Jaeden Hannus

Jaeden Hannus is an image based artist and curator working between Chicago and Northeast Wisconsin. He is currently pursuing a BFA in studio art with an emphasis on photography at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Hannus has received several scholarships and awards such as the SAIC Recognition Scholarship, SAIC Contemporary Practices Scholarship, Ox-Bow Scholarship, and the Kikeri-Sinha Travel Fellowship for his recent residency at Kriti Artist Residency, Varanasi, India. His work has been featured in several publications and collections including the Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection, SAIC Photography Department Annual Catalog 2024-2025, and From Our Streets Photo Opp Volume 2.

He has exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI and others. Hannus has two solo exhibitions in 2025, ‘something once was, something still is’ at Photo Opp, Appleton, WI, August 2025, and ‘Self Portrait as a Wisconsin Man’ at Site Galleries, Chicago, IL, September 2025.

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