Born in 1976, Hannah Murgatroyd lives and works in South West England. She is a graduate of the Royal College of Art and Royal Drawing School, and is a mentor for Turps Art School. Her 2024 solo show, ’Resistance is Held in the Body’, with Blackbird Rook was held at the TCHC Collection, UK. Shortlisted for the Waverton Art Prize and Beep Painting Prize in 2022, she won Highly Commended in the 2021 Contemporary British Painting Prize. In 2021, she exhibited in ‘Dreamlands: Part 1 & 2’ at OHSH Projects, London; Aora Space’s virtual museum show, ‘Nature / Nurture’ and ‘Hawks in her Hair’ at Alice Black Gallery, London. In 2020, Murgatroyd was included in ‘Monster / Beauty: An Exploration of the Female / Femme Gaze’ at Lychee One, UK, curated by Marcelle Joseph and ‘Paintings on, and with, Paper’ at Cob Gallery, London. She had a solo presentation with Von Goetz at Draw Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London, 2019. In 2018, she was included in 'Women Can't Paint' at Turps / ASC Galleries and was the winner of the Exeter Contemporary Open in 2014.

Selected recent exhibitions

2023
‘Weirder Science’, Blackbird Rook / Artsy online show curated by Karen David
'To Be Seen’, Blackbird Rook / Artsy online show curated by Greg Rook
2022
’Beep Painting Biennial’, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, Wales, UK
’Waverton Art Prize’, Alice’s Oyster Bar & Gallery, London, UK
​’Contemporary British Painting Prize’, Unit 1 Gallery / Workshop, London, UK
’London Paint Club Selects: Vol. 1’, London, UK
2021
’Contemporary British Painting Prize’, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield, UK
’Nature / Nurture’ Aora Space, virtual gallery, aoraspace.com
’Dreamlands: Part 1 & 2’ OHSH Projects, London, UK

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