Hannah Barnhardt
Winston-Salem, NC
education
2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts with a Concentration in Digital Media
University of North Carolina at Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina
Minor in Art History
Minor in Anthropology
Minor in Women’s Studies
one-person exhibitions
2018 Selected Works from Wandering Witness
Scuppernong Bookstore, Greensboro, North Carolina
Exhibition of illustrative work from Wandering Witness, reportage project
two-person exhibitions
2017 Are We Human(e)
Gallery C3, Charlotte, North Carolina
Exhibition of illustrative work with Mark Doepker, illustrator and sculpture artist
group exhibitions
2017 Free For All
Hart Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
One-night-only group exhibition
2017 Apple Pie
Goodyear Arts Charlotte, North Carolina
Curated by Grace Stott, Rebecca Henderson, Kathleen Bloom, Renee Cloud, and Melody Rood
2017 McColl Center Members’ Show
McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, North Carolina
Salon-style group exhibition
2016 An Artistic Protest: Representations of Race, Violence, Injustice, and Inequality
Cone University Center, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
Curated by Dr. Danielle Boaz with the Africana Studies Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2016 Artistic Protest Pop-Up
Projective Eye Gallery, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
Curated by Crista Commaroto
2016 Unibrow
Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina
Co-curated by artists Grace Stott and Rebecca Henderson
2016 Personal is Political is Personal
440 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Curated by artist and illustrator Sue Coe
2016 Digital Dialogues
Projective Eye Gallery, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
Digital fabrication faculty and student grant showcase funded by College of Art & Architecture's Digital Arts Center and curated by Crista Commaroto
2016 Cherry Pie
Union Shop Studio, Charlotte, North Carolina
Curated by Grace Stott, Charlotte-based ceramic artist
2016 Form & Flux
Rowe Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
BFA senior exhibition for photography, ceramics, sculpture, and digital media
2016 One Minute Wurm
Rowe Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Co-curated by myself and Marek Ranis, Professor and Area Coordinator of Sculpture
2016 Annual Juried Student Exhibition
Rowe Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
juried by Jennifer Edwards, Curator of the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte, North Carolina
2016 A is for...a collaborative pictorial vocabulary exploration in alphabetical order
Student Union Gallery & Rowe Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Co-curated by myself and Victoria Byers (BFA Photography 2016)
2015 I Am, By Birth...
Rowe Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Curated by students in the Gallery Internship course
2015 The 24-Hour Selfie
Rowe Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Spring 2015 Advanced Sculpture project & gallery show overseen by Marek Ranis, Professor and Area Coordinator of Sculpture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2015 bits & bytes
Rowe Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Curated by Heather Freeman (Professor and Area Coordinator of Digital Media, University of North Carolina at Charlotte), Aspen Hochhalter (Professor and Area Coordinator of Photography, University of North Carolina at Charlotte), and Tom Schmidt (Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary 3D at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
2015 Annual Juried Student Exhibition
Rowe Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Juried by Lia Newman, Director and Curator of Davidson College Art Galleries in Davidson, North Carolina
2014 Contour: Drawing Exhibition
Rowe Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Organized by Malena Bergmann (Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies in Art & Art History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte) and Kristin Rothrock (Foundations Lecturer in Art & Art History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
2014 Annual Juried Student Exhibition
Rowe Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Juried by Brad Thomas, Director of Residences and Exhibitions at the McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, North Carolina
2014 Direct-in-Direct
Rowe Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Juried by artist Sara Schneckloth
professional accomplishments
2015-2016 Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant to Dr. Emerling Professor of Art History specializing in Contemporary Art History
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Assisted with preparing new editions of his book; assisted with preparing research and materials for a special public lecture at the University of Virginia on for an exhibition of Sol LeWitt’s work being added to the permanent collection at the university
2014 Studio Assistant to Jessica Whitbread
Wesley Mancini Artist-in-Residence; Community Relations & Mobilization Manager for the International Community of Women Living with HIV
The McColl Center for Art and Innovation in Charlotte, North Carolina
Assisted with creating an installation and editing audio interviews
awards & honors
2017 Best Documentary Artist - Annual Best of Charlotte from Creative Loafing
Creative Loafing Charlotte
weekly newspaper reporting on arts & entertainment
2016 Honorable Mention - Annual Student Juried Exhibition
Rowe Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
juried by Jennifer Edwards, Curator of the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte, North Carolina
2014 Best In Show, Foundations - Annual Student Juried Exhibition
Rowe Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
juried by Brad Thomas, Director of Residences and Exhibitions of the McColl Center for Visual Art
grants & residencies
2019 Greensboro Bound Resident Artist - Festival 2019
One of 2 Resident Artists at Greensboro Bound Literary Festival, at several facilities in downtown Greensboro, including the International Civil Rights Center & Museum and Greensboro History Museum
2015 D-arts Center Digital-Making Grant from the Digital Arts Center of the College of Arts & Architecture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte for Vivisection, a laser-cut card game for 2 or more people
publications
2020 Little Red Riding Hood edited by Julie Decker and Marek Ranis for the Anchorage Museum of Rasmuson (illustrations)
2017 "The Melt" cover story for Creative Loafing Charlotte Nov. 16-22, 2017 Vol. 31, No. 39
2017 Sanskrit Literary Arts Magazine
2015 The Moving Image Workshop: Introducing animation, motion graphics and visual effects in 45 practical projects by Heather D. Freeman, Professor of Digital Media at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
collections
2016 J. Murrey Atkins Library Digital Archives
2015 Phone Stand concrete sculpture on display on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte as part of the university’s public collection
bibliography
2019 PechaKucha presentation on current projects at the 2019 North x North Summit & Festival in Anchorage, Alaska,
by Marek Ranis, Curator-at-Large, Anchorage Museum in Alaska
2017 Article by Mark Kemp in Creative Loafing Charlotte Nov. 16-22, 2017 Vol. 31, No. 39
Hannah Barnhardt Discusses "The Melt" and More
2017 Editorial by Mark Kemp in Creative Loafing Charlotte Nov. 16-22, 2017 Vol. 31, No. 39
Hannah Barnhardt is Charlotte's Real Observer
2016 Interview with Cheryl Spainhour, Senior Lecturer in Communications at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, published on the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's website
professional demonstrations
2016 Reportage Sketching Workshop
Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina
presented to the general public for free, October 7th and 8th
2016 Artivism Training for Charlotte Uprising Community
various locations in the Charlotte area
presented to community members for free, ongoing throughout the summer 2016 and fall semester
2015 The Female Figure in Illustration
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
presented to Figure in Illustration, taught by Jamie Frankie, Area Coordinator of Illustration, Associate Professor, and Associate Chair of the Department of Art & Art History
2015 Digital Fabrication Technologies in 3-Dimensional Self-Portraiture
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
presented to Introduction to Digital Fabrication, professor Tom Schmidt, Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary 3D at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2015 Pixel Art Portraiture
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
presented to Digital Art Mob in the Skill Sharing Demos! Series, available for free to all students at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte