Hannah Quinlivan

This work is part of Hannah Quinlivan’s 2025 solo exhibition, 'The Weight We Float Above'.

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, "This work reaches toward a moment already passing. Reflections, shadow, smoke, and wind slide across one another without settling. Rhythm tries to form, but currents arrive from elsewhere, disrupting its shape. The work breathes within this instability. What is held is not the thing itself, but its echo."

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.