Hannah Watkinson is based in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Her photographic practice considers the genres of fine art and documentary, attempting to communicate the psychological landscape and social-political environment through images.
Watkinson’s photographs have been acquired by the University of Canterbury's art collection through a SELECT award, and have been exhibited in Christchurch and Wellington.

Completing her Master’s degree in 2021, she self-published a book titled The Near Future, a study of the Buller region drawing on a decade of research and photographic archive. The book is available to purchase via email for $45 (soft cover)/$80 (hard cover).
69 photographs over 158 pages, 225 X 160mm, printed on 128gsm Silk Matt and 80gsm Munken Cream.

Group Exhibitions

  • Legacy Issues: Lens-based investigations of Waitaha Canterbury whenua Ashburton Art Gallery, Hakatere May 2023

  • Where the River Bends Ilam Campus Gallery, Ōtautahi August 2017

  • Elsewhere In Situ Photo Project, Ōtautahi November 2016

  • Select 15 Ilam Campus Gallery, Ōtautahi November 2015

  • Pulled Together XCHC, Ōtautahi October 2015

Solo Exhibitions

  • Like oil and water PG Gallery 192, Ōtautahi August 2023

  • The Near Future Centre of Contemporary Art, Ōtautahi July 2021

  • The Near Future QB Studios, Ōtautahi 2017

  • The Dark Hours 30 Upstairs Gallery, Te-Whanganui-a-Tara February 2015

Awards

  • Women of Influence Finalist - Arts and Culture - 2021

  • Freemasons Postgraduate Scholarship 2020

  • Bickerton-Widdowson Trust Memorial Scholarship 2020

  • UC Masters Scholarship 2020

  • Ethel Rose Overton Scholarship 2020

  • Ethel Susan Jones Travelling Scholarship 2016

  • Graduates Association Scholarship 2016

  • Bickerton-Widdowson Trust Memorial Scholarship 2016

  • Ethel Rose Overton Scholarship 2016

  • Langdon Scholarship in Art 2016

  • Bickerton-Widdowson Trust Memorial Scholarship 2015

  • Grant Lingard Scholarship 2015

  • Arts Scholars Scholarship 2015

  • NZ Art Show Emerging Artist Award 2015

  • SELECT Award 2015

Education

  • Masters of Fine Arts with Distinction, Ilam School of Fine Arts 2021

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts with First Class Honours (Photography), Ilam School of Fine Arts 2016

Writing