NH Studio is about slowing down to find deep meaning and connection - connection to ourselves and our inner world, connection to each other, and connection to the wider world through culture.

NH Studio is led by Nicole Hansen - a narrative artist from the Pacific Northwest, whose first studio was an abandoned two-story chicken coop at her childhood home. At age six, she hid her favorite supplies in the built-in “cubbies” and imagined the day her work would hang in a gallery or her stories would be published in magazines.

She has tried mediums from pastels to photography, though her favorites are graphite, charcoal, and watercolor.

Her work explores dichotomy and connection. She examines the secrets we hide or share, the reality that grief and joy can coexist, the journey a soul travels to repair itself, and the idea that shared compassion is the center space for opposing arguments.

She believes that the twisted rope binding life in darkness and light offers us choices to gain perspective, accept balance, shrink or grow.

She has lived all over the world, is actively involved in the arts community, and founded a 501c3 to lead the restoration of a historic carousel.

She invites you to slow down, seek courage, follow curiosity, and find a connection.

Wherever you live, live intentionally.

SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2026 BEE MINE, Art Gallery 505 - Toledo

2024 WM Grassie (Solo) - Snoqualmie

2023 Art Gallery of SnoValley - Snoqualmie

2022 Art Gallery of SnoValley - Snoqualmie

2021 37th Juried Open Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance - Houston
(Juror: Harry Cooper, PhD, Senior Curator and Head of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.)

2021 Art Gallery of SnoValley - Snoqualmie