Hannah McBroom was born in Columbus, Mississippi in 1993 and currently lives in St. Louis, Missouri. She holds a B.F.A. in Painting from Mississippi State University (magna cum laude) and an M.F.A. from University of Arkansas. She received an Artists 360 grant from the Walton Family Foundation and Mid-America Arts Alliance in 2018. Group exhibitions including her work have been held in over a dozen states including at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, and venues in Georgia, Louisiana, Ohio, and New York City. Solo exhibitions have been held at the Visual Arts Center in Starkville, MS (2020) and Bunker Gallery, Kansas City, M) (2019). Her work explores themes of transgender identity, materiality, and the body.