Jerelyn Hanrahan's artistic and international career has spanned a dedication of 48 years, and began with a Bachelors of Arts from the University of Maryland where she studied with David Driscoll, Anne Truit, Martin Puryear, and William Willis. She received an M.F.A. in Computer Arts from the School of Visual Arts.

She has traveled extensively throughout India, Asia, Korea, Europe, Cuba and the United States and been interviewed on three occasions for the PS1 / Museum of Modern Art radio station, and on National Public Radio, the BBC in New York and London, Telli –Bern in Switzerland, Air Canada in Toronto and on Havana T.V. in Cuba. Her work has been favorably reviewed by CULTURED, HG&C, Sculpture Magazine, The New York Times, Newsday, neue bildende kunst, Time Out Magazine, the Village Voice, NY Arts, the Brooklyn Rail, Tages Anzeiger, Kunst Bulletin, Art Observer, Adbusters and The Resident, as well as many local newspapers and numerous international publications. Her edition of Graduated Pearls, 50’ sculpture resides in the permanent collection of Onna House, East Hampton, and featured in artnet and the 2023 cover of Cultured Magazine, as well as numerous Hampton publications.