Hannah Valentine

Hannah Valentine (b. 1989, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland) is an artist who lives and works between Auckland and Melbourne. She earned a Master of Fine Arts with Honours from Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, in 2017. 

Hannah Valentine's practice follows two distinct threads. The first is an interest in the body and tactile sensibilities. If we are being conditioned away from sensibility, towards consumerism, she questions how we might reinvigorate feeling and its importance in the way we interact with the world and each other. The second thread, which feels more pressing than ever, is concern for our environment and impending climate crises. Hannah’s work takes form primarily in object, installation and documentary style film.

She has exhibited widely, with recent shows including "Looking in, Breathing Out" at Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington (2018), and "Grips, slips, of space, a memory" at Te Tuhi, Auckland (2016–2017).

In 2022, Valentine was awarded the Supreme Award at the Miles Art Awards. Beyond her studio practice, Valentine co-directed the artist-run space LOFT Jervois from 2014 to 2015 and was a member of the RM Collective between 2018 and 2021.