Graduating MFA students in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Art, Art History & Design continue presenting their MFA Thesis Exhibitions in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery.
The final round runs April 11-15 and features the work of Dehmie Dehmlow (ceramics) and Hannah Demma (printmaking). An artist’s talk will take place on Friday, April 15 at 4 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. A reception will be held on Friday, April 15 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery.
All rounds of artist talks will also be available via Zoom at https://unl.zoom.us/s/91791374617.
General hours for the MFA Thesis Exhibitions are Monday–Friday, 12:30-4:30 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.
Dehmie Dehmlow | The Brick Collage
Dehmlow writes in her artist’s statement, “I work as an interdisciplinary artist making modular sculpture and ceramic vessels. I build with found and salvaged materials/objects, and fabricated structures to create dynamic three-dimensional compositions. These assemblages emphasize the potential in each found, salvaged and fabricated component as a form of agency and vitality. My practice is powered by imagination. I imagine a new collaborative life for found materials/objects that then fill a structural and compositional need within the whole of a sculpture. Moments of familiarity and play are creating through designed mechanisms of implied function and use.”
Dehmlow grew up in Denver, Colorado. She earned her B.A. in ceramics and pre-medical sciences from Colorado State University in Fort Collins in 2014. She worked as a caregiver for elderly and adults with disabilities while earning her bachelor’s degree and in the years since. In 2017-2018, she worked as a ceramics intern at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado. She was selected as an Emerging Artist in 2019 at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia.
Hannah Demma | Salt in Our Bones
Demma writes in her artist’s statement, “I look to the natural world for inspiration in my work. I play the scientist, and the studio is my lab. I observe, hypothesize and run experiments. Then I interpret and process my findings. I am captivated by the variety found within all flora and fauna, as well as the relationships between animals and their environment. I am curious about cause and effect in the natural world (including the disastrous impact humans have had on ecosystems, such as coral reefs). Everything is connected, for better and for worse. There are arguments to be made that humans are nature. There is no separation, no line we can draw between things.”
Demma is an avid outdoorswoman, outdoor educator and lifelong Nebraskan. She received her B.F.A. from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 2017. In 2018, she received the Kimmel Foundation Emerging Artist Award and a Mayor’s Art Award. Her passion for art education has taken her to Lincoln, Montana, where she spent a month leading the education programming for an outdoor sculpture park, Blackfoot Pathways Sculpture in the Wild. She has also served as a coordinator for the Cedar Point Biological Station art program and Art Adventure camp.