HANNAH BUREAU

A graduate of The Rhode Island School of Design and selected as an outstanding graduate student at Massachusetts College of Art, Hannah’s paintings have been exhibited with Saatchi at the PULSE Art Fair in New York City, The Affordable Art Fair at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City as well as many notable galleries. She has studied with renowned contemporary American artists and has been painting professionally for over 20 years. Hannah was born in Paris and moved to America at the age of 8. When not painting Hannah is busy raising her twin girls Isla and Elsi, and taking walks with her husband Jeff and dog Lucy.

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ART CRITIC - PAMELA POLSTON - 2022

“Her paintings are the visual equivalent of a deep sigh, a calming breath, a meditation. Hannah Bureau’s exhibition at the Edgewater Gallery at Middlebury Falls offers viewers vistas in a soft, tranquil palette. The artist, who lives in Lincoln, Mass., suggests her works are “at the intersection of landscape and abstraction.” That’s true, but those words imply sharp edges. Rather, Bureau’s landscapes seem to melt into a companionable relationship with, and to benefit from, ambiguity. She does not eschew form altogether; her acrylic canvases present discernible horizon lines, clouds, and approximate shapes of trees, water and even structures. With the current body of work, Bureau notes in an artist statement, “I wanted to emphasize the sky … The paintings in this show have a lower horizon, allowing for more sky, light and air to create a bright atmosphere that feels open and fresh.” Bureau was born in Paris, France, and moved to the U.S. at age 8. As the Edgewater website explains, she is the third generation of female painters in her family and grew up surrounded by art. She earned degrees at the Rhode Island School of Design and Massachusetts College of Art and Design and has worked in product and pattern design, as well as illustration for an educational publisher. Among her mentors, Bureau includes Vermont-based painter Eric Aho, who currently has an exhibition of abstracted landscapes at Burlington’s BCA Center. Indeed, what the two artists share is the gift of transcendent expression with paint.

ADDISON INDEPENDENT 2021

“Bureau achieves a balance of landscape and abstraction in her painting. She edits the layers of fields, forests and water, down to what she sees as the essential shapes and planes of the composition, and then creates depth and a dreamlike quality through the use of a palette made up of subtle grays that she pushes toward warm and cool tones and is punctuated by more defined areas of deep color. There is a looseness in her gesture where remnants of her process are exposed and further enhance the intimacy and dream quality of the painting. As Bureau edits and adds layers upon layers of shape and tone, landscapes emerge with a feeling of limitless depth and sense of place.”

SELECT ARTICLES

ID Boston 2019
Artists on Art Magazine Winter issue Jan 2016
Maine Home and Design Magazine Feature Feb 2016
Saatchi Gallery Online Selected as One to watch Dec 2013
Provincetown Banner Mid Career retrospective Aug 2013
Maine Home Magazine Artists to Collect Apr 2010
Maine Home Magazine Feature Nov 2009
Financial Times UK May 2009
Saatchi Gallery On-Line Magazine Critics’ Picks: Published
The Daily News Tribune feature Nov 2007
Financial Times UK Quoted Jul 2007
Saatchi Gallery Blog Stuart artist of the week: May 2007
MINDBOX Magazine Germany feature vol. 43 2007
The Island Advantage feature Jul 2007

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