Hannah R Koeske is an early career artist and writer who has been a long-standing member of co-operatives in her area, including Saranac Art Projects and the Richmond Art Collective. Hannah has been painting and drawing for twelve years. She has been writing since she discovered words have teeth.
Hannah loves dogs and music. She is a registered nurse.
Hannah's work explores humanity, the ins and outs of trying to be human in a changing society and the difficulties of preserving/creating conditions of interiority in the soul.
Hannah’s artwork and poems grapple with faith, queer identity, spirituality, nature, and mysticism in her work. Part of her enduring interest in painting/portraiture, and in the written word, roots from questioning personhood and trying to picture the unseen qualities of persons (friends, acquaintances) in her work.
Lately, Koeske has been writing poems, composing a novel, and working in mixed media with oils on gessoed canvas.