Neo Hanna
- Work
- Biography
Neo Hanna is a Scottish sculptor, curator and socially engaged artist based in Glasgow. Examining the relationship between the ancient and the modern, and the ever-present feedback loop within history, their practice is influenced by scholars, authors, theologians and archaeologists whose investigations of ancient worlds are revealed through both linguistic analysis and material excavation.
Hanna’s relationship to fabrication and material is intrinsic to their methodology and guides the direction of their practice through an exploration of authenticity, the passage of time and the notion of antiquity. Their work blends a visual language of classical form, liminal object and museum artefact with the aim of embedding the viewer in a feedback loop of personal reality, informed by the past and indicative of an imagined future.
They also create public engagement programmes for arts organisations and local authorities such as the Remembering Together Covid Memorial Project for South Lanarkshire, and Artist in Residence for North Lanarkshire Country Parks.
Hanna was recently shortlisted for the Inches Carr Award and has exhibited throughout Scotland including with: &Gallery, The MacLaurin Art Gallery, Perth Museum, Alchemy Experiment, Visual Art Scotland, Fife Contemporary and the Meffan Museum and Gallery.
Hanna’s relationship to fabrication and material is intrinsic to their methodology and guides the direction of their practice through an exploration of authenticity, the passage of time and the notion of antiquity. Their work blends a visual language of classical form, liminal object and museum artefact with the aim of embedding the viewer in a feedback loop of personal reality, informed by the past and indicative of an imagined future.
They also create public engagement programmes for arts organisations and local authorities such as the Remembering Together Covid Memorial Project for South Lanarkshire, and Artist in Residence for North Lanarkshire Country Parks.
Hanna was recently shortlisted for the Inches Carr Award and has exhibited throughout Scotland including with: &Gallery, The MacLaurin Art Gallery, Perth Museum, Alchemy Experiment, Visual Art Scotland, Fife Contemporary and the Meffan Museum and Gallery.
Education:
MFA
Glasgow School of Art
September 2025 - current
Fine Art: Sculpture and Environmental Art BA (Hons)
Glasgow School of Art
September 2013 - June 2017
Selected Exhibitions:
Tacit
The Maclaurin Art Gallery
29th November 2025 - 22nd February 2026
Annual Group Exhibition
Summerhall Arts, Edinburgh
26th July - 21st September 2025
Group Show
Inches Carr Award Showcase Exhibition: Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh
6th - 13th July 2025
Group Show
VAS Centenary Show II: Dalkeith Palace, Dalkeith
17th - 25th Aug 2024
Group Show
Curtains: Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow
2nd Feb - 25th May 2024
Group Show
Debut: &Gallery, Edinburgh
6th - 27th April 2024
Group Show
Meffan Winter Show: Meffan Museum and Gallery, Forfar
11th Nov - 8th Jan 2024
Group Show
Lifelines: Fife Contemporary
Sep 2023
Online Group Show
WEST, Visual Arts Scotland: The Briggait, Glasgow
20th - 28th May 2023
Group Show
It’ll Be Alright: The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow
17th Feb - 10th March 2023
Group Show
NORTH, Visual Arts Scotland: Inverness Creative Academy, Inverness
2nd - 21st Dec 2022
Group Show
Modern Abstractions Hide Ancient Realities: MacLaurin Art Gallery, Ayr
30th July - 13th Oct 2022
Selected Commissions:
Country Parks Artist in Residence: North Lanarkshire Council
(2023-2025)
Remembering Together Covid Memorial: South Lanarkshire, Scottish Government Commission (2022 - 2024)
Pathways: Public Artwork for South Ayrshire Council (2021-2022_
MFA
Glasgow School of Art
September 2025 - current
Fine Art: Sculpture and Environmental Art BA (Hons)
Glasgow School of Art
September 2013 - June 2017
Selected Exhibitions:
Tacit
The Maclaurin Art Gallery
29th November 2025 - 22nd February 2026
Annual Group Exhibition
Summerhall Arts, Edinburgh
26th July - 21st September 2025
Group Show
Inches Carr Award Showcase Exhibition: Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh
6th - 13th July 2025
Group Show
VAS Centenary Show II: Dalkeith Palace, Dalkeith
17th - 25th Aug 2024
Group Show
Curtains: Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow
2nd Feb - 25th May 2024
Group Show
Debut: &Gallery, Edinburgh
6th - 27th April 2024
Group Show
Meffan Winter Show: Meffan Museum and Gallery, Forfar
11th Nov - 8th Jan 2024
Group Show
Lifelines: Fife Contemporary
Sep 2023
Online Group Show
WEST, Visual Arts Scotland: The Briggait, Glasgow
20th - 28th May 2023
Group Show
It’ll Be Alright: The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow
17th Feb - 10th March 2023
Group Show
NORTH, Visual Arts Scotland: Inverness Creative Academy, Inverness
2nd - 21st Dec 2022
Group Show
Modern Abstractions Hide Ancient Realities: MacLaurin Art Gallery, Ayr
30th July - 13th Oct 2022
Selected Commissions:
Country Parks Artist in Residence: North Lanarkshire Council
(2023-2025)
Remembering Together Covid Memorial: South Lanarkshire, Scottish Government Commission (2022 - 2024)
Pathways: Public Artwork for South Ayrshire Council (2021-2022_
- Neo Hanna
- Pathways: Commission for South Ayrshire Council
- Mixed Media
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- Curl
- Casting
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- Link
- Casting
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- Archway I, II and III
- Casting
- Neo Hanna
- Héres I, II and III
- Casting
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