About the work

This work is one of the first in a series called Portal. These compositional studies began in late 2018 and inform some of Luxton’s recent paintings. This work embraces her admiration for the combined power of symmetry and the natural world, located in the origins of the Romantic Era of the late 18th Century, to suggest a divine presence on earth.

With a refined visual language of motifs, Luxton creates the surreal, offering an inaccurate reflection, suggesting the space is a gateway into a different reality.

Date and country of birth

1986, GB>

About the artist

Hannah Luxton (b. London 1986) lives and works in London. Graduated from Slade School of Fine Art MA (2012); and Fine Art at Kingston University (2008). Awards include the Arts Council England Project Grant (2018); and the Worshipful Company Painter-Stainers Bursary Award for Fine Art (2011). Residencies include the Fljostunga Residency, Iceland (2015); and the Trélex Residency, Switzerland (2013). Select solo exhibitions include Of Stars and Chasms,  ArthouSE1, London (2019); Hannah Luxton, Blank 100, London (2018); An Ascent, Farnham Maltings, Riverside Cafe, Farnham (2017); Veiled Infinity, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London (2013); and Showcase: Hannah Luxton, Glass Cloud Gallery, London (2013). Select group exhibitions include Notes on Painting, Koppel Project, London (2018); Tannery Arts Group Show, Tannery Arts Project Space, London (2017); Fiction (With Only Daylight Between Us), Corridor Projects, Heidelberg (2016); Resolutions, Virtual Gallery 011, San Francisco (2016); Flash Salon, II. Undead Painters, ASC Bond House Gallery, London (2016); Leap into the Sublime, AD44, Bath (2014);  And You, What do You Worship?, Crypt Gallery, London (2013).