Artist: Hannah Benassi

b.1997, Benassi is a contemporary artist based in Edinburgh. Since graduating in Fine Art from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and Contemporary Curatorial Practice from The Glasgow School of Art, she has been awarded the Farquhar Reid Trust prize and Saatchi Art Rising Star for her experimental use of mediums in contemporary painting.

Fascinated with the idea of temporal and ever-changing states, my work as an abstract painter is to capture subtle moments and translate them into a forever keepsake. My appreciation for being present and practicing this particular state of mind feeds my work as an artist.

By appreciating delicate moments such as the shifting shades of shadows, to the swaying motion of wheat fields during a gentle breeze, my work captures the abstracted beauty of the everyday.

Removing conceptual restrictions, I use travelling opportunities to gain inspiration where I draw a great interest in absorbing organic qualities found in human-made landscapes. Working with earthy tones and layering of textural mediums such as rice paper and clay, my artwork creates a balance of structural details in soft, dreamlike settings.

Industry Collectors:

Saatchi Art, Arch Gallery, Cohart, Singulart Gallery, Art|Form Consultancy

Selected Galleries:

Tatha Gallery, Upright Gallery, The Auction Collective, Rafiki Gallery

Brand Collaborators:

Strathberry, Ardea Teas

AWARDS

SAATCHI ART RISING STAR (2019)

FARQUHAR REID TRUST PRIZE (2019)

SOLO SHOWS

2023 | ‘Crafting Identities’, STRATHBERRY Showrooms, Edinburgh

2023 | ‘ANGELUS’, ARCH Gallery, Changsha China

2022 | ‘Meeting of Moments’, UPRIGHT Gallery, Edinburgh ARTMAG Coverage

2022 | ‘Somewhere, Somewhere’, ARCH Gallery, Changsha China

GROUP SHOWS

2024 | ‘All In Good Time’, 92 Degrees, Edinburgh

2024 | 50 x £50, Spring Auction, The Auction Collective, London

2023 | ‘All the Joy’, Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay

2023 | ‘Group Portrait’, Whitespace Gallery, Edinburgh

2022 | ‘Celebrating The Women On Our Walls’, UPRIGHT Gallery, Kimpton Hotel, Edinburgh

2022 | ‘Beyond Boundaries’, TATHA Gallery, Fife

2021 | ‘Abstract Zeitgeist’, The Rafiki Gallery, The Biscuit Factory, Leith

2021 | ‘Mars Blueberries’ PADA Studios, Barreiro, Portugal

2020 | ‘Free From Restrictions’, TATHA Gallery, Fife

2019 | ‘History In The Making - Reflection on 2019’, The Auction Collective, Meier Gallery, London

2019 | Degree Show, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee

Degree Show Coverage:

Scotsman

Dura

The courier

ART FAIRS

2023 | Affordable Artfair, W10 Booth, Shanghai, ARCH Gallery

2022 | Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Centre, ARCH Gallery

PROJECTS

2022 | ‘Basquy’, NFT Project, artespace Gallery

2021 | ‘The other avatars’, NFT Project, Saatchi Art

2020 | ‘Zebra Girl’, Scottish Independent film, 5 Artworks selected and displayed on set

RESIDENCIES

2021 | DUPLEX AIR, Lisbon, Portugal

2021 | PADA Studios, Barreiro, Portugal