About

Short Bio

Hannah A. Patellis (born 1994 in Titusville, Florida) is an artist living and working in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Statement

As an artist I want to express myself, my emotions, and my experiences while simultaneously allowing viewers to create stories using my work as a starting point. I have always been inspired by abstract work that leaves much open to the viewer’s imagination. The style I currently work in came to be around 2019 and continues to evolve. Emotions are paramount in these pieces, along with a sense of movement – the movement paired with deep feelings tell stories about the complexity of being human. From a young age it was clear to me that being emotional was not always welcome. My existence (as opposed to others’) is at the core of what I make. My work attempts to capture parts of emotions, allow me to wrestle with them and deeply feel them while I express them in a visual way. Technology plays an enormous role in my process and I make use of as few as one to as many as five applications to create a single piece.

Biography

The profoundly emotional moments, memories, and experiences of life as a trans woman in the American South are the main focuses of work by artist Hannah A. Patellis, born 1994 in Titusville, Florida. Inspired from a young age by abstract contemporary art, she has always gravitated toward color and movement captured in pieces that leave much interpretation open to the viewer. While Hannah’s primary medium is digital still visual art, she does dabble in both motion media and physical media. Vivid colors, fluid motion, and deep dimensionality are present in much of her work. Hannah’s goal in creating art is to empower people to express themselves and use art as a launchpad for introspection. Hannah lives and works in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her partner and their two cats and dog.