​​Artist Statement

My work investigates the memories and experiences that make us who we are. For me, it's swimming in the Delaware river and walking paths adorned with lichen covered rocks. Narratives about my great great grandma sewing late into the night to make ends meet.  The taste of pickled herring transporting me, sitting quietly under the limited palette of evening. The influences from decades spent travelling abroad for my livelihood. Each of these experiences acts as an element that materializes in my art either intentionally or intuitively. 

 

The paper, water-based media, fiber, and mark making I use are homage to feminine craft, family history, and nature. These materials ground my practice yet their fluidness soften the tensions created from looking back and moving forward. They are conduits to visually explore and understand lived experience and rootedness.

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Artist Bio

Mandy Hansen is a process-oriented artist whose studio practice investigates personal and family memory, nature, and rootedness. She has exhibited in juried and invitational shows at multiple locations in Colorado including the Arvada Center for the Arts, Cottonwood Center of the Arts, Art Students League of Denver and multiple regional galleries. She is a satellite member of Edge Contemporary Art Gallery in the Denver-metro area and has completed artist-in-residences at Ghost Ranch (NM) and Taleamor Park (IN). Mandy studied graphic design at the undergraduate level and holds a doctorate degree in education with a focus on women and gender studies and leadership. She has worked with international communities domestically and abroad, and has taught several art workshops for children in Guatemala. She currently works out of a home studio at the base of the Rocky Mountains.

 

​​Artist Talk: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bskCW5X4_so

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Recent Career Highlights

• Month of Printmaking Show at Edge (2026). Group Show. Edge Contemporary Art Gallery. Lakewood, Colorado, USA.

• Step, Repeat (2026). Juried Show (group). Cottonwood Center for the Arts. Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

• Edge Contemporary Art Gallery (2026). Satellite Member Artist. Lakewood, Colorado, USA.

• ​Gratitude (2026). Juried Show (group). Auric Gallery. Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

• Just Desserts (2025). Juried Show (group). Cottonwood Center for the Arts. Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

• Holiday Show (2025). Invitational Show (group). Auric Gallery. Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

• Every Little Thing: A Mini-musings Exhibit (2025). Juried Exhibit (group). Art Student League of Denver-presented in partnership with the Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls, & Toys. Denver, CO, USA.

• Ghost Ranch (2025). Artist Residency. Abiquiu, NM, USA.

• ​Gratitude (2025). Juried Show (group). Auric Gallery. Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

• Flutter and Flow (2024). Invitational Show (solo). Auric Gallery. Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

• Sew Subversive (2023). Juried Show (group). Cottonwood Center for the Arts. Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

• Holiday Show (2023). Invitational Show (group). G44 Gallery. Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

• South Gallery Show (2023). Invitational Show (group). G44 Gallery. Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

• Ghost Ranch (2022). Artist Residency. Abiquiu, NM, USA.

• Feed Your Soul (2018-2022). Art Workshop Series. University of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

• Paper Tiger: Works on Paper (2021). Juried Show (group). Cottonwood Center for the Arts. Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

• Viral Influence Art in the Time of Coronavirus (2021). Juried Show (group). Arvada Center - Main Gallery. Arvada, Colorado, USA.

• Cyanotype for Children (2018-2021). Art Workshop. Hug It Forward. Caquixajay, Tecpan, Chimaltenango, Guatemala.

• Biophilic (2020). Invitational Show (solo). Orly's Gallery. Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

• Winter Blues (2020). Invitational Show (group). Orly's Gallery. Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

• One Square Foot (2019). Anonymous Exhibition (group). Redline Contemporary Art Center, Denver, Colorado, USA.

• Taleamor Park (2019). Artist Residency. LaPorte, Indiana, USA.

• Synchronocity (2019). Juried show based upon Helen Frankenthaler's work (group). Cottonwood Center for the Arts. Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.