Artist Biography
Hannah Duckett was born and raised in Leechburg, Pennsylvania, a small town on the Kiskiminetas River northeast of Pittsburgh. She credits her faith and Pittsburgh’s religious history for inspiring the themes of her work. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art from Mercyhurst University with a concentration in drawing in 2025. Her work has been featured in the Sister Angelica Cummings Art Gallery, where she received first-place in the Mercyhurst University Student Juried Art Show two consecutive times. Hannah is the two-time recipient of the Black Family Scholarship and the first-place recipient of the Cummings Art Scholarship. Her work has been printed in the ’23 and ’24 editions of the Lumen magazine.
Artist Statement
My work is for the glory of God. My pieces are a testimony– a visual allegory of walking in faith. They reveal the uncensored reality of being a contemporary Christian woman. I expound on classic biblical narratives and motifs through a new artistic lens. I often employ dynamic movement, gritty texture, and bold lines to convey raw emotion in my figures. My pieces illustrate the range of experiences we have with the Divine, and ultimately the desire to know God. My works are not pictures of perfection– they are confessions of the brokenness which led me to Christ.
