EDUCATION
2017
MFA, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2011
Canadian Film Centre Media Lab, Interactive Arts and Entertainment Program
2009
BA Folklore & Religious Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
For The Rest Of Us, It’s The Colosseum, Satellite Art Fair, Miami, FL
2022
AUTODESTRUCT, Arsenal Contemporary, Toronto, ON
Monster Milk, L21 Gallery, Palma, Mallorca, Spain
2021
Don’t Hate The NPC, Hate The Game, Blouin-Division, Montreal, QC
Kill Your Captors, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, CA
2020
See You In Hell, Enter Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark
Making Bets In A Burning House, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Artists-on-Artists: Age of You, Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto
Nittany Lion: Eco-Mascot, HUB-Robeson Galleries, State College, PA
Do You Want A Free Trip To Outer Space?, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Monster World, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, CA
2017
As The Fidget Spinner Turns, Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh PA,
2016
The Steaks Have Never Been Greater, The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Timecraft, The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2015
Service #4: Prey at Play, Neu Kirche Contemporary Art Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Killing it, 808 Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
memememememe, The Ellis Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Backseat Animal, Cinecycle, Toronto, Ontario
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Apophenia Zephre, The Drey Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2023
13-A-Dozen, Gallery Sandberg, Odense, Denmark
L21 Broadcasting From Paris, JPS Gallery, Paris, France
2022
Food Obsession, Garna Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Chimeria, Arsenal Contemporary, Montreal, Canada
Nightshift Delights, Chiao Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Material Knowledge, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY
Black Rainbow, Slika Gallery, Lyon, France, March 3 - April 9
CAT, Specta Gallery, Coppenhagen, Denmark
2020
Vector Festival, http://vectorfestival.org/ , July 16-23, 2020
2019
Loops To Live By, The Rooms, St. John’s, Newfoundland, December 17- June 6
Know Your Meme: Stitching Viral Phenomena, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, October 20, 2019- January 12, 2020
Thread, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California, October 4 2019– January 12, 2020
Analog Pleasures, LIKELIKE, Pittsburgh, PA, September 6, 2019
Expanded Reality, Refinery29 Art Park (Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, Toronto, Washington DC), July 18- October 27, 2019
Power of Ten, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, CA, May 11 – June 6, 2019
Rock Paper Scissors, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, ON, January 12- March 17
2018
Inside Out, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, CA, September 8-October 20
NEOFOLK, Killjoy Collective, Portland, OR, August 10- 30
Through-Line (Drawings and Weavings by 19 Artists), Steve Turner, Los Angeles, CA, July 21- August 25
Reopen Closed Tabs, White House Studio Project, Toronto, ON, June 21- July 5
I'M NOT WITH HIM, Future Tenant, Pittsburgh, PA, June 1- July 22
B-SIDES, Diametrale Film Festival, Innsbruck, Austria, March 24
BioPix, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, CA, February 17
2017
Craft Ontario Provincial Exhibition: Nothing Is Newer Than Tradition, Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington, ON, August 19- October 29, 2017
Vector Festival: Local Host, Black Cat Gallery, Toronto, ON, July 13- August 12
2017
Cabinet, David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO, June 16-July 15
FAM, The Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, March 25 – April 13
2016
The Cut and The Crumb, The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, October 14-23
Bodacioussss. The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, CO, October 7 - January 29
Art Game VS Game Art, VGA Gallery, Chicago, IL, September 23 – October 28
Different Games Arcade, NYU Polytech, Brooklyn, NY, April 8-9
2015
Rules For An Other Self, Boom Concepts, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2, 2015
Home Economics, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON, September 24, 2015 - February 8, 2016
Pop Montreal, Pop Quartiers, Montreal, Quebec, September 16 -20, 2015
Internet Yami-Ichi, Knockdown Centre, Maspeth, NY, September 12, 2015
Images Festival, Art Gallery of Ontario, Jackman Hall, Toronto, ON, April 13, 2015
2014
The New Academy, Williamsburg Art & Historical Centre, Brooklyn, NY, October 4-12, 2014
Mean Time To Upgrade, InterAccess Gallery, Toronto, ON, September 19- November 22, 2014
2013
Queer Arcade, Videofag, Toronto, ON, July 27-28, 2013
BEND OVER! Images of Gender Exploitation, Show Gallery, Toronto, ON, July 4-12
2012
Punk Arcade, Little Berlin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, October 5-27, 2012
AWARDS & GRANTS
2023
Arts NS, Creation Grant
2022
Sobey Art Award Long-List for Atlantic Provinces
2021
Canada Arts Council, Creation Grant
Arts NS, Creation Grant
2020
Helen Frances Gregor Award, Textiles
2018
Ontario Arts Council, Project Grant
2017
Melissa Levin Emerging Artist Award, Textile Museum of Canada
Toronto Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant
2015
Frank-Ratchye Studio for Creative Inquiry, Project Grant
RESIDENCIES
2021
Arsenal Contemporary, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2019
Textile Artist-in-Residence, Habourfront Center, Toronto, Canada
Textile Residency, Icelandic Textile Arts Center, Blonduos, Iceland
Work in Progress Residency, Textile Arts Center, New York, NY, May 2019
2017
Roundtable Residency, Dragon Academy, Toronto, Canada, Summer 2017
2014
Remote Residency, Media Archaeology Lab, Boulder, Colorado, 2014
PRESS
2023
The Irreverent Artistry of Hannah Hanski, Nuvo Magazine, September 27, 2023
This AI tool might actually help artists, “Q” Interview, February 9, 2023
2021
Double-Tap #18 Hannah Epstein, Gallery Talk, February 3, 2021
2020
Hannah Epstein at Steve Turner Gallery, Mary Lynn Buchanan, April 27
2019
Hannah Epstein on how her rug hooking art is influenced by comics, the Internet and after-school television, CBC Radio Q, September 23, 2019
Interview: Hannah Epstein, Art Land App, January 18, 2019
Blending the Tactile and the Digital, Art Now LA, January 14, 2019
2018
Turning Floors Into Folklore, CBC Arts, April 20, 2018
The Sweet Hooked Rug Gone Bad, LA Times, Jan 20, 2018
2017
Hentai, Your Mom Jokes, And Memes, Juxtapoz, August 4, 2017
2016
Modern Hookers, The Globe & Mail, January 27, 2016
Blanket Fort Chats: Game Making with Hannah Epstein, Medium, January 8, 2016
2015
YYZ Gameshow, Interview 2015
2014
Meantime to Upgrade at InterAccess, Review 2014
2013
Have Surrealist Video Game Critique of Identity Politics Will Travel, NOW! Toronto, Review, 2013
Queer Arcade, Review, 2013
Hannah Epstein Wants to Get Sued, Killscreen, Interview, 2013