Hannah Ireland

Hannah Ireland (born 1995) is a New Zealand contemporary artist who creates gestural and expressionist paintings. Her paintings have been exhibited throughout New Zealand, and she was featured in the triennial Aotearoa Contemporary Exhibition at the Auckland Art Gallery in 2024. Her works are in the Arts House Trust collection, The Dowse Art Museum collection, and the Auckland University collection.

Background and education Ireland is of Ngāti Hine and Ngāpuhi descent. She was born in Onehunga, and lives and works in Auckland.

In 2022, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (first class honours) from the University of Auckland.

Career

Art Ireland is primarily a portraitist. She often paints on glass, sometimes repurposing found or abandoned windows. Painting on glass allows her painting process to showcase potential abstraction, ambiguity, and spontaneity.

Awards

Selected Exhibitions