Bio:
Hannah Samoy is a Filipino-American artist, archivist, and curator based in Milwaukee. Working with documentary photography and family archives, her practice explores intergenerational memory and diasporic belonging, tracing practices, and beliefs that are shared, altered, or lost across time and distance.
Hannah earned her BFA from the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. She was a recipient of the 2023 gener8tor Art x Sherman Phoenix Fellowship and completed a two-year curatorial fellowship at the Art Institute of Chicago in 2024. In 2025, she was named one of Lenscratch’s Top 25 Student Photographers to Watch and has developed community-centered curatorial projects, organizing exhibitions at satélite Gallery and Walker’s Point Center for the Arts. From fall of 2025 to spring 2026, Hannah served as a volunteer archivist for the CR8TV House, a community art centered third space for Black and Brown artists, helping organize, catalog, and activate the community archive. Hannah now works in Development and Marketing at the Racine Art Museum.
Education
BFA, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Fine Arts and Arts Management, Milwaukee, WI
Exhibitions
2025
Family Sights, The Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Between Us (Solo), Perspectives Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Between Roots and Routes, satélite Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2024
Of a Familiar Stranger, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2023
Spring 2023 Cohort Showcase, Gener8tor Art x Sherman Phoenix, Milwaukee, WI
Dear Nature, Sculpture Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2022
Rehearsing Social, Green Gallery West, Milwaukee, WI
Awards/Fellowships
2025
Top 25 Students to Watch, Lenscratch, USA
Alumni Senior Thesis Award, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
2023
Gener8tor Art x Sherman Phoenix Grant Program, Milwaukee, WI
Art Fairs
2024
Printed Matter’s New York Arts Book Fair, New York, NY
Curation
2025
Address Undisclosed, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Between Roots and Routes: A Letter from the Midwest, satélite Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Collections, Archival, and Research experience
2025 - Present
Archivist, The CR8TV HOUSE, Milwaukee, WI
2022 - 2024
McMullan Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
McMullan Undergraduate Internship, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Press/Artist Talks/Workshops
2025
“An Exploratory Workshop: Community, Character, & Creativity,” Creative Mornings, Milwaukee, WI
2023
“Gener8tor Art x Sherman Phoenix Art: Artist Panel Discussion,” Marn Arts + Culture Hub, Milwaukee, WI