Alex Hanna

Alex Hanna
Portrait of Alex Hanna
Born	1964 Birkenhead, England
Occupation	Artist
Website	www.alex-hanna.co.uk

Oil Painting on panel, 20 x 25cm, 2016

Alex Hanna (born 1964) is an English artist. He studied Fine Art at Sunderland Polytechnic from 1983 to 1986. His paintings display arrangements of disposable packaging and objects which have little or no material value. These objects are arranged in a traditional still life format and painted using process based and traditional painting techniques.^[1]

Hanna has exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, London,^[2] Glasgow School of Art and the Royal Academy of Arts.^[3] His paintings have been acquired by Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Falmouth Art Gallery, Swindon Art Gallery, The Priseman Seabrook Collection, Rugby Art Gallery and Museum and the University of Arizona Museum of Art.^[4]

Selected exhibitions

• “Perceptions of the Mundane” The Crypt, St Marylebone Parish Church, London (2015)
• “Documentary Realism: Painting in the Digital Age” The Crypt, St Marylebone Parish Church, London (2015)
• “Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize” The Mall Galleries, London (2015)^[5]
• “Ambiguous Practices” Aberystwyth University (2015) ^[6][7]
• “The Brentwood Stations of the Cross” Brentwood Cathedral (2014)^[8][9][10]
• “@Paintbritain” Ipswich Museum (2014)
• “Contemporary British Painting” Huddersfield Art Gallery (2014)
• “Contemporary British Painting” The Crypt, St Marylebone Parish Church, London (2013)
• “Threadneedle Prize” Mall Galleries, London (2013)
• “Royal Academy Summer Exhibition” Royal Academy of Arts, London (2013)
• “Artist in Action for Education” Mok Space Gallery, London (2013)^[11]
• “Marmite Painting Prize for Painting” Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow School of Art (2013)^[12]
• “Salon Art Prize”, John Jones, London (2012)^[13]
• “ BP Portrait Award” National Portrait Gallery, London (2012)^[14]

Selected collections

• Abbot Hall Art Gallery
• Falmouth Art Gallery^[15]
• Swindon Art Gallery^[16]

• Priseman Seabrook Collection^[17]
• Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
• University of Arizona Museum of Art

References

1. "Alex Hanna". www.contemporarybritishpainting.com. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
2. "Exhibitor Alex Hanna". NPG. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
3. "Alex Hanna". Art Business. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
4. "Alex Hanna". Retrieved 2016-06-03.
5. "Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2015". Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize. 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
6. "Ambiguous Practices". University of Aberystwyth. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
7. "Ambiguous Practices". Retrieved 2016-06-03.
8. "Brentwood Stations of the Cross". The Tablet. 2014. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
9. "Brentwood Stations of the Cross". Brentwood Cathedral. 2014. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
10. "Brentwood Stations of the Cross". BBC. 2014. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
11. "Artists in Action for Education 2013". Marmite Prize. 2013. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
12. "Marmite Prize For Painting 2012". Marmite Prize. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
13. "Salon Art Prize 2012". John Jones. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
14. "Exhibitor Alex Hanna". NPG. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
15. "Alex Hanna, Pill Packaging". Retrieved 2016-05-29.
16. "Alex Hanna b.1964". Art UK. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
17. "Priseman Seabrook Collection". www.contemporarybritishpainting. Retrieved 2016-05-29.

External links

• Alex Hanna website