MIYA HANNAN

I view the world as composed of layers and linkages of history—a chain of lives and events that lead from one to the next. I believe that landscapes hold honest records of these histories. Using images of nature and physical objects as storytellers, my work seeks to preserve the stories of people and histories that are nearly forgotten or at risk of being lost. In Japan, where I grew up, the souls of the dead are believed to live on, spirits exist within nature, and the land retains its destiny. People inherit the histories of the land on which they live. I am interested in the relationship between humanity and the information embedded in nature.

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Miya Hannan

2026