Inaugural exhibition at Messums by emerging talent Hannah Mooney. Born in Ramelton, Donegal in Ireland in 1995, Mooney undertook her Art and Design Foundation Diploma at the University of Ulster before completing her BA in Painting and Printmaking at Glasgow School of Art in 2017. Mooney will be taking part in the 4th year of our Emerging Talents programme.
Mooney began painting en plein air in her third year at the Glasgow School of Art. When she began this new technique, she says ‘I found a subject matter I identified with and a release like no other. It was as though I discovered an appetite, I never knew I had.’ Constantly varying her technique through adjusting scale, subject and working tools, Mooney’s work retains a very identifiable atmosphere. Perhaps the root of this is her enduring return to the vitality and elemental nature of Ireland.
