Self-Portrait Painting

where sounds echo off of walls, and stories collect in the wash. Her narrative paintings, videos, and adornment have been exhibited and published in the United States and internationally at locations such as the National Palace of Culture, Sophia Bulgaria, The Center for Contemporary Culture Barcelona, Spain, and Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago Illinois since 2005 when she received her BFA for Printmaking from The University of Colorado at Boulder. Hartman began her career with a UROP Grant studying Femininity in Argentina and filming amateur and professional skateboarding with Null Skateboards in Barcelona, Spain. She taught english in order to study craft in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and returned to the states to receive the Merwin Altfeld Memorial Award for Storytelling in the Arts from The National Watercolor Society. Hartman founded and directed Durango Open Studios, Durango Colorado and continues cultivating community through conversation and happenings. An advocate for the natural world, Hartman’s work focuses on the intersection of human and non-human life, she maintains a studio in Urbana Illinois.