Bio
Hannah Givler grew up in London, Ohio in an unfinished American Foursquare house with exposed stud walls, plywood floors and unpainted drywall. The interior was equally raw and refined, revealing a logic of materials and wood frame construction that continues to inform her interests to this day. Her formal experimentation with materials and installations began with a degree in Sculpture from The Ohio State University and continued in Fiber and Material Studies at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she earned her MFA.
Ongoing teaching in higher-ed, workshops, and collaborations within her creative community disposes Hannah to a theoretically engaged practice, deeply invested in learning and sharing knowledge about materials. In 2012, Hannah developed the inaugural wood and metal shops at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago where she also designed/fabricated for Logan Exhibitions and co-created workshops with Arts and Public Life. She has been an artist in residence at the Chicago Artist Coalition, Vermont Studio Center, 8550 Ohio, The Center for Land Use Interpretation, ACRE, and Umoja Center for the Arts in Arusha Tanzania. Her works have been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues such as The Cultural Center in Arusha Tanzania, The Banff Centre, 4th Ward Project Space, Logan Exhibitions, Chicago Artist Coalition, Riverside Art Center, Flatland Gallery, and DEMO Projects. These experiences have fostered work that varies in scale, often taking the form of architectural installation, sculpture, sound, and the collaborative organization of conversations and events.
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Education:
2012 School of The Art Institute of Chicago - MFA, Fiber and Material Studies
2009 The Ohio State University - BFA, Sculpture
Exhibitions
2022 All That Glows in the Dark of Democracy, Weinberg/Newton Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022 Wiggle Room, Facility Theater, Chicago, IL
2022 Interpretive Site, Prairie Lights, Iowa City, IA
2021 Coded: Coated, Riverside Arts Center, Chicago, IL
and traveling to CSPS, Cedar Rapids, IA
2021 In Place, University of Dubuque, Dubuque, IA
2019 ACRE Bienniale, ACRE, Steuben, WI
2019 Home, ROYGBIV, Columbus, OH
2018 Electric Relic, Bernard Gallery, Calumet College, Whiting, IN
2018 The Dangerous Professors, Flatland Gallery, Houston, TX
2017 Glossary of Angles, with Tim Nickodemus, CSPS, Cedar Rapids, IA
2017 Piezo, DEMO Project, Springfield, IL
2017 Handwringers and Tirekickers, Fireplace1, Hyde Park, IL
2017 Danny Volk's The Baby Gap, The Outhaus, Urbana, IL
2017 Hiding in Plain Sight, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL
2017 Near Future, Near Future, Iowa City, IA
2016 Unarchitectured, Mills Gallery, Pella, Iowa
2016 code/mix, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016 Analogs, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL
2015 Axis and Allies, with Richard Williamson, Midway Studios, Chicago, IL
2015 Ewen Arts Festival with The Visitors Center, Ewen, MI
2015 The Fig and The Wasp, Hyperlink Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2014 Affects Illustrated: The Wind in the Grid, 4th Ward Project Space, Chicago, IL
2014 Szalon, Logan Center Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2013 Coffer, for 1K Magazine, Banff Center, Alberta, Canada
2012 Televisionism, Logan Center Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2012 Exposed, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
2012 Graduate Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
2011 Southside Hub of Production, Chicago, IL
2010 Arusha Arts Festival, Cultural Center, Arusha, Tanzania
2010 International Arts Festival, Arusha, Tanzania
2009 Art Squatters Downtown, Columbus, OH
Architectural Installations
2022 All That Glows in the Dark of Democracy, Weinberg/Newton Gallery, Chicago, IL
2021 Teaching Shed, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA (forthcoming)
2018 Founders Loop, FilmScene, Iowa City, IA
2017 Prairie Box, Black Hawk Mini Park, Iowa City, IA
2014 with Katherine Harvath, Szalon, Logan Center Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2012 Televisionism, Logan Center Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2011 with Heather Mullins, Meeting Space, Southside Hub of Production, Chicago, IL
2010 with Shanna Strauss, Arusha Arts Festival, Cultural Center, Arusha, Tanzania
2010 International School Moshi, Moshi, Tanzania
2009 Art Squatters Downtown, Columbus, OH
Press
Harvath, Katherine, “Conversation with Hannah Givler,” The Billboard Creative, March 2022 https://www.thebillboardcreative.com/interviews/hannah-givler
Dybal, Michelle, “‘Coded: Coated’ examines art’s surfaces,” RB Landmark September 21, 2021 https://www.rblandmark.com/2021/09/21/coded-coated-examines-arts-surfaces/
Parker, Melody, “University of Iowa artists help show the story of Waterloo,” The Gazette, July 23, 2021
https://www.thegazette.com/news/university-of-iowa-artists-help-show-the-story-of-waterloo/
Nelson, Emily, “UI Faculty create open-source materials to save students money, better serve class needs” IowaNow, April 7, 2020, https://now.uiowa.edu/2020/04/ui-faculty-create-open-source-materials-save-students-money-better-serve-class-needs
Little Village, “Watch: artist Hannah Givler ‘collaborates’ with her materials to create architectural sculptures” March 9, 2020, https://littlevillagemag.com/hannah-givler-studio-visit/
Kauff, Rachel, “Dearest Future: A Love Note for Iowa City’s Public Space One” The Rib, April 9, 2018 http://the-rib.net/project/dearest-future-a-love-note-for-iowa-citys-public-space-one
Husar, Emma, “Home-like Art Installation Coming to Black Hawk Mini Park” Little Village Magazine, July 24, 2017 http://littlevillagemag.com/home-like-art-installation-coming-to-black-hawk-mini-park/
Solveig Ovstebo, “Chicago’s Best, 2014” Art In America, December 23, 2014 http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/chicagos-best-2014-solveig-vsteb/
Lori Waxman, “The Desires of Art,” Chicago Tribune, October 23, 2014
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-szalon-review-logan-center-chicago-art-lori-wax-20141023-column.html?dssReturn&z=60637
Brian Hieggelke, “Art Break: Shop Open” New City Art, October 4, 2011
https://art.newcity.com/2011/10/04/art-break-shop-open/