Hannah Pillai

Artist. Educator. Producer  

I am an artist, educator and producer with a passion for developing inclusive access to the arts through creative collaborations and projects. I develop my art practise at my Leicester based studio - StudionAme.

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Current collaborative projects:

2017-19 Artist /Co-Producer -ARTonomy Projects 

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Awards:

The 2018 Marsh Award for Excellence in Gallery Education 

 

Education 

BA (hons) Fine Art, Manchester School Of Art 

 

Exhibitions 
2018 
StudionAme Open Studios, Leicester 
2017 
3-10 November Art Week, StudionAme, Leicester 
2015 
28-29 November Art Kunst, Leicester 
14-15 November: Makers Yard Open studio’s, Leicester 
2014
29-30 November: Art Kunst- Leicester
13-25 June: Manchester School Of Art Degree Show - Manchester 
9-11 May: Curator/exhibitor: Reverie @Piccadilly Place - Manchester
2013 
15-18 May: Co- curator/exhibitor: 77 Hours @ Blank Space Gallery - Manchester 

 

Commissions

2017 Solo: 
Festival of Learning - Rushey Mead Educational Trust 
Big Draw Festival 2016 - ‘S.T.E.A.M’ - (family workshop) 

 

2016 Collaborative commissions: Untitled Play 
Everybody's Reading Festival - 'Art Books' (Family workshop)
InSea Regional Conference, Vienna- 'A Proper Take Over' (workshop)
Spark Festival - 'The City Playground' (Family drop-in workshop)
Generation Art - 'Talk, Tour & Do' (family drop-in workshops x6) 
Generation Art - 'Exhibition Activity sheet' (design) 

 

Presentations:

2016 
InSea Regional Conference Vienna 
Generation ART and The Gallery, De Montfort University (DMU) present: Off the Map: Young People / Artists / Learning 

 

Publications: 
Art & Design Education in Times of Change
Conversations Across Cultures
(Creating Lasting Change for Young People through a Touring Exhibition- Sillis, Jane / Plimmer, Jo / Jacques, Lisa / Pillai, Hannah / Mollett, Gina)

 

Past projects: 
2015 - 2016 Artist / Co-Producer - Untitled Play