Hannah Demma

Hannah Demma is a multimedia artist specializing in papermaking. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2017, with an emphasis on printmaking and her Masters in Fine Art at her alma mater in 2022. 

In 2018 Hannah received a Mayor’s Art Award and during her MFA she was the recipient of the Dan and Barbara Howard Creative Achievement Award (2021) and the Francis William Vreeland Award in Art (2022). Hannah received Best in Show awards at the Lincoln Arts Festival in 2022 and again in 2023, as well as Best in Show at the Sioux City Art Festival in 2023. She served as coordinator for the Cedar Point Biological Station artist residency and Art Adventure camp from 2017-2023 and Executive Director at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, an artist residency program in Nebraska City, NE From 2023-2024.

Hannah currently works as a papermaker and papermaking instructor at Constellation Studios, as an Artist Liaison for the Lux Center for the Arts and will be the 2025 Artist-in-Residence at the Cornhusker Marriott Hotel, all in Lincoln, NE.

 In addition to her roles in the local arts community, Hannah has maintained a busy studio practice as well as lecture and exhibition schedules and looks forward to expanding her studio practice to include new mediums and collaborations.