She emerged as a contemporary artist in the early 1980s and she is known for her sculptures that explore and represent the human body through unconventional perspectives.
[2] Hamann studied at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PCUP) where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a mention in sculpture.
[3] She continued her education at PCUP and received a master's degree in Humanities.
In 2011, she received her Phd in Public Space and Urban Regeneration from the University of Barcelona.
Created during Peru's transition from an authoritarian dictatorship to democratic rule,[6] her purpose of this piece was to address the violence women faced in Peru while exhibiting the harmful social expectations of motherhood[1][7] A series of life size self portraits created to depict and reflect on life, pain, and death.