Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Stephanie E. Hanes was born in Alberta, Canada in 1985. In 2009 they received a BFA from The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in Halifax, Canada. Hanes is a recent MFA Graduate of Ceramics at the Rhode Island School Of Design in 2017 and received the prestigious Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship for a graduate student with exceptional promise. Stephanie was one of the artists awarded the 2020 NCECA Emerging Artist Prize. In addition, they have exhibited Internationally with a solo show at C.R.E.T.A Rome Gallery in Italy and several group shows at Lefebvre et Fils Gallery in Paris, France. Their ceramic sculptures have been exhibited throughout the USA in New York City, Providence, Seattle, Portland, and Los Angeles. Hanes is a full-time lecturer in 3D4M at the University of Washington in Seattle, where they teach sculpture and ceramics.
Topics Discussed In This Episode:
The male gaze vs the female gaze
The art of turning the internal world into external objects
Female bodies always changing to suit the patriarchal norms of the time
Using the techniques of “chiaroscuro” and “englaze luster” in their sculptures
Their research into queer and feminist theories
Identity and gender expression
Pansexuality
Grappling with pain and suffering
“À Priori” and “À Posteriori”
Immanuel Kant’s writing on metaphysics
Semiotics
Following false prophets in our patriarchal society
Their residency in Rome in 2014 where they started creating ceramic sculptures and where they created their body of work entitled, “Into The Looking Glass” @ C.R.E.T.A. Rome.
The Medusa in symbolizm
The extinguishing of female powers by the patriarchy
Their decision into why they decided to get an MFA
Teaching her university students about gender, equality, and diversity
Making ideas palatable in art
“Find a way to make work no matter what”
Authors and Book Recommendations:
Bell Hooks
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto” by Legacy Russell
“A Cyborg Manifesto” by Donna J. Haraway
Artists Mentioned:
Carolee Schneemann
Theaster Gates
Simone Leigh
Katy Schimert
Films and Documentaries Mentioned:
Promising Young Woman (2020)
Feminists: What Were They Thinking (2018)
This Changes Everything (2018)
stephaniehanes.net
instagram.com/stephanie.hanes
Artist Decoded Patreon: patreon.com/artistdecoded
Originally Posted 1.24.2022
Stephanie E. Hanes was born in Alberta, Canada in 1985. In 2009 they received a BFA from The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in Halifax, Canada. Hanes is a recent MFA Graduate of Ceramics at the Rhode Island School Of Design in 2017 and received the prestigious Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship for a graduate student with exceptional promise. Stephanie was one of the artists awarded the 2020 NCECA Emerging Artist Prize. In addition, they have exhibited Internationally with a solo show at C.R.E.T.A Rome Gallery in Italy and several group shows at Lefebvre et Fils Gallery in Paris, France. Their ceramic sculptures have been exhibited throughout the USA in New York City, Providence, Seattle, Portland, and Los Angeles. Hanes is a full-time lecturer in 3D4M at the University of Washington in Seattle, where they teach sculpture and ceramics.
Topics Discussed In This Episode:
The male gaze vs the female gaze
The art of turning the internal world into external objects
Female bodies always changing to suit the patriarchal norms of the time
Using the techniques of “chiaroscuro” and “englaze luster” in their sculptures
Their research into queer and feminist theories
Identity and gender expression
Pansexuality
Grappling with pain and suffering
“À Priori” and “À Posteriori”
Immanuel Kant’s writing on metaphysics
Semiotics
Following false prophets in our patriarchal society
Their residency in Rome in 2014 where they started creating ceramic sculptures and where they created their body of work entitled, “Into The Looking Glass” @ C.R.E.T.A. Rome.
The Medusa in symbolizm
The extinguishing of female powers by the patriarchy
Their decision into why they decided to get an MFA
Teaching her university students about gender, equality, and diversity
Making ideas palatable in art
“Find a way to make work no matter what”
Authors and Book Recommendations:
Bell Hooks
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto” by Legacy Russell
“A Cyborg Manifesto” by Donna J. Haraway
Artists Mentioned:
Carolee Schneemann
Theaster Gates
Simone Leigh
Katy Schimert
Films and Documentaries Mentioned:
Promising Young Woman (2020)
Feminists: What Were They Thinking (2018)
This Changes Everything (2018)
stephaniehanes.net
instagram.com/stephanie.hanes
Artist Decoded Patreon: patreon.com/artistdecoded
Originally Posted 1.24.2022
