Hanna Bruer

Multidisciplinary Artist | Madison, Wisconsin

Hanna Bruer is a multidisciplinary artist based in Madison, Wisconsin, working across abstract painting, murals, live painting, digital artwork, and creative collaborations. Her practice explores emotion, movement, texture, and experimentation through a distinctive visual language.

Her professional experience includes solo and group exhibitions, public and corporate art commissions, permanent installations, live painting performances, and collaborations with musicians.

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Solo Exhibitions

2026

  • Solo Exhibition, Rogues Gallery, Madison, WI

2022

  • Solo Exhibition, Forward Craft and Coffee, Madison, WI

2021

  • Solo Exhibition, Madison Squash Workshop, Madison, WI

2019

  • Quiet Control, Monroe Arts Center, Monroe, WI

  • Solo Exhibition, GNP, Madison, WI

  • Solo Exhibition, Quivey's Grove, Fitchburg, WI

2018

  • Solo Exhibition, Hawks Quindel SC, Madison, WI

  • Solo Exhibition, Industrious, Madison, WI

  • Solo Exhibition, Synergy Coworking, Madison, WI

  • Fitch-Rona Art Crawl, Hop Haus Brewing, Verona, WI

2017

  • Solo Exhibition, Hawks Quindel SC, Madison, WI

  • Solo Exhibition, Synergy Coworking, Madison, WI

  • Solo Exhibition, Alchemy, Madison, WI

2016

  • Solo Exhibition, Lauer Realty Group, Madison, WI

  • Solo Exhibition, Knupp & Watson & Wallman Advertising Agency, Madison, WI

2015

  • Biting the Silver Tongue, Mother Fool's Coffee House, Madison, WI

  • Solo Exhibition, Electric Earth, Madison, WI

Group Exhibitions

2026

  • Gallery Night, Public Parking Bar, Madison, WI

2025

  • Dreams In the Undergrowth, Carnelian Art Gallery, Madison, WI

  • Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Gallery Night, 100Arts, Madison, WI

  • Group Exhibition, Rogues Gallery, Madison, WI

2024

  • Madison Art Guild: A Community of Artists, Ballweg Art Gallery, Madison, WI

  • Group Exhibition, Rogues Gallery, Madison, WI

2023

  • The heART Show, North Street Cabaret, Madison, WI

  • First Fridays Art Show, North Street Cabaret, Madison, WI

2022

  • The heART Show, DarkHorse Art Bar, Madison, WI

2018

  • NAMI Wisconsin's 12th Annual Healing Art Show, Lakeside St Coffee, Madison, WI

2017

  • In All This Vastness, Gib's, Madison, WI

2016

  • Dead and Buried, Fat City Emporium, Madison, WI

  • Fat City Emporium's First Friday Show, Winedown, Madison, WI

  • Fat City Emporium's Gallery Night, Winedown, Madison, WI

  • Fat City Emporium's Inaugural First Friday Show, Winedown, Madison, WI

  • Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Gallery Night, Lauer Realty Group, Madison, WI

2015

  • NAMI Wisconsin's 9th Annual Healing Art Show, VSA Wisconsin Gallery, Madison, WI

  • Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Gallery Night, VSA Wisconsin Gallery, Madison, WI

  • 100Arts depART: Laika Boss, Madison, WI

2013

  • RAW: Encompass, High Noon Saloon, Madison, WI

Public Art, Murals & Permanent Installations

2026

  • I/O Arcade Bar Mural, Madison, WI — Outdoor mural

2023

  • Sony PlayStation, Madison Office, Madison, WI — Commissioned artwork and permanent installation

2019

  • Hawks Quindel Law Firm, Madison, WI — Permanent installation

2018

  • Verona Vision Care, Verona, WI — Permanent installation

  • Dane County Credit Union, Madison, WI — Permanent installation

2017

  • Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, Green Bay, WI — Acquisition of existing artwork for permanent installation

2016

  • Validic, Durham, NC — Corporate art commission and permanent installation

2015

  • Blue Gem Tattooing, Green Bay, WI — Permanent installation

Live Painting & Performances

2026

  • Eken Park Festival, Eken Park, Madison, WI

  • Madison Reading Project's Read(y) to Wear, The Sylvee, Madison, WI

  • Private Wedding, The Tinsmith, Madison, WI

  • SAUCED Night Market, Garver Feed Mill, Madison, WI

  • Malt House Tavern, Madison, WI

2025

  • Private Wedding, Fort Atkinson, WI

  • Dreams in the Undergrowth Opening Reception, Carnelian Art Gallery, Madison, WI

  • Art64 Live Painting Tournament, Wauwatosa, WI

  • Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Gallery Night, 100Arts, Madison, WI

  • Malt House Tavern, Madison, WI

2024

  • Art64 Live Painting Tournament, Wauwatosa, WI

2023

  • Live Painting, North Street Cabaret, Madison, WI

  • Private Wedding, Madison, WI

  • Malt House Tavern, Madison, WI

  • Instagram Live, Virtual Live Painting Performance

2022

  • Live Painting, Forward Craft and Coffee, Madison, WI

  • Malt House Tavern, Madison, WI

  • Instagram Live, Virtual Live Painting Performance

2021

  • Instagram Live, Virtual Live Painting Performance

2020

  • Instagram Live, Virtual Live Painting Performance

2019

  • Compression Book Release and Rock & Roll Show, High Noon Saloon, Madison, WI

  • Malt House Tavern, Madison, WI (two performances)

  • Private Wedding, Edgewater Hotel, Madison, WI

  • Private Event, Bliss Flow Yoga, Madison, WI

  • Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Gallery Night, Hawks Quindel SC, Madison, WI

2018

  • Live From The Nest, The Daily Cardinal, UW–Madison Campus, Madison, WI

  • Fourth of July Special Event, Memorial Union Terrace, Madison, WI

  • Malt House Tavern, Madison, WI

  • Private Wedding, Milwaukee, WI

  • Dane County Credit Union's 84th Annual Meeting, Madison, WI

  • Art Asana, Bliss Flow Yoga, Madison, WI

  • Fitch-Rona Art Crawl, Verona Vision Care, Verona, WI

  • Fitch-Rona Art Crawl, Hop Haus Brewing, Verona, WI

2017

  • Malt House Tavern, Madison, WI

  • Private Wedding, Wausau, WI

  • Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Gallery Night, Hawks Quindel SC, Madison, WI

  • Private Fundraiser, Chicago, IL

2016

  • Dead and Buried, Fat City Emporium, Madison, WI

  • Homemade for the Holidays, Winedown, Madison, WI

  • Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Gallery Night, Matrix Coworking, Madison, WI

  • This Is Our City, hosted by Hive, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI

  • Majestic Theater 8th Annual SummerJam, Sessions 2, 3, 4, and 5, Madison, WI

  • Marquette-Atwood Art Walk, Lauer Realty Group, Madison, WI

  • Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Gallery Night, Lauer Realty Group, Madison, WI

2015

  • Private Fundraiser, Milwaukee, WI

  • Women Empowering Women Fundraiser, WE International and Hawks Quindel, Madison, WI

  • Private Wedding, Lake Windsor Golf Club, Windsor, WI

  • Majestic Theater 7th Annual SummerJam, Sessions 1, 3, and 4, Madison, WI

Music & Creative Collaborations

Centershift

  • A Different Shade of Color — Album artwork

MoodTrain

  • Custom drumhead artwork

  • Intended Recipient — Video artwork and production

University Drive

  • Carry It — Lyric video

Mark Mallman & Dick Valentine

2018

  • I Love You, I Steal Your Gas — Music video featuring live painting performance

Workshops & Teaching

2025

  • Paint It Out: Venting Through Art — Carnelian Art Gallery, Madison, WI

Press & Publications

2022

  • Madison Magazine, Hot List, September.

2019

  • Catherine Capellaro, “Hanna Bruer's Grunge Art,” Isthmus, November 7, Vol. 44, Issue 45, p. 4.

2018

  • NAMI Wisconsin's 12th Annual Healing Art Show, artist biography, exhibition catalog, Madison, WI, October, p. 14.

2017

  • Lindsay Christians, “The Art of the Sale,” The Cap Times, October 18.

2015

  • NAMI Wisconsin's 9th Annual Healing Art Show, artist biography, exhibition catalog, Madison, WI, December, p. 13.

  • Laura Jones, “The Art of Healing,” Isthmus, October 2, Vol. 40, Issue 39, p. 32.

  • Amy Carlson, television interview, NBC15 WMTV, Madison, WI, September 9.

2013

  • Jason Ocker, “Text, Trinkets, and Tape: A RAWesome Good Time,” Project Famous Magazine, pp. 58–59.

  • RAW: Natural Born Artists, video interview, Madison, WI, October 17.

  • RAW: Natural Born Artists, artist profile, September.

Education & Certifications

2025

  • Art Therapy Practitioner Certification, Scholistico

  • Therapeutic Arts Certification, Efficient Therapist

2008

  • Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art and Two-Dimensional Art Emphases, University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point

Awards & Professional Memberships

2023–Present

  • Juried Member, Madison Art Guild

2015

  • Finalist, Best in Show, NAMI Wisconsin's 9th Annual Healing Art Show, VSA Wisconsin Gallery, Madison, WI