Hannah Thomas is a UK based semi-abstract painter, travelling between Wiltshire and London, whose work is focused on bringing to life atmospheric and metaphorical landscapes that speak of the horror and wonder of humanity and the natural world.
Working with evocative motifs that reference both the beautiful and the repellent in nature as well as drawing from Japanese horror films and the cinema of David Lynch, Thomas’s imagery seeks to unsettle; inviting audiences to embrace the ambiguity and the discomfort and keep looking. Perhaps a result of her own past, formerly a professional photographer, her work encourages a lingering gaze, rewarded by details of half seen activity that emerge from the darkness.
Thomas works mainly with acrylics for their speed and flexibility, but also uses oil sticks, Indian ink, pastels and charcoal. She works predominantly on larger scale paintings, which allow her the room for improvisation and the physical freedom she craves when painting.
Thomas’s work is in private and corporate collections in the UK and abroad. Recent exhibitions include ‘Dual Natures’ at Silk Mill Gallery, Somerset and ‘Loop State’ at D Contemporary Gallery, London. She completed the Correspondence Course with Turps Art School in 2024 and is starting her MA in Painting at Royal College of Art in September 2026.
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Born in 1973, in Reading UK
Currently resides in Wiltshire & London
Education/Training:
2026/27 Royal College of Art: MA in Painting
2023/24 Turps Art School: Turps Correspondence Course
1997-2000 University of the West of England: BA hons in Art and Visual Culture
Solo Shows:
2024 Frictional Drag: Radio Hair Salon, Kings Cross & Shoreditch Salons, London
2023 Frictional Drag: Red Eight Gallery, London
2023 Season of the Witch - Artsy/Maggio Art Consultancy
2019 Rebel Visions - Green Rooms Hotel, London
Group Shows:
2026 WAR CHILD UK: SECRET 7”S: 180 Strand, London, UK
2026 Loop State - D Contemporary Gallery, London
2026 Dual Natures - Silk Mill Gallery, Frome, Somerset
2025 ’The Body’ - Curated Collection, Hypha Curates Platform
2025 On Gaia’s Skin: Shoreditch Modern gallery, London
2024 Winter Show: Linden Hall Studio gallery, Kent
2023 Through the Looking Glass: Fitzrovia Gallery, London
2023 Summer Salon Exhibition: Candid Arts Trust, London
2022 SFSA: Painting Open Exhibition, No Format Gallery, Deptford, London
2022 Ty Pawb Open - Finalists Exhibition, Ty Pawb Museum, Wales
2022 Oxmarket Open Exhibition - Oxmarket Contemporary Gallery, Chichester
2020 ‘Disrupting the Stillness’ - Visionary Projects/Lohme Gallery
Residencies:
2025 Ovada Arts Centre Summer Residency, Oxford, UK
Art Fairs/Art Events/Auctions:
2026 WAR CHILD UK: SECRET 7”S: Online Auction
2023 4bySix - Commissioned Bus Panel Auction
2022 The Other Art Fair - Truman Brewery, London October
2022 Art on a Postcard - Winter Auction, Bomb Factory, London
Grants & Awards:
2024 Longlisted - Aesthetica Art Prize
2022 Grand Prize winner - See|Me’s Emerge competition
2021 Longlisted - Robert Walters Group UK New Artist of the Year Award
2021 New Platform Art: Professional Development Programme
2020 Finalist - London International Creative Competition (LICC)
Media / Publications / Recommendations:
2026 Curatory Magazine #17 - Featured Artist (CLICK HERE)
2026 Portfolio Critique - Kurt Beers (Beers London) (CLICK HERE)
2025 Considering Art Podcast- (CLICK HERE)
2024 Turps Correspondence Course - Letter of Recommendation (CLICK HERE)
2023 Contemporary Art Collector Book: Volume One
2022 See|Me: The Living Artist - Featured Artist (CLICK HERE)
2022 Art Connect ‘Artist to Watch’ (CLICK HERE)