Hanna Kay facts for kids
Hanna Kay is a talented Australian artist known for her interesting artworks.
Contents
Early Life and Learning
Hanna Kay was born in Israel. She loved art from a young age and went to study at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in Austria.
Later, she lived in New York for ten years. Since 1990, she has made Australia her home.
Hanna also continued her education in Australia. In 2000, she earned a special degree in Semiotics and Philosophy from the University of Sydney. Semiotics is the study of signs and symbols, and philosophy is about big ideas and how we think.
In 2019, she earned her PhD in Fine Arts, also from the University of Sydney. This means she became an expert in her field!
Her Art Career
Hanna Kay has shown her art in many places around the world since 1970. Her exhibitions have been held in cities like Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, Munich, Vienna, Amsterdam, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco.
In Australia, her art has been displayed in Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide. More recently, her work has also been shown in Beijing and Tianjin in China.
You can find her artworks on permanent display in several important museums and galleries. These include the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Victoria in Australia. Her art is also in the Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Orange Regional Art Gallery, and the Jewish Museum of Australia in Melbourne.
Books and Exhibitions
In 2007, a book called Notes from the Shed was published. It shares parts of Hanna's personal journal and focuses on how artists get their creative ideas. The book was launched at the University of Sydney.
Hanna also created a special exhibition called "Undertow." This art show explored the journey of Jewish people moving to Australia. It was first shown at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery in New South Wales.
The "Undertow" exhibition then traveled to many other art centers and museums for four years, starting in 2009. It visited places like the Tamworth Regional Art Gallery, the Jewish Museum of Australia in Melbourne, and the Orange Regional Art Gallery.
Art in China
From 2012, Hanna started showing her art in Beijing, China, in addition to her regular exhibitions in Australia. This led to exciting cultural exchange shows.
She exhibited at the Beijing Art Academy in 2012 and the Meijiang International Art Gallery in Tianjin, China, in 2014. She even had an art residency in Zhouzhuang, Shanghai, in 2019. An art residency is when an artist lives and works in a new place for a period, often to get new ideas.
These trips to China inspired Hanna to start her PhD project. Her art for this project, called "Shifting Horizons," came from many research trips to China. This art was also part of a touring exhibition in both Australia and China.
Awards and Recognitions
Hanna Kay has won several awards for her art:
- Winner of the 2007 Muswellbrook Open Art Prize
- Finalist in the Dobell Prize
- Finalist in the Country Energy Landscape Art Prize
- Finalist in The Alice Springs Prize
- Winner of the 2008 Norvill Art Prize
- Finalist in the Country Energy Art Prize
- Finalist in the Fleurieu Biennale SA
