HANNAH ROWAN
b. 1990, Brighton UK. Based between Brighton, UK and Brooklyn, NY
Education
2016 -18 MA Sculpture, (Distinction) Royal College of Art, London, UK.
2009 -12 BA Fine Art, (1st Class Honours), Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2008-09 BTEC Diploma Foundation Studies Fine Art, Distinction, City College Brighton.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Tides in the Body, C+N CANEPANERI, curated by Tatiana Martyanova, Milan, Italy
2021 Chrysalis, Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva, Switzerland.
2020 Triple Point, Belo Campo, curated by Alice Bonnot, Lisbon, Portugal.
2020 Glacier Kaleidoscope, Queen Specific, curated by The Shell Projects, Toronto, Canada.
2019 Prima Materia, Assembly Point Gallery, London, UK. (Supported by Arts Council England.)
2018 Bodies of Water: Age of Fluidity, White Crypt, curated by Anais Lerendu, London, UK.
Duo Exhibitions
2024 A World Without End, Hannah Rowan & Gillian Brett, C+N CANEPANERI, curated by Sara Dolfi Agostini, Genoa, Italy
2023 On Matter and Energy, Hannah Rowan & Stefano Cagol, A Pick Gallery, curated by Canepaneri C+N, Turin, Italy.
2023 MiArt, Hannah Rowan & Gillian Brett, Canepaneri C+N Booth, Milan, Italy
2019 I’m in the Bath on All Fours: Towards Blue Water (my nose is bleeding), Hannah Rowan and Shell Like, Well Projects, Margate, supported by Arts Council England.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Cradle, 28 Shacklewell Lane, curated by Anna Souter, London, UK.
Antidote, Informality Gallery at Cromwell Place, London, UK
The Metamorphosis of Matter, Mediamatic, curated by Mater, Amsterdam, NL
Memeraki Annual Group Show, Limassol, Cyprus
2023
In The Heat of the Night, Andrew Reed, New York, USA
Gather to Loose, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, UK.
Come Pioggia | As Rain, Castel Belasi, curated by Stefano Cagol, Trento, Italy.
2 for 1, Hypha Studios, Curated by Haze Projects and ThorpStavri, London, UK
Research Pavilion #5, HIAP Gallery Augusta, Helsinki, Finland.
Contemporary Compilation Vol.1, Edit Gallery x Living Limassol, Limassol, Cyprus.
Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer 7th Edition, Brooke Bennington, Buckinghamshire, UK.
Between Ice and Water, Science Museum Trento, curated by Stefo Cagol and Maria Chiara Wang, Italy.
Babele, Spazio Musa, curated by Caspar George Williams, Turin, Italy
The Acoustic Tunnel, The Crypt Gallery, curated by Maria Dragoi and Sophia Reinsich, London, UK
2022
Wuhan Biennale, Qintai Art Museum, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China (2022 -2023)
Contemporary Now, The Edit Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
A Dream Can Weave, Easy Day Institue, curated by Luke Atkinson, NY, US.
Oxbow, Projektraum (Claas Reiss), curated by Olivia Middelboe, London, UK
Still Waters Run Deep, curated by Marlies Augustin, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, NL
Symbiocene, curated by Marie de Ganay, L'été des Serpents, Arles, France
The Wild Collective, Omved Gardens x Thrown Contemporary, London, UK
Rhinoceros, Haarlem Artspace, curated by Kristian Day & David McLeavy, Derbyshire, UK
CONJURE, curated by Chantal Powell, Arusha Gallery, The Silk Barn, Bruton, UK
Live, Laugh, Love, Below Grand, NY, US.
2021
MeMaraki Annual Show, Limassol, Cyprus.
Ecdysis, Staffordshire Studios, London.
Terrestrial Act III,Thameside Studios,London,curated by Hot Desque, London.
Terrestrial Act,Theatre Royal x Newbridge Project, curated by Hot Desque, supported by ACE.
Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer 5th Edition, Brooke Bennington, Buckinghamshire.
Exploring the Undefined,Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan.
2020
Digital Touch, curated by Carlos Pinto and Georgia Perkins, online show for Conscious Isolation
White Crypt presents May Hands 'Best Before End' & Hannah Rowan 'Bodies of Water: Age of Fluidity'(online show with Arcade for Artsy)
2019
Used for Glue,Staffordshire Studios, curated by Jon Kipps and Angus Mccrum, London, UK.
Still Life: An Ongoing Story, Galerie Sebastien Bertrand, Geneve, Switzerland.
Becoming Lithocene, Walter Phillips gallery Satellite Space, curated by DianaHiebert, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Alberta, CA.
Site Work,Experimental Gallery, curated by Sophia Starling, Ithaca NY, USA.
Every-Thing Must Go,Assembly Point, London, UK.
Ellipsis Prints, Koppel Project, curated by Kate Neave, London, UK
2018
Fig 1. Limelight, Switchboard Studios, curated by Muddy Yard, London, UK
Undercurrents, The Artesian Well, curated by Neena Percy and Lizzy Dury, London UK.
Oikos Logos, Enclave Lab, curated by William Clarke, London, UK
RUST: Art Licks Weekend Peripheries 2018, curated by Muddy Yard, The Icing Room, London, UK.
Every Thing, Assembly Point, London, UK.
Wild Within, Guest Projects, curated by La Wayaka Current, London, UK. (supported by Arts Council England)
SHOW RCA, Royal College of Art Thesis Show, London, UK
Planetary Imminence, Safehouse Gallery, London, UK
Too Much Information, Seventeen Gallery, London, UK
Perpetual Inventory Vol.3, Filet, London, UK.
Situation 3, Here at 26b, London, UK.
Critical Cartographies, Filet, London, UK.
2017
The Roger Ailes Memorial Show: Fair and Balanced? Yours Mine and Ours Gallery, NYC, USA
Creekside Open, A.P.T Gallery, Curated by Jordan Baseman, London, UK.
Seasons, Maxilla Space, London, UK
Borders Borders, Edinburgh College of Art Sculpture Court, Edinburgh, UK
WIP Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Borders Borders, Dyson Gallery at The Royal College of Art, London, UK.
2015 FESTIVE_ALT, Patterns, Brighton, UK
2015 Soundscape, The Banff Centre, Banff, Canada (two person show with Fjola Evans)
2014 Draw The Curtains, DIG space, London, UK
2012 Showcase Cities, Richmix, London, UK
2012 70 X 7, Regents Canal Festival, Mile End Pavilion, London, UK
2012 There is No Plan, Central Saint Martins Degree Show, 1 Granary, London, UK
2011 ARG, Arcadia Missa Gallery, London, UK
2011 A Habit, Take Courage Gallery, London, UK
Residencies
2025 Interlude, NY, USA (upcoming)
2024 The Macedonia Institute, NY, USA
2023, Saari Research Pavilion 5, The Saari Residence, Mynämäki, Finland.
2023, MeMeraki, Limassol, Cyprus
2022 MaréMotrice, sailing expedition from Iceland to Greenland
2022 Est Nord Est, Quebec, Canada
2021 MeMaraki, Limassol, Cyprus
2021 AiR Taipei Artist Village, exchange programme supported by Platform Asia and Arts Catalyst
2019 Substrate, Basic Channel Projects, Sheffield, UK
2019 The Arctic Circle: Arts and Sciences Expedition, Svalbard, Northernmost Norway
2019 Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Emerging Artist Award, Lumsden, UK
2018 The Banff Centre Artist in Residence, The Outdoor School, Jim Dining Evelyn Main Scholarship, AB, Canada
2017 La Wayaka Current: Desert, Residency, The Atacama Desert, Chile.
2016 Wassaic Project Artist in Residence, Wassaic, NY, USA
2016 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, USA
2015 BAiR Fall, Artist in Residence, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada
Curator
2021 Ecdysis, Emii Alrai, Nora Aurrekoetxea, Charlotte Edey, May Hands, Anousha Payne, Paloma Proudfoot, Hannah Rowan, Eve Tagny, Staffordshire Studios, London.
Awards
Arts Council England Developing your Creative Practise 2021
Arts Council England, Emergency Response Fund for Individuals, 2020
Emerging Artist Award, Scottish Sculpture Workshop 2019
Arts Council England Grants for the Arts 2016, 2018
Jim Dining and Evelyn Main Scholarship, The Banff Centre 2018
Gilbert Bayes Trust Scholarship in Sculpture 2018
Vermont Studio Centre Artist Fellowship 2016
Teaching and Workshops
Goldsmiths College, The Royal College of Art, Camberwell College of Art and Design, Lancaster Arts, Brighton University, OCAD, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism, University of Turku Gender Studies Department, Sirius Arts Centre Ireland, TEPAK Fine Arts University of Cyprus.
Text / Publication / Printed Press / Podcasts
2022 A River is a Flowing Vessel, Radio Arts Catalyst
2021
Melting Eternity, Where the Leaves Fall Magazine Issue 5: Water / Technology/ Cosmos, text by Anna Souter
2020
Feel the tides in your body, interview between Hannah Rowan and Alice Bonnot for UMBIGO magazine, Lisbon, PT.
Melting Bodies of a Planetary Archive, UMBIGO magazine, Lisbon, PT, editor Elsa Garcia
2019
Prima Materia, exhibition publication in collaboration with Thomas Pringle, Lena Wurz, published by Assembly Point, London, UK
I’m in the Bath on All Fours, exhibition catalogue, Well Press, Margate, UK.
The Earth Issue Vol III, contributing writer, published by Archive Collective, London
Still Waters, still, publication, Edited by Laura Plant & Platform Southwark, Hato Press
2018
Terrain, Atacama, Artist Book, self published, London 2019.
Perpetual Inventory Vol.3, Contributor, Published by Offline Press, London.
Trough, Artist Book in collaboration with Christopher Taylor, launched at Filet London, UK.
Talks / Events
2021, Artist Talk: Hannah Rowan, Lancaster Arts & Lancaster University, UK
2021, Friday Night Talks, Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan
2020 Dizzying Feeling of Touch: Performative Reading with Georgia Perkins and Ofri Cnaani, Sirius Arts Centre, County Cork, Ireland
2020
Watery Bodies: Ancient Relics, Spectral Futures, Conscious Isolation, Artist Talk through Zoom
2019
To The Studio Podcast, Hannah Rowan in conversation with David Aurban
Becoming Lithocene Exhibition Tour and Geology Walk, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre, AB, Canada.
Chateau International & Friends: publication practices by Artists and Art Spaces, panel discussion, Assembly Point, London, UK
Prima Materia Publication Launch with Esther Leslie Reading, Assembly Point, London, UK
2018
Surface / Strata, visual Lecture as part of Wild Within, Guest Projects, London, UK
The Liquid Fragment: Swimming in Data, Drowning in Melting Ice, seminar series at Camberwell College of the Arts, University of London, UK.
2017 A Conversation With Art: Hannah Rowan in Conversation with Dexter Dymoke, APT Gallery, London, UK.
Bibliography / Press
2022
Making Drama Out of Crisis, Anna Souter, Resurgence and Ecology Magazine
2021
Melting Eternity, Where the Leaves Fall Magazine: Water / Technology/ Cosmos, text by Anna Souter
2020
Feel the tides in your body, interview between Hannah Rowan and Alice Bonnot for UMBIGO magazine, Lisbon, PT.
2020
Melting Bodies of a Planetary Archive, UMBIGO magazine, Lisbon, PT, editor Elsa Garcia
Unearthed: Eco-Visionaries Anatomy of Ice, Studio Visit with Hannah Rowan, Kate Neave for OpenLabRadio
2019
Creative Exploring in the Arctic, Elysian Magazine, Artist Feature, edited by Karen Floyd
Forget the Louvre, here’s our loo: people who turn their homes into art galleries, The Guardian.
Geo Archie + Friends, seyðisfjörður community radio, artist feature,
Becoming Lithocene: Exhibition at the Banff Centre Explores Geological Process, Galleries West.
Hannah Rowan Prima Materia, The Earth Issue Exhibitions Feature
Constructing Precarious Ecologies on the Edge of Expansion or the Brink of Collapse, interview with DATEAGEL ART.
Hannah Rowan’s Studio, artist profile, DATEAGEL ART,
Still Waters, still, audio artwork and artists booklet, edited by Laura Plant
2018
Hannah Rowan Bodies of Water: Age of Fluidity, Boundary Online Exhibition Review and Interview
Reactions Between Materials: Interview with Hannah Rowan, Newfound Journal,
Hannah Rowan Water Atlas, Tabasco Goes Bananas: We are Institute, Feb 2018
2017
Squeeze in Here: Hannah Rowan, artist feature, George Bray.
Fair and Balanced? The ‘Roger Ailes Memorial Show’ Sets Artists Loose on the Founder of Fox, exhibition review, Art News.
School of Fine Art Work in Progress: Collisions and Exchange of Energy, RCA News.
2016
Hannah Rowan, Featured Artist interview at Slayer Gallery
Vermont Studio Centre artist in residency interview with Fellowship recipient Hannah Rowan
2016 Sketches of America, Album artwork for Jeremy Quick: Evermore Records, USA
2015
What are the Challenges Facing Young Artists Today? Apollo Magazine
2013
Underneath the Arches, Arts London News Online