D. Lammie-Hanson, a native of Harlem, New York, born in the late 1960s, embarked on her professional artistic journey in 1990. Early in her career, she showcased her work at the UN Geneva Palais des Nations in Switzerland, contributing to global efforts addressing homelessness, even before obtaining a passport. In 2007, she achieved the prestigious title of Artist of the Year for the Brooklyn Academy of Music's BAM DanceAfrica.Over the past decade, Lammie-Hanson has delved into the 15th-century technique of "silverpoint," exhibiting her mastery at renowned venues such as Art Basel Miami, GW Carver Interpretive Museum, and Wiregrass Museum of Art in Alabama, as well as the Arts Council of New Orleans, New Orleans African American Museum of Art, and Ogden Museum of Southern Art. In a notable highlight, twenty-five of her original artworks were featured in the New Orleans Times-Picayune Newspaper in celebration of the city's Tricentennial in 2018. Subsequently, in 2019, as part of the Arts Council of New Orleans' Salon V2 artist residency program, Lammie-Hanson crafted and displayed 25 silverpoint pieces portraying iconic musical artists, including Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Erykah Badu, and Prince, commemorating 25 years of the Essence Festival. Currently residing in Chicago, Lammie-Hanson joined the Hyde Park Arts Center's capstone Center Program in 2021. In 2022, she secured a spot in the inaugural artist-in-residence program at the Little Black Pearl in Chicago, where she unveiled "Dared to Be Shining and Black," one of the world's largest metalpoint drawings, at the Chicago Art Dept in January 2023. With a commitment to research and expand her metalpoint series, Lammie-Hanson is dedicated to furthering her artistic exploration during her residency.