Hannah Forward is a printmaker and painter living in Hove, UK

She studied for a BA in Graphic Design at Brighton University UK from 2003 - 2006

She then went on to work as an illustrator creating editorial work for magazines and newspapers such as The Guardian.

In 2013 she took a short course in relief printmaking and has been hooked ever since.

In 2018 her linocut print ‘Cassette Tapes’ was selected as part of that years Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, curated by Grayson Perry. She was also one of three artists filmed for the BBC documentary program about the exhibition that year. She was selected again in 2019 with her ‘Cameras’ linocut print.

In 2020 she had her first solo show of paintings and prints at Don’t Walk Walk Gallery in Deal.

She sells her prints and paintings through her online shop and galleries throughout the UK. Her work is held in private collections internationally.

Upcoming Shows

  • Artwave - The Old Forge - South Heighton - September 2025

  • Christmas Artists Open House - 42 Sackville Gardens, Hove - Fox Forward Flowers Friends - November/December 2025

Exhibitions

2025

  • Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair - shortlisted ‘directors cut’

  • Lino Print 4 - The Horsebridge - group show - Whitstable

  • The Sight of Music - Centrespace Gallery - group show - Bristol

  • Affordable Art Fair - Lara Bowen Contemporary stand - Battersea London

2024

  • First & Last Gallery - solo show - Worthing

  • Affordable Art Fair - Lara Bowen Contemporary stand - Hampstead London

2023

  • Affordable Art Fair - Lara Bowen Contemporary stand - Battersea London

  • ‘Origins’ works on paper - group show Rhodes Gallery - London

2022

  • Kaigado Gallery- solo show - Tokyo Japan

  • Lino Print 3 - Centrespace Gallery - Bristol

2020

  • ‘Other Roads’ solo show - Don’t Walk Walk Gallery - Deal

2019

  • Royal Academy Summer Exhibition - London

  • ‘Connections’ solo show - Odd One Out Gallery - Hong Kong

2018

  • Royal Academy Summer Exhibition - London - featured on BBC documentary program

  • Affordable Art Fair - Pressing Matters stand - Battersea London

2017

  • Brighton Print Fair - awarded Pressing Matters printmaking prize

2015

  • ‘Masters of Relief’ curated by Angie Lewin - Bankside Gallery London

2014

  • National Original Print Exhibition - Bankside Gallery London

  • Affordable Art Fair - ‘Bip’ Brighton Printmakers stand - Battersea London

Press

  • Skate & Art 2025

  • Ten Poems about Running - Candlestick Press - 2022

  • Pressing Matters Magazine Issue 3 2018

  • Viva Magazine August 2017

  • UK Handmade Magazine autumn 2017

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