• Hannah Jakob

    Illustrator and Environmental Educator

    Master of Arts Illustration

    Pronouns: she, her, hers

I am a scientific illustrator and art educator based in Montreal, currently completing a PhD in Art Education at Concordia University. My work examines how drawing operates as a form of inquiry—particularly in relation to environmental systems, scientific observation, and place-based learning.

My illustration practice involves careful observation and research. I have collaborated with conservation organizations, educators, and researchers to produce visual materials for environmental education, archival interpretation, and public communication. Rather than treating illustration as a means of simplification, I approach it as a way of slowing attention and clarifying relationships within complex ecological contexts.

Alongside my studio practice, I teach and conduct research in higher education. I am interested in the art studio as a collective learning environment and in how place-based and inclusive pedagogies can counter abstraction and isolation in academic settings. My current research focuses on scientific illustration in relation to emerging technologies, including the ethical and pedagogical implications of AI-generated imagery.

I hold an MA in Drawing from the University of Granada, a BA in Environmental Studies from Soka University of America, and I am a certified environmental educator. My work is informed by long-term engagement with environmental education and by formative experiences growing up in Montana, where relationships to land and ecosystems were learned through direct encounter rather than theory.

Who am I?