Mandy Hansen 

 

Artist Bio 

Mandy Hansen is a mixed media artist whose studio practice investigates personal and ancestral memory, nature, and rootedness.  She has exhibited in juried and invitational shows at multiple locations in Colorado Springs as well as the Arvada Center for the Arts and Redline Contemporary Art, and completed artist-in-residencies at Ghost Ranch (NM) and Talemar Park (IN). Mandy holds a doctorate degree in education, has worked with communities internationally, 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 Statement

My studio practice includes watercolor paper that moves like fabric when submerged in water and translucent rice paper mounted to wood.  I work with paper as it soaks up life, reminds me of being a child drawing on construction paper, and the stories of my great grandma sewing textiles that flowed from her lap under a dangling light bulb. I use ink to capture the flow of water and then organize these blotches with a language of mark making. These marks or “doodles” are a translation and homage to movement and nature. A way to make sense of this sometimes messy, beautiful life.

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

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Recent Career Highlights

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Feed Your Soul (2019-2020). Art Workshop Series. University of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

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

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

• Cyanotype for Children (2019). Art Workshop. Hug It Forward. Caquixajay, Tecpan, Chimaltenango, Guatemala.

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