Scarlett Josse Hanley was born in Liverpool, England, in 1991. Having studied Fashion Design & Marketing at LCF, and worked in the fashion industry, there is a thread of appreciation for colour, pattern and materials that has been brought to her practice from her first career.
Her work has evolved from fashion illustration to a contemporary fine art practice of drawing, painting and printmaking were Scarlett approaches her work with no set hierarchy of materials. She delicately draws and paints on paper, canvas and boards whilst incorporating small details and embellishments. Her work focuses on portraiture but also explores the natural world and all its intricacies.
Scarlett’s influences include literary characters, scenes in books or films, poems and music. Sudden and brief moments between people, physical displays of emotion and the thought provoking inspire her work. The direction is one that is whimsical in approach, yet each piece is full of an existent meaning grounded in the experiences we can all relate to.
Scarlett has lived and worked in London for over 10 years and is also a teacher of art at Hampstead School of Art.
Experience
2022 - Present Teacher of Art, Queen Elizabeth’s School (Barnet)
2022 - Present Art Tutor, Hampstead School of Art
2022 - 2023 Artist in Residence, Temple Studio (Hampstead)
Education
2022 - Art & Design PGCE, University College London
2021 - First Class BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of East London
2012 - FdA Fashion Design & Marketing, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
Exhibitions
Temporum
Temple Studio, Hampstead
9th December 2023
PGCE Art & Design Exhibition Show
IOE 20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0AL
27th June – 1st July 2022
The Derwent Art Prize, (shortlisted)
Galerie Karsten Greve, 5 rue Debelleyme, 75003, Paris
8th – 11th June 2022
The Derwent Art Prize, (shortlisted)
Gallery@OXO, London 24th February – 6th March 2022
Society of Fine Graphic Art Centenary Exhibition, Unlocked
Mall Galleries, London July 2021
BA Degree Show
Carlyle Building Studios, Chelsea, London June 2021
One Year On (Online)
Morley Gallery, March 2021