Works in Show
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Artist Biography
Hannah Schickedanz is a Wellington-based artist whose practice spans painting, drawing, and fibre work. Her work combines elements of mythical realism with close observation, exploring themes of belonging, ancestry, and connection to the natural world. Raised on a farm in North Canterbury, her work is informed by both distance from and longing for that landscape. She exhibits across Aotearoa and continues to develop her practice as a way of working through larger questions of belonging.
Artist Statement
My work explores connection and belonging: to the body, to place, and to inherited histories. Through contemplative figurative paintings and gathered & woven natural materials, I consider what it means to be both human and animal, and how we might come to belong to the land in a more embodied way. As a descendant of settlers, I’m interested in belonging as something practiced rather than assumed, shaped by care, curiosity, and responsibility. My work uses the act of attention to explore belonging as something we practice, rather than something we are given.
Brown Female with White Ruff by Hannah Schickedanz
Hannah Shickedanz
Multi-disciplinary Artist
