Molly Hankinson is a UK artist based between Glasgow and London. She works across a broad range of artistic practices, from large-scale mural work, to studio painting, printmaking, and illustration.
Her work interrogates and celebrates ‘safe spaces and the people who occupy them’, weaving narratives of personal and collective experiences into her bright, bold and unflinching artworks. Overall, Molly is particularly interested in how her art can evoke a feeling, offer comfort, and serve as sites of power.
Selected clients: Tramway, Moniker Art Foundation, Jubel, The Glasgow School of Art, The Body Shop, Lucozade, Chivas Regal, Sky Arts, Fritz Kola, Scottish Football Association, The University of Glasgow, Coppafeel!, The Global Network of Sex Work Projects,
COMMUNITy & workshops
Awards
Chorus Arts Featured Artist Programme 2024
12-month Graduate Studio Residency at SWG3 Studio Warehouse 2018-2019.
Aon Community Art Award 2018
Sixfoot Gallery's 'Best of Scottish Degree Shows' 2018
Selected Press
Woodward, Adam: "BuildHollywood x Uncle celebrate love with nationwide street gallery"
Creative Review, 8th January 2026
Pencheva, Polya: "Molly Hankinson: Art with a message"
UPMag, May 2024
Rawlings, Charlotte: "'Art is controversial': the power of street art in the digital age"
Campaign, April 2023
Williams, Craig: "Glasgow mural artist in tribute to the ‘forgotten’ Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh"
The Herald, 16th October 2022.
MacWhirter, Marissa: "Artist inspired by two Partick women for new Glasgow mural"
The Glasgow Times, 17 June 2022.
Lee, Iona: "Molly Hankinson on Social Media, Femininity and Taking up Space"
Bella Caledonia, 15 October 2020.
Cowan, Katie: "Bold and Lush Detailed Illustrations by Molly Hankinson that Celebrate Glasgow and its Women"
Creative Boom, 15 October 2020.
Mansfield, Susan: “Susan Mansfield on The Glasgow School of Art’s Degree Show”
The Scotsman, 2 June 2018.
Patience, Jan: “Galleries: Glasgow School of Art Degree Show”
The Herald, 2 June 2018.