Hanna Luxton (b. 1986, London, UK) works and lives in Essex in England. She received an MA in Fine Art from the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, in 2012, following a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Kingston University in 2009 and a BTEC Diploma in Foundation Art and Design from Middlesex University in 2006. Hannah Luxton’s paintings are inspired by philosophies such as Romanticism and animism, which intimate a living soul in natural phenomena. She explores ways to depict a spiritual power at the heart of the material universe — nature imbued with a divine power. Using pared-down mark making to communicate the essence of the building blocks of the natural world, she hints at a spiritual dimension beyond appearance and finds her subjects in her observations of the sublime in landscape, from oceans and waterfalls to mountains and craters to the moon and stars, condensing and abstracting each referent into an archetypal version of itself.
Solo exhibitions include Abstract Origins: Natures Gifts, Herman Miller Showroom, London, United Kingdom (2023); Recent Paintings, Herman Miller Showroom, London, United Kingdom (2022); LUX, The Chapel, Brompton Cemetery, London, United Kingdom (2021); In the Garden of the Sun, Glass Cloud Gallery, London, United Kingdom (2020); Iceblink: works on paper from Iceland, Tin Cafe, London, United Kingdom (2019); Of Stars and Chasms, ArthouSE1, London, United Kingdom (2019); Hannah Luxton, Blank 100, London, United Kingdom (2018); An Ascent, Farnham Maltings – Riverside Café, Farnham, United Kingdom (2017); Veiled Infinity, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London, United Kingdom (2013); Showcase: Hannah Luxton, Glass Cloud Gallery, London, United Kingdom (2013).
Group exhibitions include (Upcoming) Orbital, Kristin Hjellegjerde, Berlin, Germany (2026); The Ark, Kristin Hjellegjerde, Schloss Goerne, Germany (2024); The Shape of Now, Velarde Gallery, Devon, United Kingdom (2024); 111 Not Out by The London Group, Quay Arts Centre, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom (2024); A Painting Show, Benjamin Parsons × Hannah Payne, Oxford, United Kingdom (2023); The London Group Open 2023, Copeland Gallery, London, United Kingdom (2023); One World, Aleph Contemporary, London, United Kingdom (2023); The London Group at Scarborough, The Old Parcels Office, Scarborough, United Kingdom (2023); Side Step, Set Gallery, London, United Kingdom (2023); The London Group at Bankside, Bankside Gallery, London, United Kingdom (2022); Catch Your Breath (The London Group), Morley Gallery, London, United Kingdom (2022); Horizon, The Cello Factory, London, United Kingdom (2022); Rhythm Adjust, TM Lighting, London, United Kingdom (2021); Close to Home, JGM Gallery, London, United Kingdom (2021); Reflection, JGM Gallery, London, United Kingdom (2020); Adazzle, JGM Gallery, London, United Kingdom (2019); Through the Looking Glass, Ugly Duck, London, United Kingdom (2019); Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London, United Kingdom (2019); Midnight Gallery, Midnight Gallery, California, United States (2018); Gordon Dadds LLP, Gordon Dadds LLP, London, United Kingdom (2018); Notes on Painting, Koppel Project, London, United Kingdom (2018);
Highlights and collections
She was awarded Developing Your Creative Practice Grant, Arts Council England, United Kingdom (2024); The Young Masters Art Prize, —, London, United Kingdom (2023); The Summer Exhibition (selected), The Royal Academy, London, United Kingdom (2022); The Summer Exhibition (selected), The Royal Academy, London, United Kingdom (2021); Camden Council Funding Award for Glass Cloud Gallery, Camden Council, London, United Kingdom (2020); Emergency Support, Arts Council England, United Kingdom (2020); Contemporary British Painting Prize (longlist), —, United Kingdom (2019); Camden Council Funding Award for Glass Cloud Gallery, Camden Council, London, United Kingdom (2019); Dentons Art Prize (shortlist), Dentons LLP, London, United Kingdom (2019);
She had multiple residencies in the following locations: USA Residencies — Marfa, Texas; Grand Canyon, Arizona; Death Valley, Nevada, United States (2019); Northern Iceland Residency, —, Iceland (2018); Mt Etna Residency, Sicily, Italy (2017); Ty Camlad Residency, Mid Wales, United Kingdom (2016); Fljóstunga Residency, —, Iceland (2015); Trélex Residency, Trélex, Switzerland (2013).
Her artworks can be found in the private collection of Kings College Hospital in London.