Small Pleasures

“I am interested in the overload of information, working on a series of intimate self-portraits made with bright colours and vivid patterns, placing myself in a vibrating space filled with pattern. I find it liberating to be in control of painting an image of myself, during a time where everything feels very out of control. I make my own paint, viewing my body and the pattern I am encompassed in as a landscape/‘patternscape’. These work are ambiguous, but with something left for you to hold onto/live in. Thinking about misprints, out-of-synch, dystopian distortion, Alice in Wonderland and form and formlessness” - Hannah Tilson, 2021

Hannah Tilson (b. 1995) is based in London.

Accolades 

Education: Bachelors in Painting from the Slade School of Fine Art in 2018, during which time she also studied on exchange at the New York Studio School. She is currently on a scholarship programme at the Royal Drawing School in London.

Recent exhibitions: Art on a Postcard for International Women’s Day, Art on a Postcard (2021), Berntson Bhattacharjee x Women’s Aid Charity Auction (2021), The Amber Room, London (2020); Cure3, Bonhams, London (2020); In Response, Bowes Parris Gallery (2020); London Art Fair, Advanced Graphics Stand, Business Design Centre, London (2020); Curated for Covid, Online exhibition (2020); Takers and Pumpers, Gallery @OXO, London (2020); A High Hang, Eccleston Place, London, (2019); Time Cannibal, Brockley Gardens, London (2019); Paperweight, Late Works, Vardaxoglu, Mallord’s, London (2019); Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2019); Guts Gallery Opening Exhibition, Guts Gallery, London (2019); Hannah Tilson, Zetter, London (2019).