Hannah Zbitnew (b. 1996, Toronto) is a textile artist living and working in London. Her woven forms and craft objects are steeped in folkcraft tradition, using repetition and the communal archive as touchpoints. Rather than faithful recreations; her work is devotional in nature, a nod to the gestures of making.
She holds a BDes from OCAD University and an MA from the Royal College of Art.
EDUCATION
2023 - 2024
Royal College of Art, MA Textiles
2014 - 2019
OCAD University, BDes Textiles
2017
Glasgow School of Art, BA Textile Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
The Weaver’s Arms, Projects Kavel Rafferty, Margate, UK
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Piecing, Garage Gallery E17, London, UK
2024
Interrogating the Unseen, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Textiles in the Making, Upper Gilbunkian Gallery, London, UK
Across RCA Exhibition, Hangar Space (RCA), London, UK
2022
One Story Is Not the Only Story, Montgomery's Inn, Toronto, CA
2020
Emotional Objects, XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto, CA
Illustrations, Red Eye Espresso, Toronto, CA
2019
Use Tools, Make Other Tools, Flatiron Project Space, New York City, USA
110th Annual Grad Exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto, CA
2018
Recondite Garden, Little Sister Gallery, Toronto, CA
Winter Garden Installation, Baycrest Hospital, Toronto, CA
2017
1947-2017 Fashion Show, The Art School, Glasgow, UK
2016
Ritual/Virtual, Anna Lenowens Gallery, Halifax, CA
MAAD Haus, The Drake Hotel, Toronto, CA
GOD DUMPSTER, 8/11 Gallery, Toronto, CA
2015
20/20 Vision Hindsight, Worker’s Arts and Heritage Centre, Hamilton, CA
Visualizing Absence, Tangled Art and Disability Gallery, Toronto, CA
Visualizing Absence, L Space Gallery, Etobicoke, CA
TALKS
2021
The “Witch” in Relationality With The More-Than-Human: Mutually Shaping Experiences, The Witch Institute, Queens University
Séance, Spirit and Ceremony in the Digital Sphere, The Motherboard: CADN 2021 Graduate Conference, OCAD University
2020
The Absence of the Witch, Medusa Graduate Conference, University of Toronto
Remaking the World: What does it mean to work across disciplines today?, Canadian Art, Artist Project Contemporary Art Fair