HANNAH DEMMA
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Instagram: @HannahDemma
Lincoln, NE
Education
2019-2022 MFA University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Printmaking, Papermaking
2014-2017 BFA University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Studio Arts
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Strange Divination, The Bunker Center for the Arts, Kansas City, KS
2025 Prism, Prairie Pines Art Gallery, Lincoln ,NE
Flutter | Float, Rall Gallery, Doane University, Crete, NE
Vibrant Matter, Brazosport College Art Gallery, Lake Jackson, Texas
2023 Paper Tide, Peru State College A.V. Larson Art Gallery, Peru, NE
My Salinity, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
2022 Prism Cell, Project Project Gallery, Omaha, NE
Salt in Our Bones, Thesis Exhibition, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2021 Shallows, Carnegie Arts Center, Alliance, NE
2019 Inflorescence, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
Selected Two-Person and Group Exhibitions
2026 Title TBD, 2-person show with Karen Kunc, Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Spirit Art Auction, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
2025 Nebraska Biennial, Gallery 1516, Omaha, NE
Benefit Art Auction, Bemis Center, Omaha, NE
Works on Paper 2025, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Long Beach, NJ (Juror: Samantha Friedman, Curator Department of Drawings and Prints, MOMA, New York, NY
Here and After, 2-person show with Matel Rokke, Petshop Gallery, Omaha, NE
Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards Showcase, Roberta and Bob Rogers Gallery, Omaha, NE
2024 Stellar Small Prints 3, Constellation Studios, Lincoln, NE
Joslyn Auction Luncheon, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
Benefit Art Auction, Bemis Center, Omaha, NE
Fiber in 3D, William D. Cannon Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
Here and After, 2-person show with Matel Rokke, Turbine Flats Resonator Gallery, Lincoln,NE
Good on Paper, 2-person show with Karen Kunc, Metropolitan Community College Gallery of Art and Design, Elkhorn, NE
Come On, Come Over, Elder Gallery, Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
PAPER, Constellation Studios, Lincoln, NE
2023 Benefit Art Auction, Bemis Center, Omaha, NE
Soft Shapes, 3-person show with April White and Matel Rokke, Burkholder Project Gallery, Lincoln, NE, (Catalogue)
Lux Center Annual Auction, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
2022 Foraging, Manhattan Arts Center, Manhattan, Kansas
Seas and Trees, 2-person show with Keith Buswell, Turbine Flats Resonator Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Benefit Art Auction, Bemis Center, Omaha, NE
Lux Center Annual Auction, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
Curation
2026 Touché, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
2025 Horror Vacui, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
Under the Influence, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
2023 So Longing, Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Cedar Point Biological Station Artist-in-Residence Alumni Exhibition, Turbine Flats Resonator Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Collections
Coleman Collection, Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE
Kimmel Permanent Collection, Nebraska City, NE
Doane University Permanent Collection, Crete, NE
Publications
2025 The Hand, Winter Issue
2024 Fiber Art Now, Spring Issue
2022 Interview, Canvas Rebel Online Publication
Artist-in-Residence
2025 Artist-in-Residence, Lincoln Cornhusker Marriot Hotel, 1 year
2021 Gaptoothed Studio, Papermaking, Montgomery City, MO
2019 Lost in Float, Lincoln, NE
2018 Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
Awards and Honors
2026. State of the Arts Prize Recipient, Creative Capital
Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards, Nominee, Outstanding 2-person exhibition with Matel Rokke for Here and After
2025 Best in drawing, Nebraska Biennial, Gallery 1516, Omaha, NE
Best of Show, Artsplash Festival, Sioux City, IA
Nebraska Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Award
Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards, Nominee, Outstanding 2D Artist, Outstanding Visual Artist
2024 Mid-America Arts Alliance Artist Leadership Fellow
Award of Excellence, Lincoln Arts Festival, Lincoln, NE
2023 Best of Show, Lincooln Arts Festival, Lincoln, NE
Best of Show, Artsplash Festival, Sioux City, IA
2022 Best of Show, Lincoln Arts Festival, Lincoln, NE
Emerging Artist Award, Lincoln Arts Festival
Francis William Vreeland Award in Art
Hixson-Lied Fellowship
2021 Hixson-Lied Fellowship
2020 Dan and Barbara Howard Creative Achievement Award
Hixson-Lied Fellowship
2019 Meyers & Martha H. Cather Fellowship
Halcyon Allsman Fellowship
Hixson-Lied Fellowship
2018 Mayor’s Art Award Winner, Lincoln, NE
Kimmel Foundation Emerging Artist Residency Honoree
Leadership and Professional Experience
Aug. 2024-Present Artist Liaison, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
May 2022-Present Head Papermaker, Constellation Studios, Lincoln, NE
Feb. 2023-July 2024 Executive Director, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
June 2017-Feb.2023 Program Coordinator, Art at Cedar Point Biological Station, Ogallala, NE
May 2017-Aug.2019 Studio Manager for Karen Kunc, Constellation Studios, Lincoln, NE
Aug.2017-May 2022 Outdoor Educator/Trip Leader, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Outdoor Adventure Center
June 2017-Oct.2019 Education Officer/Resident Assistant, Sculpture in the Wild, Lincoln, Montana
Teaching Experience
2026 Deep-Mapping the Mississippi, 2-day papermaking/canoeing workshop, Minnesota Museum of Marine Art, Winona, MN
Assistant to Shannon Brock, Papermaking, Penland School of Craft
2025 Deep-Mapping the Mississippi, 3-day papermaking/canoeing workshop, Minnesota Museum of Marine Art, Winona, MN
Papermaking Workshops, Constellation Studios
2024 Instructor, Art Clubs at West Lincoln Elementary, Lincoln, NE
Papermaking Workshops, Constellation Studios, Lincoln, NE
2023 Papermaking Workshops, Constellation Studios, Lincoln, NE
2022 Instructor, Art Clubs at Northstar High School, Lincoln, NE
Instructor, Art Clubs at Northwest High School, Lincoln, NE
Head Instructor, Art Adventure Camp, Cedar Point Biological Station, Ogallala, NE
Papermaking Workshops, Constellation Studios, Lincoln, NE
Graduate Instructor of Record, Printmaking for Non-Majors, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2021 Graduate Instructor of Record, Life Drawing 202, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Graduate Instructor of Record, Life Drawing for Non-Majors, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Head Instructor, Art Adventure Camp, Cedar Point Biological Station, Ogallala, NE
2020 Graduate Instructor of Record, Color and Composition, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Graduate Instructor of Record, Drawing 101 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2019 Education Liaison, Arts are Basic Summer Camp, Doane College, Lincoln, NE
Head Instructor, Art Adventure Camp, Cedar Point Biological Station, Ogallala, NE
Instructor, Screen-Printing Workshop, UNL Textiles Merchandising & Fashion Design, Lincoln, NE