Heidi Hahn
Heidi Hahn is a painter known for her vibrant palette, melting figures, and atmospheric moods.
Hahn's introspective paintings depict female figures iconically reclining, sitting, or lounging in ambiguously rendered settings that suggest a real location—a city street, a subway, a bathroom, a bedroom. Her atmospheric, layered application of paint evokes a psychological space that engages both a traditional and contemporary reading of the male gaze. Gestural, fluid, and frequently spectral, Hahn’s works reframe and re-contextualize her subjects, exploring the ambiguous and shifting boundaries between public and private selves.
Brooklyn, NY
Born 1982, Los Angeles, CA
2014 MFA Yale University, New Haven, CT
2010 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Madison, ME
2006 BFA Cooper Union, New York, NY