Manchester-based artist Hannah Roach is interested in the relationship between people and buildings. Her work explores psychological space and its relationship to architecture. HR approaches the idea of shelter with an experimental view, often playing on ideas of escape using her signature visual language of ladders and utopian ideals.  

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HR's visual art practice explores the boundaries of physical and social spaces, and how dwelling spaces affect how a person is shaped, through mediums of drawing and interactive structures. Her sculptural works encourage the audience to actively engage and this sensual aspect is crucial as its function is to get the viewer emotionally involved by participating in the artwork. 

Education

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2018    Creative Digital Process

              Diploma in Skills for the Creative Industry

              MET College

              Certificate in Interactive Media

2017     University of Brighton

              Ba (Hons) Fine Art Sculpture - 2:1 

2014    Manchester School of Art

              Foundation diploma in Art and Design -Distinction

2012    Aquinas College

              A-Level Art & Design A*, Politics B, Media A, English B

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Career

Applicant Experience Manager

Screen & Film School | February 2020 - Present

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Events Account Manager

Primary Engineer | April 2019 - February 2020

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CAD Design Technician

Arc Multi Metals | January - April 2019

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Gallery Assistant

Onca Gallery | June 2018 -September 2018

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Studio Assistant

The Open Studios | January - October 2018

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Design and Marketing Assistant

P3 works | March 2018 - May 2018

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Project Designer

Bruynzeel Storage Systems 

September 2017 - March 2018

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Widening Participation Ambassador

University of Brighton 

June 2015 - August 2017

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Brand Manager

The Fine Art Collective 

May 2016 - May 2017

2020   Shelter Domestics, Gallery Lane Cove, Australia

         Virtual Exhibition and Artist Interview

2017     Lunga Arts Seyðisfjörður, Iceland

               Artist Residency

2016     Serpentine Gallery Selgascano 15th Pavilion, London

               Contemporary Dance Performance

               Club Govan Throwers - Buzzcut Live Art Festival, Glasgow

               Performance

2015     Laban School of Contemporary Dance, London

               Sculptural Installation

2014     Cells, Brighton

               Group Sculpture Exhibition 

               Play, Onca Gallery, Brighton

               Residency and Exhibition

               Play Harder, Piccadilly Place, Manchester 

               Residency and Exhibition

2013     Manchester School of Art

              Alumni Prize

              Drawing Prize

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Achievements

Artist Interview, July 2020

Gallery Lane Cove, Australia