Hana Gorman was born and raised in Prague, Czech Republic
in a family of artists and puppeteers.

During the first decade of her career Hana divided her talents
between stop-motion animation and traveling the world’s night clubs
with a theatre group called “ The Blacklight Theatre of Prague.”

In 1985, she moved permanently to the US and started teaching art
at private schools, public libraries, as well as offering classes at her studio.

Over the years Hana became involved with a variety of media
ranging from painting, creating limited edition collector marionettes
and mixed media shadow boxes to making polymer clay jewelry.

Since 2010 she has been experimenting with medium of thermoformed
polyethylene creating collage and sculpture utilising recycled plastic bags
as her primary material.