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Biography

Since completing her Masters Degree in Photography at London College of Communication in 2006, Hannah has been part of group shows both internationally and in the UK and participated in residencies at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada and Claire Fountaine Gallery in Luxembourg. Hannah is currently based in Vancouver, Canada, where she teaches photography and continues her art practice, focusing on the interplay of different photographic forms and the symbolic representation of nature. Working with both the still and the moving image, to create an immersive viewing experience. Hannah's work has been exhibited in London - UK, Brighton - UK, Madrid and Barcelona – Spain, Luxembourg - Lux. Bielefeld - Germany and Banff - Canada. Publications include the online photography magazine Lens Culture and PH74.

Qualifications

• 2009 - Current Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby Street, Vancouver, Canada V6Z 2H7 Public Schools Programme
• 2005 - 2006 London College of Communication, Elephant & Castle, London, SE1 6SB MA Photography (Distinction)
• 1999 - 2002 University of Brighton, Grand Parade, Brighton, BN2 0JY BA (Hons)

Photography Group Exhibitions, Residencies and Commissions

• PH74 Group Show - PH74 project, Espacio 8, Madrid, Spain, 2009
• New Landscapes Group Show Crane Kalman Brighton, Group show, Brighton, UK, 2009
• Lost and Found Group Show curated by Val Williams, Communication Space, Skolska 28, Prague, Czech Republic, 2008
• Visual Arts Residency and Exhibition E-Volution Self-Directed residency at The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada. Autumn 2007.
• Visions in the Nunnery Group Show - International moving image exhibition at The Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts Trust, London, 2007.
• Photomeetings Residency & Exhibition at Claire Fountaine Gallery, Luxembourg, 2007
• RE:Formation Group show curated by Wiebke Leister, Gallery Fachbereich Gestaltung, Bielefeld, Germany MAP Reading MA Final Show, London College of Communication, London, 2006
• Animation Screenings, Gasworks Gallery, Oval, London, 2006
• Interim Group Show, The Atrium Gallery, LCC, London, 2006
• Family Archives Lost and Found Group Show, Curated by Val Williams, LCC, London, 2006
• Lupe Gallery, Group Show, London, 2004
• Hung Group Show, The Old Truman Brewery, London. 2002
• Degree Show University of Brighton, Brighton, UK, 2002 Surface Noise Centre d'Art i Disseny, Barcelona, Spain, 2002
• Archive Project Commission for the Design Council Archive, The Gardener Arts Centre, Brighton, 2001

Teaching/Lecturing Posts

• Focal Point College Photography Tutor – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 2008.
• University of Brighton Visiting lecturer, Photography BA (Hons) department with critique tutorials 2004 and 2007.
• University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany. Visiting Lecturer - artist talk, Gallery Fachbereich Gestaltung, 2007.
• Just One Image' Seminar, Artists talk. PARC Photography & the Archive Research Centre, London 2006.
• PARC Photography and the Archive Research Centre, London. Invited speaker at The Elephant Vanishes Symposium, 2005.
• SET Solutions, London, One to one tuition and training in digital photography and post-production. 2005.

Funding/Awards

• British Council award for 'Lost and Found' Curtated by Val Williams, Skolska 28, Prague, Czech Republic, 2008 Other Projects Photomeetings – Talks and discussions at the photography festival, Luxembourg, 2007
• Collections 31Studio Archive, touring collection, curated by Paul Caffell and Chris Townsend. Publications Lens Culture, www.lensculture.com, 2007
• The Photographers Gallery, London, 2006Field Study # 8, MAP Reading, PARC. Catalogue, 2006
• Fotograf # 6/ The Recycled Image, volume 4, www.fotografnet.cz, 2005