Hanna Watts

I started drawing in my childhood as a journey of escapism from reality,I painted my reality and was created within it.
I paint While taking a journey into the past through my private photo album,Preserving memories and expressing them on canvas.The creation that faces me is the proof that my being is held.
Content and images which I use often refer to photos from my private album.
What began with touching gender ,identity and place,was later interpreted as a narrative from my view today.
I like to use greasy colors like oil colours also I love to use oily lipsticks.
My technique was formed over the years, filled with expressive brush strokes.
Through my technique, I'm tempted to examine and explore the stains that appear from these photographs creating the visual image.

Autodidact

Selected exhibitions:2008Soo Soo gallery Tallinn, Estonia2007* Rhonda Schaller Studio -New York, USA* venezia biennale 52nd* Documenta 12 Kassel - Germany 2006* Gaudi Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain.* The Contemporary Art Fair, Gent, Belgium.* The Contemporary Art Fair, Haag, Holland.2005 * The Contemporary Art Fair, Nimes, France.2004-2005* Tirosh Art Auction, Herzelia Pituach, Israel.2004* Artexpo, New York, NY, USA.* Royal Art Gallery, Eilat, Israel.* The Municipal Theatre, Haifa, Israel. 2003* Art Center, Tzahala, Israel.* Start 5, Ramat Hasharon, Israel.2002* Start 4, Ramat Hasharon, Israel.* The Museal Window, Ramat Aviv, Israel ,