BIO

Rebecca Hannon is an associate professor of jewellery design and metalsmithing and co-director of the Dr. Sandra Alfoldy Craft Institute at NSCAD University. She holds a Diplom/MFA from Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany (2005) and a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island, USA (1995).

Hannon’s accomplishments include the delivery of “Slow Food for Fast Learning” paper, Sustainable Fashion Colloquia, Arch College, Jaipur, India (2020), the “Ground Rules ” Residency, Cape Breton Center for Craft/Parks Canada (2019), an Arts Nova Scotia Grant, “Contemporary Camouflage ”, solo exhibition and concurrent programing at Mary Black Gallery, Halifax NS (2018), being artist-in-residence der Jakob Bengel-Stiftung, Idar-Oberstein, Germany (2018), receiving the NSCAD/SSHRC Research Development Grant (2018), receiving the Mid- Career Artist Scholarship, Society of North American Goldsmiths (2015) and many more.

Hannon’s work investigates the relationship of color and pattern on form, and form as it relates to the human body. Jewellery has a direct relationship to the notion of conceal or reveal found in nature, and even ideas applied in the theatre of war, (Dazzle Camouflage), have parallels in the theatre of life. By wearing a golden wedding band, a poppy pin, a chevron necklace, people can blend in. The wearing of a purple heart medal sets one apart, provides pertinent information, and engages the question, “Where, how?” Contemporary art jewellery can go a step further; it can be aggressive, bold, soft, smelly, heavy. It can challenge both the wearer and the observer, but amazingly this sets up a connection between the two. In addition to these lines on inquiry, Hannon’s practice is very much influenced by travel, and the practitioners she forms connections with around the world. She is passionate about traditional/folk craft traditions as well as innovative, digital and sustainable modes of making.

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