"Art Changes People and People Change The World." -John Butler
Born in 2000, Harper Hanson is a Colorado Native, living and creating in the Denver area. Her art focuses on lived experience with chronic and mental illness through a variety of mediums. Much of Harper’s recent work is needle and textile work that explores topics of illness and how that impacts one’s way of life. Harper's work helps people feel less alone in their own battles and teaches those without disability that being disabled does not make you worth less.
Her art work has been featured in OCD Oregon’s art auction, OCD Action’s website, RMCAD Research Symposium galleries and Spivak Galleries, RMCAD “Out of the Box” Gallery, Spectra Art Space “For the Record” gallery, collaborations with other advocacy groups, and more. Harper’s work intermingles with her advocacy work which has been featured on the OC87 Recovery Diaries, The Struggling Warrior, Scholastic Choices Magazine, The Mighty, Seen Stories, Live Your Life with Purpose Podcast, Your Dose Podcast, and more. Art and Advocacy are two of Harper’s biggest passions, and she works to combine both into her artwork.