Hannah Michelle Ivanov (b. 2001, New York City) is a Bulgarian-American artist. She received her BFA in Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2023.
She recieved a Fulbright Student Research Grant for the 2023/2024 academic year for her project “Non-Conventional Forms of Bulgarian Painting, 1969-1989”.
Currently, she is an artist in the third iteration of the school4artists program at the Institute for Contemporary Art -Sofia.
She lives and works in New York City.
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Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago - BFA in Studio Art
The New School – Began BFA in Studio Art, BA in Writing - Dual Degree Program
Awards and Grants
Fulbright Open Study/Research Award – Bulgarian-American Commission for Educational Exchange 2023/2024
Presidential Scholarship for Outstanding Portfolio – School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2021
Deans Scholarship for Exceptional Portfolio – Parsons School of Design 2019
Selected Group exhibitions
November 2024 - Авариен Вход (trans. Emergency Entrance)
Institute of Contemporary Art - Sofia Sofia, Bulgaria
October 2024 - Акт на Пресичане (trans. Act of Intersection) - Curator
Bobbina Cultural Space Sofia, Bulgaria
May 2024 – Пространство (trans. Space) as part of 2nd BUNA Contemporary Art Forum
Behemoth Cultural Hub Varna, Bulgaria
February 2024 – Метал (trans. Metal)
Bobbina Cultural Space Sofia, Bulgaria
November 2022 - Fall Undergraduate Exhibition
SAIC Washington Galleries Chicago, IL
September 2022 - E(c)HO Collective
Charcoal Factory Loft Chicago, IL
June 2022 - Ox-Bow Open Studios
Ox-Bow School of Art Saugatuck, MI
February 2022 - Pictures and Sounds
Connect Gallery Chicago, IL
August 2021 - Dare-Zine Showcase
The Bookstore Varna, Bulgaria
October 2019 - Photography Open Studios
Parsons Photography Studios New York, NY
June 2019 - No Title Show
gitler&___ gallery New York, NY
Residencies
Institute of Contemporary Art – school4artists
Currently attending - May 2024 to October 2024 – Sofia, Bulgaria
Dare-Zine Magazine – TAM Residency
May 2024 – Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Lectures and Presentations
“An Avant-Garde in Waiting: Alternative Bulgarian Art Histories”, Fulbright Bulgaria Semi-Annual Conference, June 2024
Burgas, Bulgaria
“Non-Conventional Modes in Bulgarian Painting, 1969 to 1989”, Fulbright Bulgaria Semi-Annual Conference, January 2024
Sofia, Bulgaria
“Chicago Artists”, The Artist at Play at Bobbina Cultural Space, December 2023
Sofia, Bulgaria
Publications
“Brown and Black Composition,” Dare-Zine / Дерзай, Issue 3, March 2022
“Outsider Art,” Dare-Zine / Дерзай, Issue 2, December 2021
“Auto-portraits” Dare-Zine / Дерзай, Issue 1, June 2021