Artist Statement/ Biography

Hannah Ehrlich studies unprocessed experiences, fractured memories, coping mechanisms, and the intricacies of human emotional survival. She explores these subjects through a process that is inherently taxing and defined by change, blending and distorting multiple textile practices such as weaving, crocheting, macraméing, and sewing. She utilizes paint, dye, and bleach on manipulated fabric to alter the material from its original, recognizable state. An unfamiliar space is created, generating a desire to touch and understand the fibers’ change in nature. The viewer is invited to begin piecing together the past and identify the longing to make sense of it.

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Hannah Ehrlich received her BFA in Textile and Fiber Arts from Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia in 2017. While in school she was elected President of her department and was awarded the Surface Design Association Outstanding Student Award. In 2019 Ehrlich was selected to be the featured artist at the Westobou Gallery in Augusta, GA. She has shown at numerous galleries in the southeast including a recent solo exhibition, "Clearing: a fertile exhale," at The Swan Coach House Gallery in Atlanta, GA.

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