2026 State of the Art Prize, Nebraska

2026 State of the Art Prize, Nebraska

Hannah Demma

Hannah Demma

Hannah Demma is a multimedia artist and papermaker with an MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is a recipient of the Nebraska Arts Council’s Individual Artist Fellowship Award and is the 2025 Artist-in-Residence at the Lincoln Cornhusker Marriott. Hannah teaches papermaking and maintains an active studio practice in Lincoln, NE.

Discipline:

Drawing & Illustration, Social Practice, Visual Arts

Award Year:

2026

About Hannah Demma

Lincoln, NE

Hannah Demma Hannah Demma is a multimedia artist specializing in papermaking, with a BFA and MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is the recipient of the Nebraska Arts Council’s Individual Artist Fellowship Award (2025) and has received multiple honors, including Best in Show at the Lincoln Arts Festival (2022, 2023) and the Sioux City Art Festival (2023,2025). Hannah has served as Executive Director at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts and as Coordinator for the Cedar Point Biological Station artist residency and Art Adventure camp. She currently works as a papermaker and instructor at Constellation Studios, as Artist Liaison and co-curator for the Lux Center for the Arts, and is the 2025 Artist-in-Residence at the Lincoln Cornhusker Marriott Hotel. In addition to her roles in the local arts community, Hannah maintains a busy studio practice and exhibition schedule, with a focus on expanding her work into new mediums and collaborations.

Hannah Demma is a multimedia artist specializing in papermaking, with a BFA and MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is the recipient of the Nebraska Arts Council’s Individual Artist Fellowship Award (2025) and has received multiple honors, including Best in Show at the Lincoln Arts Festival (2022, 2023) and the Sioux City Art Festival (2023,2025). Hannah has served as Executive Director at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts and as Coordinator for the Cedar Point Biological Station artist residency and Art Adventure camp. She currently works as a papermaker and instructor at Constellation Studios, as Artist Liaison and co-curator for the Lux Center for the Arts, and is the 2025 Artist-in-Residence at the Lincoln Cornhusker Marriott Hotel. In addition to her roles in the local arts community, Hannah maintains a busy studio practice and exhibition schedule, with a focus on expanding her work into new mediums and collaborations.

Hannah Demma