Hannah Traore

The artists shown at Hannah Troare Gallery are Black, Brown, Queer, Deaf, Immigrant, Plus-size. Most importantly, Proud. The Orchard Street gallery radiates the sexiness of Black high culture: it’s bold, fashionable, and saturated with color.

The interior hits you first. There are no corners here, only curves. The space is painted in cream, not the typical white-white.

We come here to witness forward-thinking ideas around identity, culture, and representation within communities of color. And to seek genuine dialogue around the complexities that may not always feel safe to express, as well as the nuances that don’t yet have names.

This is art as communion, not just representation. Of safety and care. Of love. It challenges simplistic labels and asks us to look beyond the surface-level diversity. It digs into the soil and the soul. And we always feel grateful to be part of it.

Hannah Traore founded her namesake gallery in 2022. Born in 1994 in Toronto to a Canadian Jewish mother and a Malian Muslim father, her upbringing was steeped in hybridity. She brings a distinctly warm and magnetic presence as well as a genuinely welcoming, youthful, and influencer-esque energy to the art world. Her vision? To create a platform for underrepresented artists. Especially artists of color from diverse backgrounds. She’s here to push the conversation forward, forge a community, and light the match on important conversations.