Hanny Ahern | CV 

Lives and works in NY 

Education 

2012 MPS, Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, NY NY

2006 BFA, Visual Arts, Bennington College 

2001 Art Foundation Degree With Distinction, Cambridge Arts & Science, Cambridge, UK 

Solo Exhibitions 

2024 “Blown to Bows”, Visit Viewing Room, Newburgh, NY

2022 “Penumbria Passage”, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY

2019 “Going Going Gone”, Community Landbank, Newburgh, NY 

2018 “SOFTEN”, Strongroom Inc, Newburgh, NY 

Select Group Exhibitions 

2023 Artisti Italiani E Non 4, Spazio Soncino, Soncino, Italy 

2022 Birds of a Feather, Ethan Cohen Fine Art, Beacon, NY

2020 h-o-u-r-s, Big Mouth Art Space, Beacon, NY 

2018 Teach Me How to Smile, The Living Gallery, NY, NY 

2017 Darkness, Le Tigre, Ridgewood, NY 

2016 Great Jones Stable, NY, NY 

2016 Temporary Highs, Bitforms, NY, NY 

2015 Dreamwork, Stream Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

2014 The Air We Swim In, BRIC, Brooklyn, NY 

2013 Artisti Italiani E Non 2, Spazio Soncino, Soncino, Italy 

2013 Deep Winter Crystalline Dreams, The Silent Barn, Brooklyn, NY 

2013 Newsstand, 8 Ball Zines, Lorimer street L/G train, Brooklyn, NY 

Residencies 

2019 Artist in Vacancy, Artist Commission, Newburgh Community Land Bank, NY 2018 IDEA LAB New Rochelle, NY, XR Researcher in Residence, 9/2018- 5/2019 2014 Artist in Residence, SBK Collaborative, Isiolo Kenya 

2013 Logging Off, Bella Thalia Creative Community, Bemidji, Minnesota 2008 Guest Studio Artist in Residence, Akuyeri, Iceland 2008 

Awards & Professional Development 

2021 Bennington College Arts & Technology Grant 

2020 ITP Camp Professional Development 

2017 BeaconArts Community Association, Beacon, NY, Board Member, BeaconARTS 2017 Fractured Atlas, Artists Campaign School, Detroit, Michigan 

2014 NYU ITP Education Camp Professional Development 

2010 Red Burns Departmental Fellowship Award, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, NY, NY 1/3

2011 Seva Mandir with NYU, Art Therapy Fieldwork, Video Ethnography, Udaipur, India 

Community Projects & Collaborations 

2020 Gatherwild Goods Pop up Thrift, Germantown, NY 

2019 Open Clothes, Atlas Studios, Newburgh, NY 

2017 Love Letter Reading, Bed Stuyvesant, NY 

2016 BuddyFest, My Life in The Bush Ghosts, New Paltz, NY 

2016 e_x_e_r_c_i_s_e_, Art Therapy group, Beacon, NY 

2015 Research Member, Brooklyn Research, Brooklyn, NY, 

2014 Ancient Future X China Trends, Pop Up Shop, Brooklyn, NY 

2014 STREAM Gallery, Founding Member Artist Run Space, Brooklyn, NY 

2009 Easter Island, Upcycle Pop Up Shop, Norwalk, CT 

Teaching 

2020 NYU Tisch School Of Arts, NY, NY, Integrative Technology Lab, Visiting Lecturer 2019 Swiss Institute, NY, NY, Visiting Artist Workshop Series, Site Specific Installation 2018 Strongroom, Inc. with Newburgh NY Home School, Soften: Artist Video Collage Workshop 2015 Dia: Beacon, Beacon, NY, Inaugural Artist-Educator, Teen Program 

2014 Pepo La Tumaini, Isiolo, Kenya Artist & Educator in Residence 

2015 Powrplnt 2.0 w RedBull Studios & City-As-School, NY, NY 

2014 Art In Your Space with Eyebeam & City-As-School NY, NY, Co-Facilitator, The Body Electric 2014 Powrplnt 1.0 Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY Educational Architect 

2005 Cambridge School of Arts & Sciences, Cambridge, UK, Summer Pre-Foundation Art Instructor 

Credited Mentorship 

2021 Bennington College, Bennington, VT, FWT Credited Educational Co-op, Virtual Worlds 2019 Poughkeepsie Day School, Poughkeepsie, NY, Senior Internship, Persistence of Vision 2016 Dia Art Foundation, Beacon, NY, Independent Study, Practice & Process 2015 City-As-School, NY, NY, Internship as Class, Studio Apprenticeship 

2015 City-As-School, NY, NY, Internship As Class, Technigarden, Interactive Garden 

Visiting Critiques 

2021-24 Yale School Of Architecture, recurring

2023 Rhode Island School Of Design

2022 Tale School Of Architecture

2021 Parsons

2020 University of Texas, Dallas, TX, Communication Design, Anastasia Chybervia (recurring)

 2020 New York University SCPS, NY, NY, Fashion in NYC, Heidi Lee (recurring)

2019 NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY (ITP), The Desert Of The Real Web VR, Igal Nassima 2017 Marist College w Beacon Arts, Beacon Free Bus 

2017 Yale University School Of Architecture, New Haven, CT, Architecture Studio, Michelle Fornabai 2/3