April 19–May 18, 2024
Steve Turner is pleased to present Number One Fan, a solo exhibition by Glasgow-based Hannah Wilson that features new paintings which depict Rupert Pupkin and Jerry Langford, the two main male characters in King of Comedy, the dark satirical film which Martin Scorsese directed in 1982. Wilson’s paintings do not precisely depict the characters as they appear in the film. There are several steps, first a screenshot, then a drawing and finally the painting. In this way, Wilson endeavors to capture something essential about the characters as they continue their exploration of masculinity by focusing on failure.
Hannah Wilson (born 1995, Milton Keynes, England) earned a BA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, London (2016) and an MFA at the Glasgow School of Art (2022). They have had solo exhibitions at Bim Bam, Paris (2023); Grove Gallery, London (2023) and Moosey Gallery, Norwich (2021) and have included work in thirty different group exhibitions in the United Kingdom since 2015.
Born 1995, Milton Keynes, England
Lives and works in Glasgow
Education
2022
MA, Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art
2016
BA, Fine Art, Goldsmiths University of London
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Number One Fan, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
2023
Poor Sap, Bim Bam Gallery, Paris
Last Dance, Grove, London
2022
The Folder, Robert’s, Glasgow
2021
Repeat Viewer, Moosey, Norwich, England
Hannah Wilson, All Mouth Gallery, London
2020
I don’t daydream any more, Big Shop Friday, Milton Keynes, England
2016
Paintings and Drawings by Hannah Wilson, Milton Keynes Hospital, Milton Keynes
Group Exhibitions
2023
Untitled, Miami Beach (with Steve Turner)
UVNT Art Fair, Madrid
Part of the Scenery, Grove, London
2022
Well Cold, Moosey, London
Null Protocol, Gallery Func, Shanghai
Glasgow School of Art MFA Degree Show, Florence Street, Glasgow
Ghost-Like Traces, Unit 1 Gallery, London
2021
Opening Group Exhibition, Moosey, Norwich
To The Power of 5 , The Artists Contemporary Atelier Emergence, Rise Art, London
Hope this finds you well, The Glue Factory, Glasgow
Bigger Pleasures, All Mouth Gallery, London
Nice Guys Live Forever, Hoxton Arches, London
2020
Curated for Christmas, All Mouth Gallery, London
Five Hides, 33 Manor Place, London
Resolutions 2020, Big Shop Friday, Milton Keynes
2019
Bacchanalia, The Artesian Well, London
WomanHouse – Revisited, 99 Gore Road, London
The Table, The Swiss Church, London
2018
End of Shoreditch, New Shoreditch Theatre, London
2017
S I N K, Safehouse 1, London
Be Bold For Change – International Women’s Day, adam&eveDDB, London
2016
Bought objects, Very Friendly, Glasgow
At Sea, White Conduit Projects, London
Goldsmiths BA Fine Art Degree Show 2016, Goldsmiths, University of London
one of the greatest elegies in the english language, Arts One, London
Pools and Ghouls, 43 Lewisham Way, London
2015
SAUCE, Harts Lane Studios, London
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
MK Calling 2015, MK Gallery, Milton Keynes
Art Copenhagen (with Gallery Wolfsen)
Residencies and Awards
2019
East Bristol Contemporary, England
2016
Warden’s Purchase Prize 2016, Goldsmiths, University Of London
Bibliography
2022
Sutherland., Calum. “Hannah Wilson,” Artforum, September 10, 2022
