siehancock@gmail.com

Born in Malden, Massachusetts in 1993, Siena Hancock is a sculptor and installation artist. She received a degree in Fine Arts 3D, with departmental honors, from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in the spring of 2016. Her work is influenced by Feminist Art, cyberfeminism, Surrealism and performance art.

Siena’s present work explores feminist utopias. She is currently in residence at Main Street Arts in Clifton Springs, NY and is developing a body of work around feminist science-fiction texts which depict utopias.

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Education

2016          B.F.A. Fine Arts 3D concentration in Glass, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA

Residencies

2018          Artist in Residence: Main St Arts, Clifton Springs, NY (current)

Artist in Residence: HEIMA,  Seyðisfjörður IS 

Awards

2016          Departmental Honors, Massachusetts College of Art and Design Glass Department

                   All School Show Winner, Massachusetts College of Art and Design

                   Primark & MCAD Display Partnership, Massachusetts College of Art and Design

     Proposal chosen by Primark jury, designed and fabricated display for Primark's Boston flagship store in collaboration with Nicole Kepron and Momo Schafer.  See here.

2015          MCAD Merit Based Partner Scholarship: Pittsburgh Glass Center, Massachusetts College of Art and Design

                    Paper Thin Pate-de-Verre                                Instructor: Saman Kalantari

Exhibitions

2018         The Fall (from Vogue), DP Storefront Window Gallery, Providence RI

Art and Innovation, The Gallery, Malden MA

The Visitors, HEIMA, Seyðisfjörður IS 

2016          MassArt Senior Showcase, Bakalar & Paine Galleries, Boston MA

                  MassArt All School Show: Awards Show, Design Media Center, Boston MA

                  MassArt All School Show: Glass/Industrial Design, President's Gallery, Boston MA

2015          MassArt All School Show: Glass/Painting, President's Gallery, Boston MA

2014          The Empathic State, Crackatorium, Boston MA

Professional Experience

2014-18      Fabricator, Ross Art Studios, rossartstudio.com

2017          Teaching Assistant: WPI Glassblowing, Worcester Center for Craft

                      Instructor: Gale Scott

                  Assisted with Rainfield, danielclayman.com

2014-16      Teaching Assistant: Sculptural Glass, Massachusetts College of Art and Design

                      Instructor: Linda Ross

2015         Intern/Assistant, Chris Taylor

                  Studio Assistant, Montague Studios, danielclayman.com

2014          Teaching Assistant: Glassblowing I, Massachusetts College of Art and Design

                     Instructor: Leo Tecosky

Collections

Kvennasögusafn Íslands (Women's History Archives of Iceland), Heima, and private collections.