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. Hannah is currently directing gallery and facilities projects at the artist-run non-profit Public Space One in Iowa City. 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
2024                       Thirst Trap, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
2024                       Open Air Media Festival with Heather Parrish, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA
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
2023                     Teaching Shed, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA
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/