Artist Statement and Bio
Originally from Northern California, Dansie studied fine art at Central Saint Martins University in London, UK where she graduated with a BFA (honors) Degree in 2004, before moving to her current home in Asheville NC. With influences derived from iconoclasm, folklore, and the natural environment, her images try to illustrate the connections that go unseen between ourselves and the natural world. Her work has been shown in Asheville at The Satellite Gallery, the Center for Visual Artists in Greensboro NC, and at the Red Truck Gallery in New Orleans.
“Hannah Dansie’s work has always come from a highly personal foundation where internal narrative is key. Her dreamlike landscapes populated by lone figures, mysterious dwellings, and an unfurling sense of birth and growth communicate a melancholic isolation but one that coexists in connection to something larger. It is this beautiful dichotomy of place and identity and the tension therein where her work resides.”
CV
The Fishwife: And Exploration into Folklore, Myth and Legend
Solo Exhibition at The Satellite Gallery. Asheville NC, August 2015
Misprints: A Group Exploration into Printmaking, Craft and Design
Group Exhibition curated by Andy Herod at The Asheville Area Arts Council. Asheville NC, July 2015
The Oddest Place on Earth
Group Exhibition curated by Maxx Hawthorn-Feist at The Odditorium. Asheville NC, July 2015
The Other Place We Live: Explorations in Dreams and Hypnagogia
Group Exhibition with Dona Barnett, Nicole McConville and Rene Treece Roberts at The Satellite Gallery. Asheville NC, May 2015
Teetering on the Edge of the Uncanny
Group Exhibition with Alli Good, Gus Cutty, and Ian Wilkinson at the WCU Art Museum. Cullowhee NC, September 2014
When You Find Fire
Solo Exhibition at The Ember Gallery Winston-Salem NC, July 2014
Buzz
A Group Exhibition curated by Peter Parpan. Asheville Area Arts Council, July 2013
I Like Roaming
A Collaborative Exhibition with Julie Armbruster, June 2013
Aunt Mary Ingram
Solo Exhibition at Over Easy Cafe, February 2013
Put on Your Magic Glasses
Solo Exhibition at Harvest Records. Asheville NC, September 2012
The Battle of Make Believe
Group Show Curated by Gabriel Shaffer at The Satellite Gallery. Asheville NC, July 2011
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Collaborative Show with Fashion Designer Moe Erin Donnelly of Sew Moe at The Flood Gallery. Asheville NC, August 2011
Model Misbehavior
Group Show at The Satellite Gallery. Asheville NC, July 2010
Flood and Pump: Galleries with Attitude
Group Show Curated by Jolene Mechanic at the Upstairs Artspace, Contemporary Art Gallery. Tyron NC, April 2011
When Things Come Together
Group Show Curated by David Shillinglaw at Nowhere North Gallery. London UK 2008
Normal Space
Group Show Curated by Nick Normal at Normal Space @ Flux Factory, Queens NY, 2006
Education
BFA Honors Degree 2004
Central Saint Martins University, London U.K.
Born: San Diego CA, 1980
Santa Rosa CA 1983 - 1998
London U.K. 1998 - 2004
Asheville 2004 - Present