Hanna Kay

Kay was born in Israel, studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria,{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} lived for ten years in New York, and since 1990 has been living in Australia. In 2000 she completed a BA in Semiotics and Philosophy, at the University of Sydney, Australia, and in 2019 was awarded a PhD in Fine Arts{{Cite thesis|url=http://hdl.handle.net/2123/20232|title=Phd|last=|first=|date=April 2019|website=|hdl=2123/20232|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=|type=Thesis|last1=Kay-Wand|first1=Hanna}} by the University of Sydney.

She has exhibited since 1970 in Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem. Munich, Frankfurt, Vienna, Amsterdam, New York, Chicago, San-Francisco, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Beijing and Tianjin, and her artworks are on permanent display in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}, National Gallery of Victoria{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre,{{Cite web|url=https://muswellbrook.nsw.gov.au/index.php/the-collections/artists-in-the-collections#K|title = Home}} Tamworth Regional Gallery,{{Cite web|url=http://mosaicweb.com.au/Collection/Tamworth-Regional-Gallery-Collection/Subject/326966/KAY__Hanna|title = Collections}} Maitland Regional Art Gallery,{{Cite web|url=https://www.mrag.org.au/whats-on/hanna-kay-undertow-an-mrag-touring-exhibition-2/|title=Hanna Kay: Undertow | an MRAG Touring Exhibition • MRAG}} Orange Regional Art Gallery, and the Jewish Museum of Australia in Melbourne{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}. In 2007, Macmillan Art Publishing published Notes from the Shed ({{isbn|9781876832582}}), an illustrated selection from Kay's journal focusing on the creative process.{{cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/26845620?q&versionId=32343483|title=Notes from the Shed: A Journal |author= Hanna Kay |date=2007|website=Trove |accessdate=2019-06-18}} It was launched at the University of Sydney by Phillip Adams in August 2007.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} Her exhibition "Undertow", which explores Jewish migration to Australia, was commissioned by the Maitland Regional Art Gallery in New South Wales and toured regional art centers and museums for four years starting in 2009 – Tamworth Regional Art Gallery, NSW (2009), Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW (2010), the Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne,{{Cite web|url=http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/projects/undertow-2/index.html|title = Undertow | NSW Migration Heritage Centre}} and the Moree Plains Regional Art Gallery, NSW (2010), Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, QLD, (2010), Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, NSW, (2010), Orange Regional Art Gallery, NSW, (2011), and Hervey Bay Regional Art Gallery, Queensland (2012).https://mrag.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/HannaKayTouringInformation.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} From 2012, in addition to regularly exhibiting in Sydney, Melbourne and in regional galleries and museums in Australia, she was invited to exhibit in Beijing, China.{{cite web|author=Janet Clayton Gallery |url=https://www.janetclaytongallery.com.au/previous-exhibiitons/2015/4/11/from-paper-group-exhibition-beijing-july-2012 |title=From Paper: Group Exhibition Beijing: July 2012 — JCG |publisher=Janetclaytongallery.com.au |date= 11 April 2015|accessdate=2019-06-17}} This led to cultural exchange exhibitions in the Beijing Art Academy 2012 and in Meijiang International Art Gallery, Tianjin China 2014,{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} and an art residence in Zhouzhuang, Shanghai 2019.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} The earlier visits to China led to a decision to undertake a PhD project in visual arts and philosophy at the University of Sydney. The art component of the project, "Shifting Horizons", is a product of numerous research field trips in China, was part of a touring exhibition in Australia and China.{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/151870188|title=Shifting horizons|date=15 January 2016}}{{cite web|author=Janet Clayton Gallery |url=https://www.janetclaytongallery.com.au/threewomenwenttochina |title=Three Women Went to China — JCG |publisher=Janetclaytongallery.com.au |date=2016-08-21 |accessdate=2019-06-17}}

• Winner 2007 Muswellbrook Open Art Prize{{cite web|url=https://www.muswellbrookchronicle.com.au/story/5846698/prestigious-event-adds-colour-to-town/|title=Exhibitions 2007|last=|first=|date=|publisher=Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630091826/http://www.muswellbrook.nsw.gov.au/visitors/ArtsCentre/exhibitions.htm|archive-date=2007-06-30|url-status=dead|access-date=2007-08-19}}{{failed verification|date=June 2019}}
• Finalist Dobell Prize, Country Energy Landscape Art Prize{{cite web|title = 2003 Landscape Painting finalists|work = Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting|publisher = Country Energy|date=|url=http://www.countryenergy.com.au/internet/cewebpub.nsf/Content/u_com_2003+finalists|access-date = 2007-08-19|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070903061140/http://www.countryenergy.com.au/internet/cewebpub.nsf/Content/u_com_2003+finalists|archive-date = 2007-09-03|url-status= dead}}
• Finalist, The Alice Springs Prize{{cite web| title =The Alice Prize | publisher =The Alice Prize| date =| url=http://www.aliceprize.com|accessdate=2007-08-19}}{{failed verification|date=June 2019}}
• Winner 2008 Norvill Art Prize{{cite web|url=http://www.norvillprize.org|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611082319/http://www.norvillprize.org/|archivedate=11 June 2010|title=The 2008 Prize Winners|website=Norvill Art Prize}}
• Finalist – Country Energy Art Prize{{cite web|url=http://www.countryenergy.com.au/wps/wcm/connect/CEL/ce/aboutus/communityarea/artprize/ |title=Art Prize |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228011035/http://www.countryenergy.com.au/wps/wcm/connect/CEL/ce/aboutus/communityarea/artprize/ |accessdate=2019-06-17|archive-date=2009-02-28 }}{{failed verification|date=June 2019}} and Fleurieu Biennale SA{{cite web|url=http://www.artprize.com.au/ |title=Fleurieu Biennale |publisher=Artprize.com.au |date= |accessdate=2019-06-17}}{{failed verification|date=June 2019}}
• Turning the Pages (Original idea and inception){{cite web|url=http://culturalawards2008.lgsa.org.au/projects/55-turning-the-pages |title=Upper Hunter Shire Council's Turning the Pages Cultural Award 2008 Project |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003214109/http://culturalawards2008.lgsa.org.au/projects/55-turning-the-pages |accessdate=2019-06-17|archive-date=2008-10-03 }}{{failed verification|date=June 2019}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{official|http://www.hannakay.com}}
• [http://www.janetclaytongallery.com.au/ Janet Clayton Gallery], Sydney
• [http://www.weswalgallery.squarespace.com/hanna-kay-1/ Hanna Kay] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617044256/http://weswalgallery.squarespace.com/hanna-kay-1/ |date=17 June 2019 }} at the Weswal Gallery,
• [http://www.daao.org.au/main/read/8190 Entry – Dictionary of Australian Artists]
• {{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2009/11/12/2740988.htm|title=Undertow|website=ABC New England Northwest|date=12 November 2009}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.artrevealmagazine.com/31st/#wpcf7-f1017-o1|title=Hanna Kay|work=Art Reveal|date=August 2017}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.artistprofile.com.au/heather-ellyard-hanna-kay/|title=Heather Ellyard + Hanna Kay|website=Artist Profile|date=29 May 2018}}
• [https://www.biophiliarts.com/single-post/2018/02/17/Force-of-Nature-Hanna-Kay Force of Nature] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617073626/https://www.biophiliarts.com/single-post/2018/02/17/Force-of-Nature-Hanna-Kay |date=17 June 2019 }} by Jo Moulton. February 17, 2018
• [https://www.saatchiart.com/Hannakay Hanna Kay], Saatchi Art
• [https://muswellbrook.nsw.gov.au/index.php/upcoming-exhibitions/2388-three-women-went-to-china Three Women Went to China] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617080946/https://muswellbrook.nsw.gov.au/index.php/upcoming-exhibitions/2388-three-women-went-to-china |date=17 June 2019 }}
• [https://vimeo.com/151870188 Shifting Horizons]

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