Hannah Spector
b. Florida
spectorstone@gmail.com
Lives and works in Austin, TX.
www.hannahspector.com
EDUCATION
2018-2020
The University of Texas at Austin
MFA in Printmaking and Transmedia
2020
Austin Public Producer Program
Austin, TX.
New Centre for Research and Practice
Seminar: Philosophy of the Night.
2011-2015
The George Washington University
University Honors College
BA in Creative Writing and English Literature
Focus: Poetry, Critical Theory, Philosophy
2014
Sciences Po International Exchange Program
Paris, France.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2023-Present
Assistant Professor of Practice, Foundations: Time & Technology, The University of Texas at Austin.
2022-Present
MASS Gallery Artist Collective & Non-Profit, Secretary, Austin, TX.
2021-2023
Community Printmaking Instructor, Flatbed Press, Austin, TX.
2020-2023
Lecturer, The University of Texas at Austin & Texas State University
2022
Videographer, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 (upcooming)
if you stare at a cowboy’s face long enough, it turns into a sunset, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX.
2021
blue repeating, Mass Gallery, Austin, TX.
2017
how to worship art, FAVO, Orlando, FL.
look back, Credo, Orlando, FL.
2016
we lost our teeth for a second time, Transformer Gallery, Washington, DC.
moments, moments, momentum, A Place Gallery, Orlando, FL.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Moon of a Moon, Johnathon Hopson Gallery, Houston, TX.
Broom Experience, Shed Shows, Austin, TX.
Red Dot, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX.
Flatheads, Flatbed Press, Austin, TX.
FROM, Northern-Southern, Austin, TX.
Tails, All the Sudden, Austin, TX.
Façades, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX.
2022
Birds of a Feather, Stoveworks, Chattanooga, TN.
The Most Lamentable Comedy, Corcoran School of Art and Design, Washington, DC.
bubble mechanisms for locating the center, Good Luck Have Fun, Austin, TX.
MASS +1, MASS Gallery, Austin, TX.
Red Dot, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX.
Fusebox Hub, MASS Gallery, Austin, TX.
SSSSSS, but, also, Washington, DC.
Print Expo, Flatbed Press, Austin, TX.
2021
Red Dot 2021, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX.
CAM Perennial, ArtPace and San Antonio Museum, San Antonio, TX.
Small Traces, Flatbed Press, Austin, TX.
Flatfile Pop Up, Transformer Gallery, Washington, DC.
Wander/Gather, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX.
TOO, Northern-Southern Gallery, Austin, TX.
Hear and Now, TedxUTAustin & CSP, Austin, TX.
2020
Evoking the Senses, Transformer Gallery, Washington, DC.
_ _ _ _ _; Revisited, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX.
not (yet) futura free, STABLE ARTS CENTER, Washington, DC.
circular score, Colab Projects, Austin, TX.
Tove&Melton & Lisaa & Gareth & Charles & &c., Jonathon Hopson Gallery, Houston, TX.
2019
nobody wants to hear about your dreams, Crescent, Austin, TX.
Hill Prince x Transformer Gallery, Washington, DC.
2018
It Sounds Like Cher, Fieldworks Project, Austin, TX.
how to worship (MEDITATIONS), Museum of Human Achievement, TX.
2017
Growing Sideways, Bunker2, Toronto, ON.
Transformer x UpTop Acres, Washington, DC.
2016
Artborne Annual, Gallery at Avalon Island, Orlando, FL.
Goodbye A Place, A Place Gallery, Orlando, FL.
2015
Clifford Chance Exhibition, Washington, DC.
this is a temporary gallery, Above the Bayou, Washington, DC.
2015
Gallery 102 Awards Show, Washington, DC.
2015-2021
Transformer’s Annual Silent Auction, Washington, DC.
FILM FESTIVALS/SCREENINGS
2022
Hyperreal/Big Medium/Line Hotel Presents: “Surreal Shorts,” “Blue Repeating.”
DUMBO Film Festival, “Blue Repeating,” Semi-Finalist.
2021
Berlin Shorts, “Blue Repeating,” Honorable Mention.
CAM Perennial, Artpace/San Antonio Museum/Blue Star Contemporary, “the romance of seeking/oceanic feeling.”
PERFORMANCES
2024
Faith & Hope, Mass Gallery “Hyperfemme” Opening, Austin, TX.
Break-up with me, Shedshows, Austin, TX.
2023
Loosening the Façade, Collaborative Performance Dinner, The Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX.
2020
oceanic feeling, Siren Arts, Virtual performance.
Break-up with Me, Colab Projects, Austin, TX.
2019
THERAPY, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX.
2018
the sound of one hand clapping, Corcoran Arts Center, Washington, DC.
2017
who is hannah spector? A Place Gallery, Orlando, FL.
2016
welcome to anxiety, Space Station, Orlando, FL.
the lover’s role is to wait, Transformer Gallery, Washington, DC.
2013
(e)merge Art Fair, Capitol Skyline Hotel, Washington, DC.
RESIDENCIES
2022
Stoveworks, Chattanooga, TN.
ST.ART Artist in Residence for UT Austin, TX.
Welcome to my homepage, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX.
2021
HOTBOX Residency, Mass Gallery, Austin, TX.
2020
Siren Arts Center Digital Residency, Asbury Park, NJ.
2018
Learning Tuscany, Teaching Post and Artist Residency, Siena/Rome, Italy.
2017
Whiteout Residency, Bailes Farm, Asheville, NC.
2016
Denbo Keyholder Residency for Printmaking, Pyramid Atlantic, Hyattsville, MD.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2023
all of the cloocks have been wrong for years, MASS Gallery, Austin, TX.
MASS Fundraiser & Sweet 16 Birthday, MASS Gallery, Austin, TX.
2020
circular score (closing performances), Colab Projects, Austin, TX.
2019
nobody wants to hear about your dreams, Crescent, Austin, TX.
2018
SEUL Poetry Quarterly Reading Series, Milk, Orlando, FL.
2015
this is a temporary gallery, Above the Bayou, Washington, DC.
LECTURES
2023
“Fresh from the Studio: Women in Print,” Women and Their Work & Print Austin, Austin, TX.
2020
not (yet) futura free, Virtual artist lecture.
Siren Arts, Virtual artist lecture with Armando Lopez-Bircann.
“Technological Presence: On the work of Joan Jonas,” University of Texas, Austin, TX.
2018
Transformer Gallery, Zine workshop and public lecture.
2016
Pyramid Atlantic, Public artist lecture.
Transformer Gallery, Public artist lecture.
PUBLICATIONS
2020
Grief Deck, New York Artist’s Literacies Institute, NYC.
most of the goddesses are headless, digital publication for notyetfuturafree.org.
Flatpack Publications No.2, “circle of longing,” Austin, TX.
2018
i eat my birth certificate, self-published.
2017
how to worship art, self-published
SEUL Poetry Quarterly, self-published.
2016
how i feel, how i know to feel, self-published.
2015
Belleville Park Pages, Editions 28 & 36, London, UK.
2014
Belleville Park Pages, Edition 20, London, UK.
PRESS
2021
“On View Until Whenever: Northern Southern’s ‘TOOO’,” Sightlines Magazine.
2020
Bone, Katie, “Poetry and Performance: The Work of Hannah Spector,” Exhibition Catalogue, Hear and Now.
Urbano, Rachel, “Object Theater and Performance,” Exhibition Catalogue, VAC.
2018
Glasstire, “It Sounds Like Cher.”
2017
Toronto Guardian, “Growing Sideways at Bunker 2.”
2016
“A Collaboration: Jacob Bailes and Hannah Spector,” Artborne Magazine.
The Washington Post, “In the Galleries: Art History Slapstick.”
2015
Washington City Paper, “Kunj/Ziad Nagy @ Above the Bayou.”
COURSES TAUGHT
Fall 2023
The University of Texas at Austin
Time & Tech: Core (2 Sections)
Intro to Print
Spring 2023
The University of Texas at Austin
Advanced Performance II/III
The Texas State University
Foundations: Core I (3 Sections)
Fall 2022
The University of Texas at Austin
Advanced Expanded Media II/III
Texas State University
Foundations: Core I (3 Sections)
Flatbed Press Community Workshops
Drypoint & Aquatint
Intro to Silkscreen
Spring 2022
The University of Texas at Austin
Print for Non-majors
Texas State University
Intro to Print
Foundations, Core II
Fall 2021
The University of Texas at Austin
Intro to Print
Intaglio
Texas State University
Foundations, Core I (2 Sections)
Flatbed Press
Photolithography & Aquatint
Spring 2021
The University of Texas at Austin
Intro to Print
Texas State University
Foundations, Core II (2 Sections)
Fall 2020
Texas State University
Experimental Drawing
Foundations, Studio II
Spring 2020
The University of Texas at Austin
Intro to Performance Art
Intro to Print (TA)
Fall 2019
The University of Texas at Austin
Intro to Performance Art (TA)
Intermediate Serigraphy (TA)
Summer 2019
UT Learning Tuscany (in Siena/Rome, Italy)
Photography and Art History (TA)
2017- Present CRAFT Austin Community Instructor
Woodcut Workshops
2015-Present
Yoga and Meditation Instructor
2016
Orlando Museum of Art
Adult Education
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
2021
Excellence in Part-Time Teaching (Texas State University)
2020
Austin Public Producer Grant
Austin Creative Alliance Grant
City of Austin Arts Recovery Grant
2019-2020
The University of Texas at Austin
Carolyn Kay Davis Centennial Memorial Scholarship Fund
M.K. Hage Endowed Scholarship in Fine Arts
St. David’s Healthcare Partnership Endowed Scholarship in Art
2018-2019
The University of Texas at Austin
Graduate School Mentoring Fellowship
Study Abroad Fellowship for Learning Tuscany
2011-2015 The George Washington University
Presidential Scholarship
COLLECTIONS
Private collections in Washington, DC, New York, NY, Austin, TX, Houston, TX, San Antonio, TX and Orlando, FL.