Deconstructing The Female Form with Stephanie Hanes | AD 226

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)

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