Meet The Artist
Hannah Stokes
Han Stokes (they/them)
is a printmaker and interdisciplinary artist from San Antonio, TX and Fairfax, VA. Their formative years living in San Antonio influenced them to create a body of work they call "sensory art," which illustrates the neurodivergent, queer, and biological perspective of the world around them.They graduated from George Mason University with a BFA in Art & Visual Technology, with a concentration in Printmaking, and a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) in Art Education. Outside of academics, they taught printmaking and ceramics at various institutions and was the Director of Glass & Ceramics at Workhouse Arts Center in 2023. Stokes also curated the DC Music & Arts Showcase in 2019, tabled at Blkgrlswurld Punk Fest and Zine Fair with the GMU Printmakers Guild, and was a featured artist in Yonic Youth Zine. They currently live in Pittsburgh, PA with their wife and pets.
About Dingus Studios
Dingus Studios is a printmaking collective in the works, and Stokes' personal brand of artwork. Dingus Studios is an ever-growing concept and aims to develop as an art-making haven for individuals from LGBTQ+, BIPOC, disabled, and other marginalized groups. Printmaking is an art form that thrives among a community, and Dingus Studios intends to not only build a community of artists, but to give back to the surrounding community and encourage art enrichment as a tool for connection, skill sharing, expression, and fundraising. Community building is an important aspect of this project, and in order to help a community grow, we must start with our neighbors who need it most, through fundraising and social action.
Origin of the Name
The name of this collective originated from a silly idea for an instagram handle, and has now evolved into the philosophy of creating great things no matter what the world thinks of you.
Artist Statement
"I am a printmaker and interdisciplinary artist whose work explores a fascination for physical sensations and human consciousness. With a deep nostalgia for picking up toads and insects as a child in Texas and Virginia, my work is an unapologetic homage to what still comforts me as an adult. My work intersects topics of neurodivergence and resistance to social conformity, while celebrating our shared human experiences. It also directly acknowledges the social infantilization of Millennials/Gen Z due to past and present economic crises. These topics manifest in the form of graphic, realism-based prints and sensory sculptures, often featuring nostalgic imagery of the 1990s and early 2000s. I consider my work sensory art because it comes from a desire to touch, feel, and observe, and it intends to satisfy the viewer's sensory cravings."
