born in 1989 in Providence, Rhode Island, Hannah Stahl is a 2015 M.F.A. candidate at the New York Academy of Art. Stahl’s current body of work, “Index, Women of Auschwitz,” is on display at Space 204 Gallery at Vanderbilt University in Nashville Tennessee through February 7th, 2014. Her work has also been exhibited at The New York Academy of Art in New York, NY (2014, 2013), The Fowler-Kellogg Art Center in Chautauqua, NY (2012), The Hutton Hotel in Nashville, TN (2012-2014), and Cummins Station in Nashville, TN (2011), among others. After a seven-week Artist-In-Residence program in 2012 at The School of Art at Chautauqua Institution, Stahl’s two-month grant-funded solo trip to seventeen cities in Europe -– including three Holocaust concentration camps –- lead her to produce her series of ten portraits based on female victims of Auschwitz. Her work has been recently featured in The Huffington Post, Nashville Arts Magazine, I Acknowledge, The Nashville Scene, The Tennessean, and The Jamestown Press.
Education
2015 M.F.A. Candidate, The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2012 B.A., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Artist-in-Residence, School of Art at Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
Exhibitions
2014 30th Anniversary Exhibition of the M.S.W.H. Award, Space 204, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Index: Women of Auschwitz, Space 204, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2013 Deck The Walls, The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Moses Brown Alumni Exhibit, Krause Gallery, Providence, RI
2012 Chautauqua School of Art Annual Student Exhibition,
Fowler-Kellogg Art Center, Chautauqua, NY
Student Show, Hutton Hotel, Nashville, TN
The Senior Show, Space 204, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2011 Cummins Station Student Exhibition, Cummins Station, Nashville, TN
Juniors Exhibition, Vanderbilt University Student Gallery, Nashville, TN
2008 Senior Show, Krause Gallery at Moses Brown School, Providence, RI
Awards
2012 Margaret S. Wooldridge Hamblet Award, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Awarded $25,000 grant for independent travel and art study
Nashville Arts & Hutton Hotel Student Competition Finalist, Nashville, TN
Two-year display of work in downtown venue
2011 Plaza Art Award, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2008 Sophia L. Pitman Prize, Moses Brown School, Providence, RI
Press
2014 “Haunting Portraits Honor The Holocaust’s Female Victims,” The Huffington Post, U.S.
“Artist Unveils Hauntings Images of Holocaust Victims Moments Before Execution,” I Acknowledge, U.S.
“TAKE TWO – Index: Women of Auschwitz,” Nashville Arts Magazine, Nashville, TN
”A portrait series remembers women killed at Auschwitz,” Nashville Scene, Nashville, TN
“Installation View: Hannah Stahl’s Index – Women of Auschwitz at Vanderbilt’s Space 204,” Nashville Scene, Nashville, TN
“Hannah Stahl makes dark discovery during sabbatical,” The Tennessean, Nashville, TN
“Auschwitz victims give island painter inspiration for solo art exhibit” The Jamestown Press, Jamestown, RI
“Space 204 Features Exhibit by Vanderbilt Alumnus Hannah Stahl” The HART Doctors: A Visual Resource Blog, Nashville, TN
2012 “Student Exhibition Shows Talent, Variety in School of Art,” The Chautauquan Daily, Chautauqua, NY
“Stahl Named Recipient of Prestigious Hamblet Art Award,” Vanderbilt University News Online, Nashville, TN
“True Dream,” ArtNowNashville, Nashville, TN
“Jamestown College Student Wins Prestigious Art Award,” The Jamestown Press, Jamestown, RI
2011 Page Illustrations, The Vanderbilt Review, Nashville, TN
Poster Design, Merlyn’s Pen Library of Writing, Providence, RI
2010 Logo, Mayfield Living and Learning Community, Nashville, TN
2008 Feature Story Illustration, Merlyn’s Pen Library of Writing, Providence, RI
2007 Cover Art, Omnia Literary Magazine, Providence, RI
Relevant Work and Volunteer Experience
2013 Graphic Designer, Merlyn’s Pen Library of Writing, Providence, RI
2012 Installation Assistant to Sonya Clark, Seed Space, Nashville, TN
Artist Assistant, Hunter Armistead Photography, Nashville, TN
2011 Intern, Tinney Contemporary Gallery, Nashville, TN
Intern, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
2010 Volunteer, OK Mountain Art Collective Mural Project, Nashville, TN
Contact
hannahstahl.com
info@hannahstahl.com
