Hannah Wilson
The starting point for my practice is noticing one small, seemingly insignificant detail while watching a film. These moments are recorded as screenshots, which become drawings, and then a painting. This process of making a painting is an act of removal, I’m not interested in a direct translation of the scene but rather distilling the feeling that captured me in the first place. Figures take up space on the canvas through an often uncomfortable method of cropping. Leaving information out of frame, small details come to the forefront so what remains holds weight. These moments are animated and hint at rich worlds beyond an initial reading - using paint as a way to capture sensation, both in the physical rendering of the material and the potential for an image to stir deep-seated emotions in the viewer.
It may sound obvious, but the fact that they are paintings is significant. My practice is rooted in a deep love and respect for painting, and is fuelled by rigorous research through both material experimentation in the studio and engaging with works in person. My most recent bodies of work portray monolithic male characters, leaning into the interplay of stoic weight and awkward vulnerability through careful composition and thick application of paint. As a trans-masculine person I want to explore what it is to embody masculinity and what it is to fail, in an increasingly hostile climate. I have also explored this idea of failure in relation to building a career as an artist, with blind hope in the face of increasing insurmountability.
Lived Experience
I completed my BA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths University of London in 2016, followed by my MFA at the Glasgow School of Art in 2022.
Hannah Wilson (b.1995, Milton Keynes, U.K.) is an artist living and working in Glasgow.
(they/them)
Contact: hannahrosewilson@outlook.com
Instagram: @hannahwwilson
Education
Master of Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art (2020-22)
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Goldsmiths College (2013-2016)
Awards
2026 Hope Scott Trust
2025 Creative Scotland Open Fund
2016 Warden's Purchase Prize / Goldsmiths College
Residencies
2019 East Bristol Contemporary / (1 - 31st October)
2024 The Moosey Residency, Norwich / (1 - 30th June)
Press
Juxtapoz Magazine / Hannah Wilson | Cinematic Mode
/ Previewing Hannah Wilson's "Never Cursed" @ Moosey Norwich / 146: Hannah Wilson | Radio Juxtapoz
Steve Turner / Focus: Hannah Wilson
Bim Bam Gallery / "Poor Sap" by Hannah Wilson
Art Forum / Critics' Picks: Hannah Wilson
Art Fairs
2023 Untitled Miami Beach, Steve Turner / Miami (5 - 10th December)
2023 UVNT Art Fair, Moosey / Madrid (23rd - 26th February)
Exhibitions
Solo
2024 Never Cursed / Moosey, Norwich (7th November - 7th December)
2024 Number One Fan / Steve Turner, Los Angeles (19th April - 18th May)
2023 Poor Sap / Bim Bam Gallery, Paris (1 - 22nd July)
2023 Last Dance / Grove, London (18th March - 15th April)
2022 The Folder / robert’s, Glasgow (10th September - 11th November)
2021 Repeat Viewer / Moosey, Norwich (4th - 21st November)
2020 I don't daydream any more / Big Shop Friday, Milton Keynes (28th February - 20th March)
2016 Paintings and Drawings by Hannah Wilson / Milton Keynes Hospital (26th September - 6th January)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025-6 We heard a rumour that the gallery was shutting down but the gallery isn’t shutting down / Moosey, Norwich (5th December - 10th January)
2025 Artists by Artists / VFA Gallery, NYC (12th September - 8th October)
2024 I do this I do that / BayArt, Cardiff (29th November - 7th December)
2024 Bimbamerica / Bim Bam Gallery, Paris (20th April - 18th May)
2023 Family & Friends / BEERS London, London (30th November - 20th December)
2023 Faces / YK Presents, Seoul (21st November - 20th December)
2022-3 Part of the Scenery / Grove Collective, London (24th November - 21st January)
2022 Well Cold / Moosey, London (24th November - 23rd December)
2022 Null Protocol / Gallery Func, Shanghai (7th October - 4th November)
2022 Character / Mothflower (22nd June - 16th July)
2022 Glasgow School of Art MFA Degree Show / Florence Street, Glasgow (30th May - 12th June)
2022 Ghost-Like Traces / Unit 1 Gallery, London (8 - 28th April)
2021 Opening Group Exhibition / Moosey, Norwich (14th - 31st October
2021 To The Power of 5 / The Artists Contemporary Atelier (1 - 31st August)
2021 Emergence / Rise Art, London (29th July - 17th September)
2021 hope this finds you well / The Glue Factory, Glasgow (17 - 20th June)
2021 Bigger Pleasures / All Mouth Gallery, London (22nd April - 13th May)
2021 Nice Guys Live Forever / Moosey, London (6 - 16th May)
2020 Curated for Christmas / All Mouth Gallery, London (4 - 18th December)
2020 Five Hides / 33 Manor Place, London (3 - 16th October)
2020 Anti-Freeze / www.antifreezeexhibition.com (25th May - 8th June)
2020 Resolutions 2020 / Big Shop Friday, Milton Keynes (31st January)
2019 Bacchanalia / The Artesian Well, London (2 - 4th August)
2019 WomanHouse - Revisited / 99 Gore Road, London (28th June - 5th July)
2019 The Table / The Swiss Church, London (5 - 9th March)
2018 End of Shoreditch / New Shoreditch Theatre, London (24th July)
2017 S I N K / Safehouse 1, London (13 - 16th July)
2016 Bought objects / Very Friendly, Glasgow (11th August)
2016 At Sea / White Conduit Projects, London (8th August)
2016 Goldsmiths BA Fine Art Degree Show 2016 / Goldsmiths, University of London (16 - 19th June)
2016 one of the greatest elegies in the english language / Arts One, London (19th May)
2016 Pools and Ghouls / 43 Lewisham Way, London (21 - 22nd March)
2015 SAUCE / Harts Lane Gallery, London (17 - 18th November)
2015 The Discerning Eye / Mall Galleries, London (12 - 22nd November)
2015 MK Calling 2015 / MK Gallery, Milton Keynes (2 July - 6th September)
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