Hannah Clegg is a visual artist based in Belfast. She understands painting as intuitive, kaleidoscopic prayer. In her practice, it is a threshold unto devotion, intimacy, and contemplative observation, where the spiritual and the emotional meet. For Hannah, painting directly translates internal narratives into fields of colour; colour is sanctum, womb-like. Painting in many thin layers, she hopes to build up a highly-chromatic, nuanced depth that might be stepped into or through. Hannah is interested in braiding borders: between abstraction and figuration, between the divine and the tangible.

Hannah graduated from Belfast School of Art in 2017 (1st Class Honours; Fine Art, Painting), receiving the Dean’s List Award, the Royal Ulster Academy Award for Outstanding Students, and the RDS Visual Art Awards shortlist. Her work has featured in a range of solo exhibitions and group exhibitions across Ireland, and several artist collaborations. Since 2018, Hannah has been a member of The Drawing Journal collective and ongoing collaborative project. Recent shows include ‘As Far As The Eye Can See’ (2025), ‘Hinterlands (Heart)’ (solo exhibition, 2023), and ‘Ag dul i dtreo na gréine’ (2022). Hannah is a studio holder at Queen Street Studios (QSS), Belfast.