Shelly Hanan
I am a contemporary, conceptual photographer living in Napa, California, one of those amazingly lucky people who discovered their heart’s desire at the age of five, when I received a Kodak Brownie camera for my birthday. Seeing the world through the lens of a camera suddenly made it all make sense.
My photographs are printed on dye-infused aluminum, canvas or Hahnemuhle fine art paper in limited editions.
NEW EXHIBITION
LONDON CONTEMPORARY International Art Fair
APRIL 26 - MAY 10, 2024
I am thrilled to be presenting 3 images from the above body of work at the
11th LONDON CONTEMPORARY Art Fair.
The exhibit, presented by ITSLIQUID Group in collaboration with YMX Arts
will be held at ELEMENTS Contemporary Art Space.
LONDON CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR 2024 - The festival focuses on the concept of ANIMA MUNDI, which according to several historical cultures, religions, and philosophical systems, is an intrinsic connection between all living entities on the planet, which relates to the world in a similar way as the human soul is connected to the human body.
the de young open exhibit
In celebration of the de Young museum’s 125th anniversary, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are hosting The de Young Open, a juried community art exhibition of submissions by artists who live in the nine Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma.
We are enormously excited to include your work in this “salon-style” exhibition, which will be installed edge-to-edge and floor-to-ceiling. Less than 8 percent of submissions made it into the final exhibition—more than 11,000 were submitted, and fewer than 900 made it to the final—so congratulations are indeed in order.
the theme of the exhibit is "on the edge"
"Afterlife"
This series is about our fragility within the universe. I first began this series as a way of working through my fear and sorrow when 2 of my family members were diagnosed with cancer within months of each other.
And now the pandemic - which makes it seem all the more overwhelming.
"#Blacklivesmatter"
On May 31, I captured this shot of Napa Chief of Police Robert Plummer kneeling in solidarity with Black Lives Matter protesters in Napa.
I'm really gratified that this moment of coming together in our local community will be part of The de Young’s exhibit.