Caroline Hanson is a relief printmaker and multidisciplinary artist based in the Appalachian region along the West Virginia–Virginia border. Working primarily in hand-carved linoleum, she creates psychologically driven images rooted in lucid dreaming, symbolic systems, and mythic perception. Her work explores introspection, labor, and altered states, using figures, animals, and cosmic landscapes as visual languages of the unconscious.
Hanson is the founder of State Line Press and balances a personal studio practice with community-based projects and public art initiatives. Her practice bridges fine art and public engagement, treating printmaking as both a contemplative and accessible medium. She works from a 200-year-old barn studio in rural Appalachia.