Hana Bleue Chaussette

Hana Bleue Chaussette is GlogauAIR resident from January 2026 to March 2026. Q1

Hana is a conceptual artist whose work challenges western portraiture especially in the 21st-century because we are more than our “selfies”—-in fact, we reveal ourselves unconsciously in so many ways. Her work can take the form of paintings or sculpture, short stories or plays. Hana is also concerned about how the Digital Age is so quickly robbing us of our choice for privacy—to reveal what we choose to tell about ourselves.

Meet the Artist

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I am a conceptual artist whose work challenges western portraiture especially in the 21st-century because we are more than our “selfies”—-in fact, we reveal ourselves unconsciously in so many ways. My work can take the form of paintings or sculpture, short stories or plays. I am also concerned about how the Digital Age is so quickly robbing us of our choice for privacy—-to reveal what we choose to tell about ourselves.

GlogauAIR Project

The project I am about to begin is not only an extension of my “Unsung Heroes” series (2017-present) but a “portrait” of an award-winning experimental classical ensemble based in Chicago. Ambitious in its scope, and multidisciplinary at its essence, it will continue pushing the boundaries of portraiture in the west especially in the 21st century. The closest example is William Kentridge, but like Chema Alvargonzalez, it will unquestionably involve extensive research and a plunge into the philosophical questions about what it means to be human in the context of an increasingly driven AI world.

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Education

BA Political Science, Duke University
BFA, Scholarship to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Postgraduate work, Osaka University of Arts, Osaka, Japan
Meisner training under Monica Payne
Playwrighting at Chicago Playwrights

Solo Exhibitions

2024 “Unsung Heroes of Uptown,” co-sponsored by CDecaux and the Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, a public art exhibition in Chicago, Summer
2019 “Reduction,” solo show, Atelier 54 Chicago
1989 “Art Crossing,” Galerie Blanche Gallery, Ikeda City, Japan
1988 Ikedaya, Shijonawate City, Japan (solo show)
1987 “Sights and Sounds of Japan,” performance piece, Osaka University of Arts, Osaka, Japan

Selected Exhibitions

2018 “In Transition,” performance of music and text with Isabelle Olivier, performance, Atelier 54 Chicago
2017 Group Show, Atelier 54 Chicago
2016 Group Show, Atelier 54 Chicago
2016 “Contretemps on a Frette from MARSHALLS,” performance in collaboration with composer, Isabelle Olivier, Atelier 54 Chicago
2015 “Juxtaposition,” Atelier 54, Chicago, Illinois
2014 “Ellipsis,” Atelier 54, Chicago, Illinois
2014 “Second Act,” Atelier 54, Chicago, Illinois
2013 “Debut,” Atelier 54, Chicago, Illinois
2012 Artist in Residence Show, “Configured Spaces,” Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
2012 Handmade Prints II, Noyes Cultural Center, Evanston, IL
2012 Sketchbook Art Project, Brooklyn, New York
1989 Ashiya Town Hall, Ashiya, Japan

Selected Collections

2023 “You Can’t Take it With You aka My Favorite Things,” gouache and pencil on wood panels, 84” x 24”
2016-2017 Permanent loan to the Chicago Public Library, Uptown
2020 Four part painting series, The Langham New York
2021 “A Chorus Line,” painting for CUUP, New York
2014 Illustrated book, “Magic Peptides Empire,” Writers Publisher, Beijing

Selected Awards

2024 Georgia O’Keefe “My New Yorks,” Windows Project, Art Institute of Chicago
2023-24 Individual Artist Project, city of Chicago grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE)

Selected Press

“Out of the Galleries and Onto the Streets: Inspired by Studs Terkel, a Chicago Artists celebrates Uptown Heroes on Bus Shelters,” Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, May 15, 2024
”Be on the Lookout for Unsung Heroes of Uptown, Around Town,” WGN Radio 720, radio interview with Rick Kogan, May 12, 2024, Chicago
”An Unsung Hero of Uptown’ has a portrait in a bus shelter near you,” interview with Erin Allen, WBEZ Chicago, June 17, 2024
”Chicago artist honoring “Unsung Heroes of Uptown” with art exhibit on CTA bus shelters by Marie Saavedra, Zak Spector, CBS Chicago, May 31, 2024
”Unsung Heroes of Uptown: Art of People On the Street,” Spotlight Chicago, television interview with Sarah Jindra, Andrea Darlas, WGN9 TV, June 21, 2024
”Unsung Heroes of Uptown Promotes Connection in the name of Community, Studs Terkel, article by Keegan Morris, WFMT Magazine, June 21. 2024

Career in Japan and China

After her studies, Hana Bleue Chaussette “produced TV and radio content for 13 years” in Japan and China.
JCDecaux describes her work in that period as “breaking boundaries and bridging the gap between East and West.”