Hannah Ostapjuk

Hannah Ostapjuk is an award-winning Yorkshire portrait artist specializing in contemporary fine art oil portraits. She has been commissioned by institutions including London’s Mall Galleries and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, with sitters such as Colonel Edward York, Vice Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, and university leaders in Oxford and Leeds. She was the first female artist to paint the Vice Chancellor of the University of Leeds. Her portraits are held in the collections of the University of Leeds and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Educated at the University of Leeds and the Florence Academy of Art, Hannah accepts private and institutional commissions across the UK and internationally.

2017 – Academic Figure Painting and Portrait Painting (Jura Bedic), Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy

2010 – BA (Hons) Contemporary Art Practice, University of Leeds, UK

2024 – Power of Grace, Contemporary Ukrainian Artists, Mayfair, London, UK

2023 – Parallax Art Fair, London, UK

2020 – Healthcare Heroes, Google Arts & Culture, Global (Online)

2015 – York Open Studios, York, UK

2014 – Portraits, The Bank, Suffolk, UK

2014 – New Lights, The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle, UK

2013 – New Lights, Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, UK

2010 – National Open Art Competition, Chichester, UK