Artist Statement
My practice examines the labor women undertake in preserving heirlooms and family memorabilia, and the role of selective memory in the retelling of familial and personal histories. Drawing inspiration from storytellers and unreliable narrators, I fragment and recontextualize patterns, objects, and photographs to generate new narratives.
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Found materials from family archives, vintage shops, and heirlooms operate as both subject and medium, embodying the complexity of memory itself. When such objects are absent, I reconstruct them through metal, ceramic, fiber, paper, or cyanotype, emphasizing the act of making as a form of remembrance and reinterpretation. Through this process, my work questions how memory is preserved and transmitted to a generation of new viewers.
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Biography
Hannah Niño Harris (b. 1991) is a mixed media artist currently based in San Antonio, Texas. Her practice examines the labor women undertake in preserving heirlooms and family memorabilia, and the role of selective memory in the retelling of familial and personal histories. Drawing from family archives, vintage objects, and heirlooms, she transforms metal, ceramic, fiber, paper, and cyanotype into vessels for memory and cultural continuity. Niño Harris holds dual BFAs in Ceramics and Painting and Drawing from the University of North Texas at Denton, and an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Texas at Arlington.
Her work has been exhibited in numerous group exhibitions, including Assemblages Assemble at SMART SA, Mail Room at Paper Room, and Textured: Contemporary Craft at The Golden Rose Gallery. In addition to her studio practice, she is the co-owner and Exhibition Manager of Thrd Space Studio in San Antonio, TX.