A multidisciplinary artist most well-known for her carved work, Hannah Jensen graduated from Auckland University of Technology in 2004 with a Bachelor of Visual Arts majoring in printmaking, and transferred her skills to the painted medium in her postgraduate practice, developing a unique stylistic approach.

Jensen achieves her bespoke work by applying layers of paint to board before employing printmaking techniques such as intaglio, etching and carving to create thematic content. The results are detailed images rendered in negative relief that emphasises the texture and tonal variations between paint colours in a topographical manner. Using anywhere between 25 – 75 layers of paint, Jensen calculates the depth of each layer to provide the necessary variations of colour, texture and shadow in the work.

In 2004, Jensen was nominated for a Mazda Emerging Artist award; in 2009, she was a finalist in the World of Wearable Arts Competition; and in 2012 she was one of four artists selected to present site-specific installation work at the prestigious New Zealand Fashion Week. In 2014 she lived and created in Venice Beach, CA for the ‘Kiwis in LA’ exhibition. She has since returned home and is carving out her next solo show ‘WILD’; seven impressive large scale animal works to be exhibited in 2017.

Jensen is actively involved in the community, she has been a volunteer art teacher at Starship Hospital since 2010 and continues to donate her works to multiple charity auctions. Jensen exhibits regularly in solo and group shows both throughout New Zealand and overseas, and produces commissioned work for local and international clients from her Auckland studio.

Solo Exhibitions

2016 VIEW POINT – Endemic World, AKL
2015 ARTIST AND THE WINEMAKER – Foxes Island, AKL
2015 PORTHOLES INTO NATURE – Allpress Gallery, AKL
2013 CURIOSITY CABINET – Allpress Gallery, AKL
2012 HERALDIK – Saatchi and Saatchi Gallery – AKL
2007 CARVING IT UP – Wine Country Gallery, HB
2006 GRAFF HEAD – Disrupt Gallery, AKL

Group Exhibitions

2016 AUCKLAND GRAMMAR ART HOUSE TOUR – AKL
2016 VAUXHALL SCHOOL EXHIBITION – AKL
2015 TATTOOS AND TYPE – AKL
2015 KINGS COLLEGE ART FAIR – AKL
2015 BARADENE ART SHOW – AKL
2015 THE BIG EGG HUNT – NZ
2014 KIWIS IN LA – SANTA MONICA, LA
2014 WORLD WAR 100 – Uxbridge, AKL
2014 VAUXHALL SCHOOL EXHIBITION – AKL
2014 BARADENE ART SHOW – AKL
2014 AFFAIR OF THE HEART – AKL
2014 THE BIG EGG HUNT – NZ
2013 TARANAKI ART AWARD – Taranaki
2013 WAIHEKE ART AWARD – Waiheke
2013 PARKIN DRAWING AWARD – Wellington
2012 POP – PRINTS ON PAPER – AKL
2012 KOHIA TERRACE SCHOOL EXHIBITION – AKL
2011 CRACKER CHRISTMAS STOCKING STUFFER – CCHQ, AKL
2011 SPRING CLEAN – CCHQ, AKL
2011 KOHIA TERRACE SCHOOL EXHIBITION – AKL
2010 SIGNAL 8 – The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2010 SCRUTINY – Sanderson Gallery, Parnell
2010 EASTER RECOLLECTIONS – Uxbridge, AKL
2010 ALTER EGO – Wellington Fringe Festival
2010 ELEPHANT HILL ESTATE – Wine Country Gallery, HB
2009 WORLD OF WEARABLE ARTS – Finalist, Wellington
2008 BRADLEY GARLAND JENSEN – Wine Country Gallery, HB
2007 001 EXHIBITION – Sideroom.com Gallery, AKL
2007 PICTURE PERFECT – Sideroom.com Gallery, AKL
2005 ARTBEATZ ACTIVATE – Illicit HQ, AKL
2004 MAZDA EMERGING ARTIST – Hilton, AKL
2003 SUBLIMINAL VANDALISM 2# – AKL