Hannah Weck
Education
2026 Bachelor of Fine Arts,Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), Edwardsville, Illinois
summa cum laude
2025 Semester Abroad, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
2018 Associate of Arts, Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, Illinois
Exhibitions
2026
Clearly Human VI, St. Louis Artist’s Guild, Saint Louis, Missouri
Juror: Livia Xandersmith
BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois.
University Spotlight: New Works from the Next Generation, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon, IL
SIUE Student Juried Exhibition, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois.
Juror: Dionna Raedeke
2025
Wood River Heritage Council Small Works Art Competition, Wood River Museum, Wood River, Illinois.
Juror: Thad Duhigg
Embodiment: Figures and Identity Across Cultures, University Museum of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois.
Curator: Erin Vigneau-Dimick
Student Art Exhibition, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
2024
Sculpture Exhibition, Noise Box Gallery, Edwardsville, Illinois
Clearly Human V, St. Louis Artist’s Guild, Saint Louis, Missouri
Juror: Teresa Oaxaca
William T. Turman Plein Air Juried Exhibition, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana
Juror: M. Shawn Cornell
Plein Air Exhibition, Arts Illiana, Terre Haute, Indiana
SIUE Annual Student Exhibition, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois
Juror: Grant Benoit
2023
First Look, Noise Box Gallery, Edwardsville, Illinois
SWIC Student Art Exhibition, Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, Illinois
Varsity Art XXVII, Art Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri
Artist Awards
2025
3rd Place Award, Wood River Heritage Center Small Works Exhibit, Wood River, IL
2024
William Forsyth Award of Distinction, William T. Turman Plein Air Juried Exhibition, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
Valerie Lee Reynolds Smith Award, SIUE Annual Student Exhibition, Edwardsville, IL
Academic Honors/Awards
2023-2026 SIUE Dean’s List
2023-2025 Cougar Pride Scholarship
2025 Work-Study Scholarship with Santa Reparata International School of Art
2024 Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Assistant of the Semester Award, SIUE
2021-2023 Southwestern Illinois College Dean’s List
2016-2018 Southwestern Illinois College Dean’s List
Professional and Volunteer Experience
2024-2026 President of the Painting and Drawing Association of SIUE
2024-2025 Volunteer at the Edwardsville Art Fair, Edwardsville, IL
2023-2025 Assisted with aluminum and bronze pours in the SIUE Foundry, Edwardsville, IL
2024 Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Assistant, SIUE, Edwardsville, IL
2024 Guest speaker at Artist on Art: Plein Air Painters Panel, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
2010-2024 Volunteer with Friends of Stemler Cave Woods
2016-2023 Acting and set design for theatrical performances at Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, IL
Work History
2021-present Library Assistant, Daugherty Public Library, Dupo, IL
2021-present Paint with Hannah, Daugherty Public Library, Dupo, IL
2026 Figure Model, John Burroughs School, Saint Louis, MO
2023-2025 Information Desk Attendant, Lovejoy Library, SIUE, Edwardsville, IL
2025 Information Desk Attendant, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
Skills
Oil, acrylic, and watercolor painting
Charcoal, graphite, pastel, and color pencil drawing
Carpentry: miter saw, table saw, band saw, panel saw, belt sander
Power tolls: drill, driver, angle grinder, sawzall, palm sander
Pneumatic tools: nail gun, die grinder
Frame building
Building canvas stretchers
Plaster molds
Relief and intaglio print making
TIG and MIG welding
SIUE Woodshop Certified
Adobe Creative Cloud applications: Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, and Illustrator