Somer Hahm
somer.a.hahm@gmail.com | www.somerhahm.com
Education
2008 University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF) / MFA - Painting and Drawing magna cum laude
2005 University of Montana, Missoula (UM)/ BFA - Painting and Drawing summa cum laude
Awards & Collections
2022 UAF Alumni Association Benefactors Fund Grant Recipient
2022 Our2Cents Grant Recipient, Fairbanks Farm Barn Quilt
2022 Adaptation and Innovation Grant - Alaska State Council on the Arts and National Endowment of the Arts
2022 SARTA Grant Recipient, Butte Montana, Friendship Stars Mural
2021 Usibelli Foundation Grant Recipient
2021 Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival “Artist of the Year”
2020 Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist - Project Award
2020 Alaska Chapter of the Awesome Foundation Grant Recipient
2020 Community Arts Development Grant Recipient - Alaska State Council on the Arts and National Endowment of the Arts
2020 Cook Inlet Housing Authority Mini Grant - Anchorage AK
2019 Art In the Garden - Our2Cents Inc. Grant Recipient
2017 Northern Alaska Environmental Center “Artist of the Year”
2008 UAF College of Liberal Arts- Art Department Graduate Fellow
2005 University of Montana College of Liberal Arts “Presidential Student of the Year” Award
2005 University of Montana, Missoula - Permanent Art Collection Raku Vessel
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 Loose Quilts, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks AK
2020 The Painted Quilt, Wandering Bear Gallery Fairbanks Arts Association, Fairbanks AK
2014 Flock, Keller Allied Architecture and Arts, Fairbanks AK
2012 Birds of Paradise, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks AK
2010 A Birds Eye View, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks AK
2008 Loop Dreams, The Annex Art Space, Ester, AK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Mother, Bear Gallery, Fairbanks AK
2022 Alaska Biennial, Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage AK
2022 UAF College of Liberal Arts - Art Faculty Exhibition, UAF Gallery, Fairbanks AK
2022 64th Parallel Juried Art Exhibition, 1st Place/Juror's Choice Award, Juror Allison Baker, Bear Gallery, Fairbanks Ak
2022 Mother, Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer AK
2022 Entanglement, Honorable Mention, Juror Melissa Shaginoff, Bear Gallery, Fairbanks AK
2022 Warmth, Stay Home Gallery, Paris TN
2021 64th Parallel Juried Art Exhibition, Bear Gallery, Fairbanks AK
2021 From Fairbanks with Love, The Lemonade Stand, Anchorage AK
2021 13+, curator Tamara Wilson, The Lemonade Stand, Fairbanks AK
2021 UAF College of Liberal Arts - Art Faculty Exhibition, UAF Gallery, Fairbanks AK
2020 The Pink Show, curator Ethan Lausen, Well Street Art Co, Fairbanks AK
2020 Alaska Biennial Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage AK
2020 Members Exhibition, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage AK
2019 64th Parallel Juried Art Exhibition, Bear Gallery, Fairbanks AK
2019 Artists of the North: New Works, Trax, Fairbanks AK
2018 64th Parallel Juried Art Exhibition, Bear Gallery, Fairbanks AK
2018 10 x 10 Membership Exhibition, Bunnell Street Arts Center, Fairbanks AK
Public Art Commissions
2023 Anchorage Museum + SEED Lab Artist in Residence/Muralist, Anchorage, AK
2023 Artist in Schools Resident Artist - Pearl Creek Elementary, Fairbanks AK
2022 Asphalt Art Initiative + Bloomberg Grant Selected Artist, Fairbanks AK
2022 Fairbanks Farm Barn Quilt, Fairbanks Experiment Farm, Fairbanks AK
2022 Friendship Stars, Mural - SARTA Grant, Imagine Butte Resource Center Butte, MT
2022 Spruce Cone, Black Spruce Brewing Company, Fairbanks AK
2021 The Folk Quilt, The Folk School at Cabin 66 in Pioneer Park, Fairbanks AK
2021 Hen and Chicks, Calypso Farm and Ecology Center, Ester AK
2021 Gathering Place, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks AK
2021 Flowers in a Basket, Garden Path and Beet Friends, Cook Inlet Housing Authorities Centennial Village Gardens Mini Quilt Trail
2020 Rising Sun, Boreal Sun Charter School, Fairbanks AK
2020 Flying Geese, Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, Fairbanks AK
2020 Juncos & Sunflower Star, Fairbanks Community Garden, Fairbanks AK
2019 Snow Crystals, Goldie’s, Fairbanks AK
Selected Press & Interviews & Artist Talks
2023 Discover Alaska Lecture Series, The Far North Quilt Trail Project, University of Alaska Fairbanks, June 21
2022 Homer News, Artists Collaborate on Exhibit Exploring the Challenges of Being Mother and Makers, Christina Whiting, December 7
2022 Fairbanks Daily News Miner, Juror’s Choice Goes to Somer Hahm at 64th Parallel Juried Art Exhibition, Kris Kapps, October 13
2022 Fairbanks Daily News Miner, Far North Quilt Trail Project Gets New Addition, Kris Kapps, September 3
2022 Fairbanks Daily News Miner, Barn Quilt to be Displayed at Fairbanks Experiment Farm, Kris Kapps, August 26
2022 Choteau Acantha, Bynum Hosting Concert Lineup, Melody Martinsen Acantha, August 9
2022 Montana Standard, Artist Wraps a Cold Cement Wall with a Quilt Pattern in Butte, Meagan Thompson, July 16
2022 Fairbanks Daily News Miner, Art project kicks off, adding and splash of color to downtown streets, Jack Barnwell, June 5
2022 Philanthropic Education Organization/ PEO Keynote Speaker, Fairbanks AK
2021 FORUM, Piecing it Together: Somer Hahm and the Far North Quilt Trail, Alaska Humanities Forum, Addie Studebaker, Spring Edition
2021 Aurora Magazine, Exploring a Public Pattern: Somer Hahm '08, Elizabeth Talbot, August
2021 Latitude 64, Folk Quilt Project Launches, Chris Capps, April
2021 Edible Alaska Art in the Garden: Photo Essay by Addie Studebaker, Spring Edition
2021 Members Only: Alaska Biennial 2020: Somer Hahm + Kristin Link - Artist Talk, Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage Alaska, February
2020 Fairbanks Daily News Miner, Centerpiece of Fairbanks Quilt Trail Project Makes Debut, Gary Black, August
2020 I Like Your Work Podcast Studio Visit Artist of the Week, Erika B. Hess, April
2020 Art Matters: Live Broadcast Radio Interview The Far North Quilt Trail Project, Graham Dane, January
2020 The Hi-Lo, Survival of the Artist: We Are Each Others Human Resource, Virginia Broersma, January
2020 Rotary Club of Fairbanks Guest Speaker: The Far North Quilt Trail
2019 Fairbanks Daily News Miner, In Fairbanks, a Quilting Project Takes to the Trails, David James, December
Residencies
2023 Artist In Schools Artist Residency, Pearl Creek Elementary School, Fairbanks AK
2023 Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center + SEED Lab Residency, Anchorage AK
2022 Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, University of Alaska Fairbanks Experiment Farm Artist in Residence, Fairbanks AK
2020 Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge Artist in Residence, Fairbanks AK
Related Employment and Internships
2022 - Present Adjunct Faculty, Professor of Drawing, College of Liberal Arts, University of Alaska Fairbanks
2019 - Present Creative Director of the Far North Quilt Trail Project www.thefarnorthquilttrailproject.com
2018 - Present Exhibition Technician Bear Gallery, Fairbanks Arts Association
2017 - 2021 Drawing and Painting Instructor the Folk School of Fairbanks
2006 - 2012 Gallery Assistant, Well Street Art Company
2008 Gallery Manager/Graduate Practicum - University of Alaska Art Gallery
2005 Student Intern, Gallery of Visual Arts, University of Montana