Southern Exposure: Simone Bailey & Hannah Waiters in Conversation and Hometraining Closing Reception

In conjunction with the closing of Simone Bailey’s solo exhibition Hometraining, please join us for a live conversation between the artist and Southern Exposure curatorial council member Hannah Waiters.

Hannah Waiters (she/her/they/them) was born, raised, and trained to make art in the Bay Area (on the unceded land of the Ohlone people) and is a visual researcher, artist, and educator. Working across social practice, photography, and site-specific interventions, Waiters’ interdisciplinary research-based art practice interests include museum studies, Black Atlantic philosophy, historical phenomenology in art history, and historical materialism. In 2021 Waiters earned an MFA in Fine Arts (honors) and an MA in Visual & Critical Studies at California College of the Arts. During graduate studies, Waiters received the Edwin Anthony and Adelaine Boudreaux Cadogan award. Waiters’ work has headlined Hyperallergic and has been featured by KQED. Waiters’ work has been featured at the de Young Museum, Slash Art, and the San Francisco Arts Commission. Waiters is currently presenting their first museum solo exhibition, titled The Tree Closes, with the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art. They are a member of Southern Exposure’s Curatorial Council. Dedicated to working in the Bay Area, Waiters’ studio is located at Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco.