Hannah Strakey

Hannah Starkey Short Biography

b. 1971, Belfast, Norther Ireland Studied Photography and Film at the

Napier University, Edinburgh and Photography at the Royal College of Art, London

Lives and works in London, UK Briefly a fashion photographer, she

has been actively exhibiting in group and solo shows since 1997, mainly in Europe

Hannah StarkeyProcess that may be specific to the work

Tableau photography Highly preconceived work Artist recreates a mental image of

the scene Locations are carefully selected Uses actors Moved from film to digital -

meticulously staging to digital manipulation

Hannah StarkeyThemes and concepts common in her work

Does not work in series each photograph stands on it's own

Takes fascinatingly ambiguous photographs that demand to be understood but resist easy explanation

Viewer is compelled to figure out each image

Names works “Untitled” followed by the month and year

Banal moments of the everyday life

Hannah StarkeyProcess that may be specific to the work

(contd)

Passing of time, waiting Memory, contemplation, existential

alienation Post-modern approach to reality: critic

Val Williams has written 'It is as if she has taken the notion of the "real"... and made it much more precise'

‘explorations of everyday experiences and observations of inner city life from a female perspective'

Hannah StarkeyUntitled, May 1997

Hannah StarkeyUntitled, October 1998

Hannah StarkeyUntitled, August 1999

Hannah StarkeyButterfly Catchers, 1999

Hannah StarkeyUntitled, January 2000

Hannah StarkeyUntitled, January 2001

Hannah StarkeyUntitled, March 2002

Hannah StarkeyThe Dentist 2004

Hannah StarkeyUntiteled, August 2006

Hannah StarkeyUntiteled, June 2007

Hannah StarkeyUntitled, June 2007

Hannah StarkeyUntitled, November 2007

Hannah StarkeyUntitled, September 2008

Hannah StarkeyUntitled, Feburary 2009

Hannah StarkeyUntitled, March 2009

Hannah StarkeyUntitled, March 2010

Hannah Starkeydraws from: Diane Arbus

Lady Bartender at Home with a Souvenir Dog

Hannah Starkeydraws from: Helen Levitt

New York, ca. 1971

Hannah Starkeydraws from: Jeff Wall

“Picture for Women,” 1979

Hannah Starkeydraws from: Andreas Gursky

Times Square, N.Y., 1997

Hannah Starkey draws from: Candida Hoffer

Palais Garnier, Paris

Question

How does personal experience informs her work?