b. Shakopee, MN
Lives in Cincinnati, OH
hparrett4@gmail.com
@hparrett
Statement
Focusing on speculative visions of landscape, Hannah Parrett’s work explores representations of natural environments that hold a paradox of a spiritual geography and utopian fallacy. Through the slow process of relief carving and densely layered paintings she looks at how abstraction can be a tool to dissolve hierarchies of knowledge.
Inspired by antique forms such as ornamented mirrors and frames, Parrett examines how these periphery objects both serve functions of utility and create a space where common myths were enshrined. She often sees her work as sets, props or counterfeit reliquaries, forming different manifestations of the ‘frame’ to think about how a backdrop holds coded narratives surrounding a common myth or landscape.
Biography
Raised in South Dakota, Hannah relocated to the midwest in 2017 and has lived there for the past seven years. During her time in central and southern Ohio she finished her masters degree at Ohio State University where she taught as a lecturer from 2020-2022, and co-founded Dream Clinic Project Space, an artist-run gallery that operates out of a shared studio collective in Columbus, OH. She was the recipient of the Greater Columbus Arts Council Fellowship in 2021 and has exhibited locally and nationally at galleries that include the Pizzuti Collection through the Columbus Museum of Art, The Louise Underwood Hopkins Center for the Arts, Lubbock TX, The Neon Heater, Findlay OH, Holland Project, Reno NV, and Olin Gallery, Washington PA. She has attended residencies at Hambidge Center for the Arts (2022), Visible Records (2024), and Vermont Studio Center (2024). Her work can be seen in the Midwest Editions #155 #167 of New American Paintings.