Hannah Starkey
born 1971 in Belfast, Hannah Starkey lives and works in London. Hannah Starkey studied at Napier University, Edinburgh and received her M.A. at Royal College of Art in London. Selected solo exhibitions include Maureen Paley  Interim Art, London (2004), Monica de Cardenas, Milan (2002), Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2000), Castello di Rivoli, Turin (2000), Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam (1999);  Cornerhouse, Manchester (1999); Galleria Raucci/Santamaria, Naples (1999); Maureen Paley  Interim Art, London (1998). Selected group exhibitions include Lisboa Photo 2005, Lisbon; Take Five ! Huis Marseille turns five, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (2004); Sodium Dreams, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, New York (2003); The New Art Gallery, Walsall (2002);  Landscape, Saatchi Gallery, London (2002); Melancholy, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland (2001);  Telling Tales: Narrative Impulses in Recent Art, Tate Liverpool (2001); Suspendidos, Centro de Fotografía, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain (2000); Clues, Monte Video, Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam (1999); 3rd International Tokyo Photo Bienalle, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan (1999);  Real Life, Galleria SALES, Rome (1998); Sightings, New Photographic Art, I.C.A., London (1998).  Hannah Starkey have been honoured the following awards:  The St, JamesGroup Ltd Photography Prize (2002); Award for Excellence, 3rd International Tokyo Photo Bienalle, Tokyo (1998); The Photographers Gallery Award, London (1997) and John Kobal Portrait Award (1997). Recent commissions include Ballantyne Commission, Milan (2003), 1st Commission, Level 1 Bookstore, Tate Modern, London (1998); The National Museum of Photography, Film and Television (1997).