August Final Friday
WHAT THE HEXK
Hanna Koontz
August 30th - September 23rd
"As a first nations tribal member my work aims to describe, represent and illustrate the observations and realities of daily life in our current modern ecosystems. My work aims to relate to the identity of common people, consumers, members of the community and icons of pop culture and create space to question and appreciate the regularity of these identities in our modern world. My work adds shine to the mundane that our daily life doesn't usually allow for. Most of all my work creates space for those struggling to find relation in their identities to their ecosystems and gives them a place to find comfort in what is seemingly mundane or even unattainable in our everyday lives and observations."
Hanna Elaine Xandria Koontz or hexk is an illustrator, printmaker, bookbinder and animator who is from and works locally in Lawrence, Kansas. Hexk is a proud member of the Comanche Nation and a modern descendant of one of the last clans of the Comanche tribe. It is this perspective as a first nations tribal member that adds a point of view not commonly seen or properly represented in well recognized visual media and hexk aims to educate and relate to all viewers of their work. Hexk is an avid local Lawrence community member and recent graduate of the Design school of KU and is looking for any and all new and exciting endeavors in which their print and animated work can continue to be created, utilized and displayed. Please reach out directly to @hexk or @hexk_illustration via Instagram for any further interest in their work, thank you for your viewership and consideration.
You can find Hanna’s exhibit in the Upper West Gallery of the Phoenix Gallery.
