CV Geri Hahn

Education   Post-Baccalaureate and Baccalaureate Studies

2019      Ramapo College of New Jersey – Avant Garde Music, Sculpture

2017      Seton Hall University  – Museum Curation 

1991      Fairleigh Dickinson University –  Stone Carving 

1981      Richard Stockton College, BA, Land Use Planning and Forestry

Two Person Exhibition

2020      Alum and Then Some, Pascal Gallery, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah NJ

Solo Exhibitions

2019      Geri Hahn: Still Living Out Loud, Gallery Aferro, Newark NJ

               The Seeing Ear, Index Art Center, Newark NJ

               The Art of a Synesthete, Neuroscience Dept Lafayette College, Easton PA

2018      The Beguiling Richness of Everything, West Orange Public Library, West  Orange NJ

2015      Synesthesia and Contemporary Music, Arts Society of Kingston NY, Kingston NY

2014      Living Out-Loud, Ramapo College, Mahwah NJ

Juried Group Exhibitions

2024      Synesthetic Experience with Loom, UKSA/ASA Conference, Somerville College, Oxford University, Oxford England

The Kente Ball III, Akwaaba Gallery. Newark NJ

               Vinyl Dreams, Backroom Arts, Jersey City NJ

2023      A Taste of Synesthesia, Brunel University, London England

Art in Motion, Art League of Rhode Island, Pawtucket RI

The Drama of Light and Shadow, Modern Arts Gallery, Bethlehem PA

Nor’Easter 53rd Juried Exhibition, New Britain Museum of American Art,

New Britain CT

Jersey N2S Festival, The Jersey Narrative, Akwaaba Gallery, Newark NJ

TSGNY Juried Exhibition 2023, Ceres Gallery, Manhattan NY

2023 Regional Juried Spring Open, Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA

Rhythm and Blues, Studio Montclair, Montclair NJ

New Jersey Arts Annual, Noyes Museum, Atlantic City NJ

The Kente Ball II, Akwaaba Gallery, Newark NJ

2022      Synesthesia: Science and Art, University  Granada, Granada Spain

Art Fair 14C, Akwaaba Gallery, Jersey City Armory, Jersey City NJ

Move: Dance in Art I, Morris Arts’ Gallery, Morristown NJ,

Move: Dance in Art II, Saint Elizabeth University, Morristown NJ

Nor’Easter 52nd Juried Exhibition, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain CT

The Perfect Age: Reflections on the Passage of Time, Hara Gallery Wakefield RI

2021      The Kente Ball I, Akwaaba Gallery, Newark NJ

Art Fair 14C, Akwaaba Gallery, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City NJ

AURA, Akwaaba Gallery, Newark NJ

Ellarslie Open 37/38, Trenton City Museum, Trenton NJ

Five Points Gallery 2021 Juried Exhibition, Five Points Gallery, Torrington CT

Soul of A Badass Warrior, Akwaaba Gallery, Newark NJ

               Four Person Show at Christie’s, Studio Montclair, Montclair NJ

2020      Soothing Souls, Akwaaba Gallery, Newark NJ

The Fiber Art Show, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid NY

2019      The Seeing of Sound, The Art League of Rhode Island, Providence RI  

Cross-Sensory Aspects of Cognitive Activity in Science and Art, Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music, and at The Museum of Moscow, Moscow Russia

               New Domestics, College of Architecture & Design, NJIT, Newark, NJ

               State of the Art, Studio Montclair, Montclair NJ

New Directions in Fiber Art, The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair NJ

Synesthesia Edit01, Auditorium Paco Della Musica, Organization for Human Brain Mapping Conference, Rome Italy

2018      So What-WBGO Jazz exhibit, Gallery Aferro, Newark NJ

               Outside of the Box, Paterson Art Factory, Paterson NJ

               Outside-In-Outsider Art Show, One Art Space, Tribeca NY

               Queen of Angels, When a Church Dies II, Art and Artifacts of Newark, Newark NJ

2017      Booked For the Evening, Newark Public Library, Newark NJ

               Open Doors Art Festival, Index Art Center, Newark NJ

               Learning to Fly, Seton Hall University, South Orange NJ

Works on Paper, COTA Jazz Festival, Water Gap PA

               Touring Metro 31 Redux, City Without Walls, Newark NJ, B.Beamsderfer Gallery, Highland Park NJ, and 1978 Arts Center, Maplewood NJ

2016      Queen of Angels: When a Church Dies I-Art & Artifacts of Newark , Newark NJ

               The Cure For Anything, Seton Hall University, South Orange NJ

               Moment’s Notice Art Show, Open Doors Art Festival, Newark NJ

               Works on Paper, COTA Jazz Festival, Water Gap PA

2014      Touring Metro 30, City Without Walls Newark NJ, Johnson Free Public Library, Hackensack NJ, Ramapo College, Mahwah NJ, City Hall of Jersey City, Jersey City NJ, Beamsderfer Gallery, Highland Park NJ, Medford Arts Center, Medford NJ, and Albert Wisner Public Library, Warwick NY

Public Speaking

2023      The Jersey Narrative Artist Talk, Akwaaba Gallery, Newark NJ

2022      Video, Hahn G., VICE MEDIA,  What It’s Like to See Sound – YouTube

Ramapo College 2022 Research Conference, Animation of a Synesthete’s Musical Response, Mahwah NJ

2021      Video, Akwaaba Gallery, Newark NJ  (4) Aura Artists Talk at Akwaaba Gallery 10-30-21 – YouTube

2020      Pascal Gallery, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah NJ

2019      Textile Study Group of New York, Manhattan NY

Language, Music & Art, IASAS Conference Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music, Moscow Russia

               Synesthesia and the Fiber Arts, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ

The Art Practice of a Synesthete, for the Neuroscience Dept Lafayette College, Easton PA

2018      Synesthesia Art Practice, Contemporary Arts Conversations, Dumbo, Brooklyn NY

Synesthesia and Jazz, Jersey Art Exchange, Jersey City NJ

2016      Synesthesia and Electronic Music, Electronic Music Class, Ramapo College, Mahwah NJ

               Queen of Angels, When a Church Dies, Art and Artifacts of Newark, Newark, NJ

2015      Synesthesia and Contemporary Music, Pone Ensemble for New Music, Arts Society of Kingston NY

               Who Owns Culture, Cornell University, Ithaca NY

Residency

2018      Groundworks, Claryville NY

Awards

2021      Honorable Mention – Fiber Art,  Ellarslie Open 37/38, Trenton City Museum, Trenton NJ

2016      First Prize for Works on Paper, COTA Jazz Festival, Dutot Museum, Water Gap PA

               CD Art Cover, ”Karate Motion”, Linda Everswick, composer

Published

2023      “MacQueen’s Quinterly: Knock-your-socks-off” online publication

2022      Textile Study Group of New York Gallery 33         

               Textile Study Group of New York Gallery 32

2021      Textile Study Group of New York Gallery 31

Textile Study Group of New York Gallery 30

2020      Textile Study Group of New York Gallery 29

               Textile Study Group of New York Gallery 28

2019      “Language of Making-Visual – Voices from The Textile Study Group of New York”

               “New Directions in Fiber Art, The Montclair Art Museum”, Montclair NJ

Textile Study Group of New York Gallery 27         

Textile Study Group of New York Gallery 26

2018      Textile Study Group of New York Gallery 25

1973      The Low Blood Sugar Cookbook, Doubleday, 520 pages, as Geri Ginder with Margo Blevin

Non-Profit

2015-18 Board of Trustees, Gallery Aferro, Newark NJ

2016      Judge for Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Gallery Aferro, Newark NJ

Sound & Sense Responses of a Synesthete