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Artist Bio

      Hannah Buchanan is an artist from Rockville, Indiana and a 2022 graduate of DePauw University. At DePauw, she majored in Studio Art with minors in Geology and Art History. She often works in acrylic, oil, and gouache.

      Buchanan focuses her artwork on the preservation of memories/traditions and world-building. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Art at the University of Michigan.​​​

Selected CV

EDUCATION

  • 2025 Master of Fine Arts in Art, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI

  • 2022 Bachelor of Arts, DePauw University | Greencastle, IN

    • Major in Studio Art, minors in Art History and Geology

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RESIDENCIES, FELLOWSHIPS, AND WORKSHOPS

  • 2026 Dorland Mountain Arts Residency | Temecula, CA (Forthcoming)

  • 2025 Participant, Vice Versa, Just Off Broadway Theatre | Kansas City, MO​

  • 2024 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, “Color Theory” Summer Workshop | Snowmass Village, CO

  • 2022 Efroymson Bridge Year Fellowship, DePauw University | Greencastle, IN​

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2026 Surface Tensions, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts | Fond du Lac, WI (Forthcoming)

  • 2025 Scenes of a Midwestern Home, Dana Gallery, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES

  • 2025 The Great Outdoors, Group Exhibition, Giertz Gallery, Parkland College | Champaign, IL

  • 2025 Cartoons n’ Cocktails, Group Exhibition curated by Alex Lynn, Muse GR | Grand Rapids, MI

  • 2025 Small Works, National Juried Exhibition, Buckham Gallery | Flint, MI

  • 2025 stop-loss: University of Michigan MFA Thesis Exhibition, Stamps Gallery | Ann Arbor, MI

  • 2025 Logical Fatalist, Group Exhibition by the members of the band Iconic Chronic, curated by Nate Byrne, Sometimes Space | Ypsilanti, MI

  • 2025 Anything That Moves, MFA Online Exhibition, juried by MFA students at University of Montana, Missoula and Montana State University, Bozeman

  • 2024 Putnam County Visual Arts Exhibition, Greencastle Arts Council | Greencastle, IN

  • 2024 Confluences, Solo Exhibition as part of DePauw University’s Heritage in Harmony: Expressions of Indigenous Culture Native American Heritage Month Event, Visual Arts Gallery, DePauw University | Greencastle, IN

  • 2024 Anedged: MFA First-Year Exhibition, Faculty and Graduate Studios, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI

  • 2023 In/Of/About Nature, Group Exhibition, Art Saint Louis Gallery | St. Louis, MO

  • 2023 National Society of Arts and Letters Young Adult Exhibition | Bloomington, IN

  • 2023 Lifescapes, Two-Person Exhibition with Emma Pizana, 10 Fold Gallery | Greencastle, IN

  • 2022 Resurfacing: A Senior Art Exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, DePauw University | Greencastle, IN

  • 2022 A Midwestern Review, DePauw University’s Literary Journal | Greencastle, IN

  • 2022 Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, DePauw University | Greencastle, IN

  • 2022 DePauw Art Walk, DePauw University | Greencastle, IN

  • 2021 Living Local Exhibition, Greencastle Arts Council | Greencastle, IN

  • 2021 ArtConnects: A Virtual Art Exhibition, Virtual

  • 2020 Locality Exhibition, Greencastle Arts Council | Greencastle, IN 

 

SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS

  • 2024 Graduate Student Arts Research Grant, University of Michigan

  • 2024 Center For Japanese Studies Alumni Fellowship Grant, University of Michigan

  • 2024 Jean Paul Slusser MFA First-Year Exhibition Honorable Mention Award, University of Michigan

  • 2024 Smucker-Wagstaff Project Grant, University of Michigan

  • 2024 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Scholarship for “Color Theory” summer workshop, Snowmass Village, CO

  • 2023 Rackham Merit Award, University of Michigan

  • 2023 First Place, Putnam County Visual Arts Exhibition, Greencastle Arts Council

  • 2022 Thomas B. Grooms Art Award, DePauw Department of Art and Art History

  • 2022 Fritz Smith Memorial Art Award, DePauw University

  • 2021 Phi Beta Kappa, DePauw University

  • 2021 Art Department Scholarship, DePauw University

  • 2021 Kappa Pi Inductee, DePauw Department of Art and Art History

  • 2021 Klein Merit Award, National Society of Arts and Letters Young Adult Exhibition, Bloomington, IN

  • 2020 First Place, Locality Exhibition, Greencastle Arts Council, Greencastle, IN

  • 2019 A. Reid Winsey Memorial Art Scholarship, DePauw University

 

ILLUSTRATIONS

2024 Birth of the Chosen One children’s book by Terry M. Wildman, co-illustrated with Holly Buchanan, Intervarsity Press

  • 2024 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards - Holiday Category

  • 2025 Independent Press Awards - Distinguished Favorite, Childrens: Holiday

  • 2025 Children’s Book Council Favorite - K-2nd Grade Teacher Favorite and Librarian Favorite categories

  • 2025 American Fiction Award - Winner - Children’s Religious category

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Fall 2024 Graduate Student Instructor of Record, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI

    • Intro to Painting for Non-Majors

  • Spring 2024 Graduate Student Instructor, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI

    • Sequential Images in Painting

  • 2022-2023 Teaching Assistant, DePauw University | Greencastle, IN

    • Intro to Painting and Intermediate/Advanced Painting: Every Painter is a Thief​

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