Hannah Quinlivan

Hannah Quinlivan’s practice has been recognised for its skilful exploration of ideas around human movement, emotional cognition and time’s flowing passage.

Says Quinlvan of this work, "Here, the everyday becomes strange and brittle. What once moved freely is fixed into skeletal form, leaving behind the outline of memory. The work holds both loss and recognition, the residue of something once lived with easily. It asks how we continue when the familiar can no longer survive unchanged. What remains is a trace, both present and gone."

Through various methods of exploring line and form – via traditional drawing techniques and weaving methodologies using wire, adhesive tape or LED lighting – Quinlivan challenges the way we expect line to operate and be presented. Her work is experiential not only in its physicality but also through a range of conceptual connections, using repetition, ephemerality and the interplay of light and shadow to open up discussions around pressing contemporary topics. Hannah’s constantly evolving practice gives her work an organic, living quality that creates an immersive experience for the viewer.