Molly Hankinson is a UK artist based between Glasgow and London. Her work interrogates and celebrates ‘safe spaces and the people who occupy them’, weaving narratives of collective gendered experiences, shared empathy, and radical confidence. Incorporating the aesthetics of bright and considered colour placement with use of continuous line, Molly is particularly interested in how her art can evoke a feeling, offer comfort, and serve as sites of power.
She works across a broad range of artistic practices, from large-scale mural work, to painting, printmaking, and hand-drawn and digital illustration.
She has worked with brands such as The Body Shop, Lucozade, Sky Arts, Fritz Kola, the SFA and FA, and selected charities including Global Network of Sex Work Projects, and Coppafeel!
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
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.
Brown, Hannah: "St James Quarter: Glasgow-based artist creates self-love mural for Edinburgh The Body Shop concept store"
Edinburgh Evening News, 28th June 2021.
The Scotsman, 14th April 2021
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.