Bio

Hannah Samoy's work in arts and culture is rooted in her passion for sharing stories and building connections. She is dedicated to supporting often-overlooked creatives and those just beginning their artistic journeys, collaborating with them to shape engaging, community-focused experiences.

A Milwaukee-based artist and curator originally from Illinois, Hannah is completing her bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts and Arts Management at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. In August 2024, she concluded a two-year role as the McMullan Curatorial Fellow at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she contributed to research, cataloging, and exhibition planning in Modern and Contemporary Art. After, she worked in development and marketing at Arts @ Large, fundraising for arts education and reimagining artist residencies to foster the growth of artist-educators. In February 2025, she opened her first curatorial project, Between Roots and Routes: A Letter from the Midwest, the inaugural exhibition at satélite Gallery located in Milwaukee.

Her art practice reflects cultural traditions lost through migration, colonization, and time while honoring ongoing connections with people, objects, and places. Recently, she participated in the group exhibitions Dear Nature with Sculpture Milwaukee and Of a Familiar Stranger at Var Gallery and was named a 2023 Gener8tor Art x Sherman Phoenix grant recipient.