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Born in 1998 in Altamonte Springs, Florida, Hannah Kline is a visual artist currently residing in London, United Kingdom. After completing her BFA in Drawing at the University of Florida, Hannah briefly moved to Los Angeles and began exhibiting her work in indie galleries, such as Junior High and AERO SALON, along with self-directed group shows. She is now pursuing a Painting MA at the Royal College of Art in Battersea.
Artist Statement
Fantasy is an important space that I cultivate in my paintings, using color schemes that heighten and shed light on the invented aspect. Crafting a separate space from reality strengthens analogies to the experiences and perceptions of life. Painting an imagined space allows me to notice and forge new relationships to my own dynamic reality. The escapist therapy of painting reveals itself as whimsical and sensual alienating forms and landscapes.
My practice pushes to establish new visual connections and relationships that may not abide by conventions of physicalist hierarchies. Previously living and working in Los Angeles, my proximity to the fashion and textiles district has encouraged my incorporation of a range of fabrics. In addition to sewing my own screen printed and hand-dyed fabrics into canvas, I reference fashion photography, drapery, and clothing for the majority of the painted composition.
By engaging clothing and textiles, both as a subject and as a physical material in my work, I investigate my personal relationship to the feminine history of fashion. Flora and fauna also show up in my work through fragments, increasing the presence of bodily forms and life.