Hannah Theiss

My art practice is formed around the collaborative dance between humanity and the natural world we so briefly inhabit. I find inspiration in the patterns and markings of time found in shell ridges, tree rings, and sedimentary layers below our feet, each depicting a unique and never-replicable story.

My process allows for the natural world to leave its fingerprints next to my own: encouraging ink to run and dry as it pleases; allowing material to tear without controlling its path; capturing the shadow of netting moving in the breeze in a cyanotype. I often take a back seat to what emerges, responding with my own structure, arrangement, or interpretation. My work seeks to highlight the undeniable importance—and impact—of our human presence as a part of our collective story.

Although my initial artistic focus was in printmaking, I have since grown to explore many other disciplines, seeking not to become an expert in any one, but to instead study and refine a breadth of techniques and processes to inform my work. I take pride in my experimentation, never letting rules or what’s traditionally expected to determine my process. I employ formal disciplines, including printmaking, painting, and drawing, alongside undefined experiment...

Bowling Green State University
Bachelors of Science in Technology
2011

Shifting Tides:
Art For That Speaks To Our Ever Changing Times
14th Annual Juried Exhibit
October 2021
Columbia City Gallery
Seattle, WA

Fresh Talent Exhibition
October 2021
Bainbridge Arts & Crafts
Bainbridge Island, WA