Hannah Greenfield (b. 2001) is an emerging interdisciplinary artist from the suburbs of Chicago, IL. She graduated from Iowa State University in 2024 with a BFA in Integrated Studio Arts. Hannah is currently based in the Chicagoland area.
She works with acrylic, oil, and watercolor paints, as well as mixed media collage. Her artwork captures life and emotions using saturated colors. Inspired by her own life experiences and memories, as well as human nature and the natural world, she aims for people to feel the beauty of a singular moment through her work.
Bio
Hannah Greenfield’s artworks explore the relationship between the natural world, and the consciousness we as humans possess to perceive a moment.
Throughout Hannah’s work, there is an appreciation for nature, bold color and its power to impact the human experience. Her paintings feature vibrant colors of the sky and clouds, reflections in bodies of water or glass, as well as expressions and aura of humans. By capturing a moment in saturated color, Hannah aims to express the importance of observation, appreciation and perspective as humans.
Using her artistic intuition, Hannah creates from a place of meditation, or flow state, especially when creating abstract artworks. She often experiments with the relationships shared between colors or their individual natures, and how they can be used to portray emotions. Often inspired by her own life experiences, Hannah’s artwork demonstrates the power that color has on our emotions, and the way we perceive moments in our lives.
Artist Statement
I urge you to pause and enjoy colorful moments in your own life, while also realizing that perspective is important in your ability to appreciate. The idiom “every cloud has a silver lining,” inspires my work as well as the way I live. Not only must we be present enough to stop and notice the silver lining, but we also need the right perspective to appreciate it. If you don’t see the silver lining, that doesn’t mean it isn’t there, it might not be visible from where you are at right now.
In my artwork I aim to express the importance for us as humans to appreciate the colorful moments in our life, no matter how insignificant they may seem. Our human ability to observe and appreciate a moment, shape how we experience life and it is important to find joy and beauty in living.
I hope the bright colors in my art bring you a moment of presence and appreciation for a moment.