland, OR, co-founder
2018-20234 Carnation Contemporary | Portland, OR
2021-2022 Exhibitions Committee | Carnation Contemporary
2020-2022 Common Field Member | Open Source Network
2022 OMIC Percent for Public Art Committee | Oregon Arts Commission | Scappoose, OR
2012 Grass Buffalo | Springfield, MO
Publications
2019 <SCRIPT>, <SCRIPT>: A Platform for Makers Mining Digital Landscapes, June 2019.
2019 2019: Artists Working in New Media | Czong Institute of Contemporary Art | Gimpo-si, KOR, January
Education
2026 Southern Utah University | MA of Arts Administration
2016 Oregon College of Art and Craft | MFA in Craft | Portland, OR
2011 Indiana Wesleyan University | B.S. Ceramics + Fine Arts + Art History minor | Marion, IN