Summer 2026 Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series: Miya Hannan

Interdisciplinary artist Miya Hannan will give an artist lecture at Holman Arts & Media Center (University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe) on Tuesday, August 11th at 7pm. This event is free and open to the public!

Miya Hannan is an interdisciplinary studio artist working in installation, drawing and sculpture. She has exhibited her work in numerous solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally. She explores traces of memory and history embedded in the natural world that continue to linger. She is a recipient of the Franklin Research Grant (2025) and the Nevada Arts Council Artist Fellowship (2023). Her artist’s book, a collaborative project with Brighton Press in San Diego in 2017, is held in the collections of over 30 institutions, including the Getty Research Institute, the Library of Congress, and Stanford University. Before coming to the United States, she worked for seven years as a medical professional in her native country, Japan. She is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno.