Molly Hankinson is a visual artist and illustrator from Lewisham in South East London, currently working between London and Glasgow. She graduated in Fine Art: Painting and Printmaking from The Glasgow School of Art in 2018, and was then awarded the graduate studio residency at SWG3 Studio Warehouse, where she now has her primary studio. Molly looks at the honest and unapologetic representation of people who experience misogyny, with an unparalleled and celebratory reclamation and ownership of space evident in her work. Incorporating the aesthetics of bright and considered colour placement with use of continuous line, Molly creates ‘bold and subtly detailed, inclusive celebrations of feminine vitality’.
Clients Include The Body Shop, Tennents Lager, Amazon Handmade, The Global Network of Sex Work Projects, Heverlee x Melting Pot, and Folk Co-living.
Selected Exhibitions
Press
Patience, Jan: "Get on board with brilliant street art at Glasgow’s SWG3", The Sunday Post, 12 December 2021.
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.
Jenkins, Carla: "SWG3s is Celebrating Pubs Reopening With a New Dog-themed Mural", Glasgow Live, 21st April 2021.
Brown, Hannah: "'Have a Belter': Glasgow-based Artists Team up to Create Large-scale Colourful Mural for Beer Gardens Reopening at SWG3's Yardworks in Glasgow", The Scotsman, 28th April 2021.
Jenkins, Carla: "Shawlands Murals Show First Look of New Southside Art Trail", Glasgow Live, 21st April 2021.
Brown, Hannah: "'It Makes People Feel Proud of Where They Come From': Female Artists Part of Colourful Project to Rejuvenate the Southside of Glasgow With Mural Art Trail", The Scotsman, 14th April 2021.
Fotheringham, Ann: "Glasgow's Latest Street Art Mural Honours Pollok 'Superwoman'", Glasgow Times, 9th March 2021.
Lennon, Holly: "Pollok Mum-of-Five Celebrated for Community Work During Pandemic with Mural", Glasgow Live, 8th March 2021.
Carrick, Heather: "Gorbals Art: Glasgow-based Artist Launches Street Exhibition in City Locations", Glasgow Times, 16 October 2020.
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.
Jenkins, Carla: "Female-led Food Collective Celebrate Southside Cafe with Mural by Glasgow Artist", Glasgow Live, 22 August 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.
Other Achievements
Shortlisted for The Clarice Pears design and development project.
Selected for the 12-month Graduate Studio Residency at SWG3 Studio Warehouse 2018-2019.
Selected for the 2018 Aon Community Art Award.
Selected for Sixfoot Gallery's 'Best of Scottish Degree Shows'.
Selected in 2012 for my work to displayed in the Haberdasher’s Hall, City of London for 12 months.
Collections
Private Collections in London (UK), Glasgow (UK), Edinburgh (UK), Newcastle (UK), Leeds (UK), Montejaque (Spain), Barnham (UK)