"Hidden Figures" Painting

Since leaving the Armed Forces in 2018 Hannah Shergold has become one of the most successful self-representing artists in the UK. She has already raised over £350,000 for charity through the sale of her artwork. In 2022 she took over the Mall Galleries, one of London's most prestigious venues, for her solo exhibition, raising over £100,000 for Tusk, Prince William's conservation charity for which Hannah is now an ambassador.

Hannah graduated from Cambridge University
in 2006 having studied pre-clinical Veterinary
Medicine. After three years as a bronze sculptor
she joined the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
and commissioned into the Army Air Corps.
Following a ground tour of Afghanistan with the
infantry she qualified as a Lynx helicopter pilot and
has served all over the world including Germany,
Canada and Kenya.

In 2015 Hannah was deployed to Kenya to
conduct medical evacuation duties. Often based in
austere locations in the remote northern deserts,
she flew multiple casualties with life-threatening
conditions to medical facilities in Nairobi. Having
experimented with painting whilst on standby
Hannah’s work quickly drew a following, and
since her return to the UK in 2016 Hannah has
featured on Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year, in
the Financial Times “How To Spend It”, Mayfair
Times, Luxury London magazine, and was listed
as one of the top 10 “Women to Watch in the Arts”
by About Time magazine.

Still an Army Reservist and passionate supporter
of military charities, in 2018 Hannah was chosen
as the UK Invictus Games artist-in-residence,
travelling to Sydney, Australia, in the autumn of
2018 for the Games. She raised over £50,000 for
the UK team through the donation of her artwork.
In early 2019 Hannah featured in the Sky Arts
Portrait Artist of the Year competition having won
the only Wildcard slot for a place in the heats.
Her portrait, produced live in only 4 hours, was
selected by her sitter, ‘Top Boy’ and ‘Bulletproof’
actor Ashley Walters, to keep as his own.

Later in 2019 Hannah dedicated her London
exhibition to the Born Free Foundation, donating
three original oil paintings as well as a percentage
of her 2019 ‘Wild Collection’. With the help of Born
Free founder Virginia McKenna and patron Joanna
Lumley Hannah raised over £65,000.

Hannah now paints and coordinates her
philanthropic activities from her studio in
Cheltenham.