Miriam Hancill (born 1992, Sunderland) is an Edinburgh-based visual artist and researcher, working primarily in the field of expanded printmaking.
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Miriam Hancill (born 1992, Sunderland) is an Edinburgh-based visual artist and researcher, working primarily in the field of expanded printmaking.
Her artistic practice thematises the generative nature of the printmaker’s studio, re-contextualising its apparatus and processes from mechanical means of technical mastery to central elements in the artist’s decision-making process. It makes explicit the media, tools, decisions and actions of the printmaker within the workshop setting, highlighting the labour and tactile nature of their practical application.
Recent exhibitions include peripheral acts, Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art, UK. (2023); PhD Showcase 2023, The Fire Station at Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK; South College Street: Past, Present, Future, Edinburgh Futures Institute at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. (2022-23); OutBound, Out of The Blue (Drill Hall), Edinburgh, UK. (2021).
Miriam is currently working on her PhD by practice at Edinburgh College of Art, funded by the ECA PhD Scholarship (2021-2024). She holds an MFA in Contemporary Art Practice from Edinburgh College of Art (2020), and a BA (hons) in Fine Art from Newcastle University (2015).