About Harry James Hanson

Harry James Hanson is a non-binary artist, creative director, and lifelong drag performer based in Brooklyn. Harry is co-author of Legends of Drag: Queens of a Certain Age' (Abrams, 2022), a collaboration with floral designer Devin Antheus. The book yielded a 2022 national tour, producing all-star drag shows as well as two solo exhibitions, at the Museum of Wisconsin Art (Milwaukee, WI) and the Tenderloin Museum (San Francisco, CA). Harry is the recipient of a 2023 New York State Council on the Arts grant to expand the Legends of Drag archive.

Harry's work has been featured in the New York Times, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, and New York magazine, among others. As drag artist Ambrosia Alert, she has performed internationally with the Bushwig festival and at venues throughout NYC. Harry holds a dual B.A. with honors in photography & film studies from Wesleyan University (2012).

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