Hannah Ireland
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Hannah Ireland (born 1995) is a New Zealand contemporary artist who creates gestural and expressionist paintings. Her paintings have been exhibited throughout New Zealand, and she was featured in the triennial Aotearoa Contemporary Exhibition at the Auckland Art Gallery in 2024.{{Cite web |date=6 July 2024 |title=Aotearoa Contemporary |url=https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/exhibition/aotearoa-contemporary |access-date=27 December 2024 |website=Auckland Art Gallery |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Ngāti Whātua Orākei to support inaugural iteration of a new contemporary art triennial at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki |url=https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/page/ngati-whatua-orakei-to-support-inaugural-iteration-of-a-new-contemporary-art-triennial-at-auckland-art-gallery-toi-o-tamaki |access-date=27 December 2024 |website=Auckland Art Gallery |language=en}} Her works are in the Arts House Trust collection, The Dowse Art Museum collection, and the Auckland University collection.{{Cite web |title=Hannah Ireland |url=https://lareepaynegallery.com/artists/52-hannah-ireland/ |access-date=27 December 2024 |website=Laree Payne Gallery |language=en}}
Background and education
Ireland is of Ngāti Hine and Ngāpuhi descent.{{Cite web |title=Hannah Ireland Contemporary Artist and Painter, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Aotearoa New Zealand |url=https://jhanamillers.com/artists/hannahireland/ |access-date=27 December 2024 |website=Jhana Millers Gallery |language=en}} She was born in Onehunga, and lives and works in Auckland.
In 2022, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (first class honours) from the University of Auckland.{{Cite web |date=5 January 2025 |title=What Are Galleries Showing at New Zealand's Biggest Art Fair? |url=https://ocula.com/magazine/insights/aotearoa-new-zealand-art-fair-2024-directors/ |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=ocula.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Hannah Ireland – Alumni Celebration {{!}} Ormiston Senior College |url=https://www.ormiston.school.nz/success-story/hannah-ireland-alumni-celebration |access-date=27 December 2024 |website=www.ormiston.school.nz}}
Career
= Art =
Ireland is primarily a portraitist. She often paints on glass, sometimes repurposing found or abandoned windows.{{Cite web |title=Jhana Millers Galley now representing: Hannah Ireland |url=https://artnow.nz/news/jhana-millers-galley-now-representing-hannah-ireland |access-date=27 December 2024 |website=Artnow |language=en}} Painting on glass allows her painting process to showcase potential abstraction, ambiguity, and spontaneity. By building up thick layers of paint to create three-dimensional figures, she creates blurring boundaries between representation and abstraction.{{Cite web |title=Hannah Ireland |url=https://lareepaynegallery.com/artists/52-hannah-ireland/ |access-date=27 December 2024 |website=Laree Payne Gallery |language=en}} She also paints on canvas, but draws on the technique she uses when painting on glass so that the paint and composition is still built up in her specific style. When working with canvas, she often cuts and stitches parts of the canvas to create patterns and indentations that influence the compositions.
She has taught this technique to classes before, having held an experimental painting workshop at the Gus Fisher Gallery, which oversaw the class using Perspex as the canvas to create self-portraits.{{Cite web |title=Perspex Portraits with Hannah Ireland {{!}} Heart of the City |url=https://heartofthecity.co.nz/auckland-events/perspex-portraits-hannah-ireland |access-date=27 December 2024 |website=heartofthecity.co.nz |language=en}}
= Awards =
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|+ !Year !Award !Location |
| 2023
|National Contemporary art awards – Friends of Waikato Museum Merit award |New Zealand |
| 2021
|The Molly Morpeth Canaday Award Supreme Winner |New Zealand{{Cite web |title=Award winners announced for Molly Morpeth Canaday Award Painting and Drawing 2021 |url=https://thebigidea.nz/community-announcements/award-winners-announced-for-molly-morpeth-canaday-award-painting-and-drawing-2021-0 |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=thebigidea.nz |language=en}} |
= Selected Exhibitions =
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|+ !Year !Title !Location !Solo or Group |
| 2024
|Aotearoa Contemporary |Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki |Group |
| 2024
|Tossing and Turning |Aotearoa Art Fair, Auckland |Solo |
| 2024
|Nā Te Ārai, Ko Māhu |Tautai Gallery, Auckland |Group |
| 2023
|Strange Friends |The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt |Group |
| 2023
|Waiting Room |Laree Payne Gallery, Hamilton |Solo |
| 2023
|Running with Scissors |Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland |Solo |
| 2023
|Wet Stairs |Jhana Millers Gallery, Wellington |Solo |
| 2023
|Summer Selection |Jhana Millers Gallery, Wellington |Group |
| 2022
|It Feels So Good To Be Alive |Jhana Millers Gallery, Wellington |Solo |
| 2022
|I'm Just A Spectator |Laree Payne Gallery, Hamilton |Group |
| 2021
|A New Net |Tim Melville Gallery, Auckland |Group |
| 2021
|In Praise of Shadows |Ivan Anthony, Auckland |Group |
| 2021
|Hate to Rain on Your Parade |Sanc Gallery, Auckland |Solo |
| 2021
|Some New New Zealand Painting |Broker Galleries, Queenstown |Group |
| 2021
|Stuck in the Mud |Jhana Millers, Wellington |Solo |
| 2021
|The Kiingi Tūheitia Portraiture Award |New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington | |
| 2021
|Molly Morpeth Canaday Award |Whakatāne Museum and Arts | |
| 2021
|He Taura Here |Laree Payne Gallery, Hamilton |Group |
| 2020
|Handshake in Hamilton |Weasel Gallery, Hamilton |Group |
| 2020
|Cheap Wine |Window Gallery, Auckland |Solo |
| 2020
|SAW_SEE-SEE_SAW |Sanc Gallery, Auckland |Group |
| 2019
| Martin was Always the Class Clown |Elam Galleries, Auckland |