Alex Hanna
London, Hackney, United Kingdom
About Alex Hanna
I am a painter based in East London (Hackney). I have a small studio and work from arrangements of objects. I usually base my ideas around disposable items, fabric and plastic/containers. Referencing a number of artists from different periods I tend to work from direct observation and use a limited palette. I also sometimes employ and create carefully corriographed photographs and use a camera obscura for compositional purposes. Subjects are selected for their reduced colour. I am interested in ambiguous arrangements of objects and spatial illusion.
Education:
Foundation Art and Design Wirral Met College
BA (hons) Fine Art Sunderland Polytechnic
PGCE Liverpool Polytechnic
Events:
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2017
Contemporary Masters from Britain: 80 British Painters of the 21st Century" Jiangsu Arts and Crafts Museum Nanjing China
RBA 300th exhibition Mall Galleries London
Lynn Painter Stainers Prize 2017 Mall Galleries London
London Art Fair 2017, GBS fine art
Models and Materialities Bay Art Gallery Cardiff
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2016
Selected works from the Priseman Seabrook collection. The Minories, Colchester May-June 2016
Lynn Painter Stainers March 2016
Contemporary British Painting group show- the Crypt Marylebone (Nov-Jan 2016).
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, University of Leeds (2015, Oct).
Still Life, Ambiguous Practices, University of Aberystwyth 2015
Perceptions of the Mundane, Marylebone Ctypt 2015
Documentary Realism, Marylebone Crypt 2015
Lynn Painter Stainers Prize 2015 Mall Galleries
CBP Ipswich Art Gallery
Sat 15th Nov 2014
Priseman Seabrook Collection Huddersfield Art Gallery
November 1 2014
ING Discerning Eye Mall Galleries 2014 November
Open Studio Feb 2013
Talk 'Bubble' Tannery Arts, London, Marmite Prize 2013 (forthcoming)
Exhibitions:
Art on a Postcard, venue to be confirmed
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2017
Contemporary Masters From Britain, 80 British Painters
Jiangsu Arts and Crafts Museum, Nanjing China
Lynn Painter Stainers Prize 2017 London
London Art Fair 2017 GBSFA
Art On A Postcard Hepatitis b lottery, Maddox gallery Nov 2016
CBP group show, The Crypt Marylebone Nov-Jan2017
Models and Materialities Bay Art Gallery Cardiff
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2016
Selected works from the Priseman Seabrook Collection. The Minories, Colchester May-June 2016
Lynn painter Stainers Prize 2016
CBP group show- the Crypt Marylebone (2015-16)
Still Life Ambiguous Practices University of Aberystwyth (2015).
Documentary Realism-the Crypt Marylebone.
Perceptions of the Mundane (solo)-the Crypt Marylebone.
Lynn Painter Stainers Prize 2015- the Mall Galleries London.
Paint Britain- Ipswich Art School (2014-15).
Lynn Painter Stainers Prize 2013 Mall Galleries, London Feb-March
Burning Bright, Saatchi suit, Hyatt Hotel, London http://www.saatchionline.com/sale/hyatt
Artists for Action, Mok Space, Holborn, London (a charity show) March
Marmit Prize 2012-2013 Touring UK, finishing in London June 2013
Metaphysical Objectivity in comparison with realism Apri 2013 Lloyd Gill Gallery
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2013
Contemporary British Painting group show Dec 2013
