b. 1996. Bradford, UK.



Hannah Ackroyd is an illustrator and educator based in Leeds, UK. Hannah’s practice-led research explores various approaches to image-making through processes such as bookmaking, collage, printmaking, photography, and writing. Hannah explores these mediums as processes of recording and exploring the narrative interplay between them. Archiving ephemera and documenting places are the starting point to explore the relationship between personal and collective memory. Imagery and language become symbolic and instructive to the process of making as a mnemonic process; building a visual language that questions the representation and perception of images and places.

Instagram: @hanack_
Email for enquries, collaborations and commisions: heackroyd@gmail.com

EXHIBITIONS

2024/ UAL ‘Illustration & Heritage’ conference, Chelsea College of Arts, London
2024/ MSMSw/UFC01, SERF, Leeds
2024/ Ground Test, GLOAM, Sheffield
2023/ On Reflection, Wondering People, Bow Arts, London
2022/ Very Nice, Very Cloudy, De Liceiras 18, Porto
2022/ IT IS SOLVED BY WALKING, Village Bookstore, Leeds
2022/ Rendez-vous, MyPlace, Leipzig
2021/ Amongst the Chaos, Wondering People, London
2019/ Speaking in Dog Tongues, De Liceiras 18, Porto
2019/ Sorry About the Sound, De Liceiras 18, Porto
2019/ SCORCHED, secret location, Porto
2019/ We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Show,  Copeland Park, London
2019/ IA BA Graduate Degree Show, Kingston School of Art, London
2018/ O Fragmento Perdido, Holding Space, Saltaire
2018/ Dead Horse, De Liceiras 18, Porto
2018/ Para Bom Entendedor, De Liceiras 18, Porto
2018/ Emergency Exit, De Liceiras 18, Porto
2017/ De 'Licious, De Liceiras 18, Porto
2017/ The Platform Gallery, London

SCHOLARSHIP
2021/ IC Visual Lab, RAW-CLASS, Bristol

EDUCATION
2025-2027/ Illustration MA, Falmouth University
2022-2024/ Postgraduate Certificate in Education & Lifelong learning, University of Huddersifeld
2015-2019/ BA (Hons) Illustration Animation, Kingston School of Art
2017-2018/ Escola Superior de Artes & Design, Porto (PT), Erasmus+
2014-2015/ Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, Leeds Art University