Hanna Kay

Born in Tel-Aviv, Israel

Lives and works in the Hunter Valley NSW, Australia.

Art education: Tel-Aviv, Israel and Vienna Austria
BA Semiotics and Philosophy, University of Sydney, Australia
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney, Australia

Before arriving in Australia in 1989 exhibited in Museums and galleries in Israel, Germany, Austria, and across the U.S.A. In Australia - has been exhibiting regularly in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. In addition, has had survey exhibitions in selected Regional Galleries and Museums, and participated in numerous group exhibitions in both commercial and public art galleries and museums.

Selected solo exhibitions:

Selected group exhibitions:

           
bibliography:

books and monographs

Shifting Horizons – PhD project, Janet Clayton Gallery, Sydney (2019)
Circularity – in collaboration with Janet Clayton Gallery, Sydney (formerly Wilson St. Gallery (2011)
Weightlessness – paintings 2004-2010, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre (2010)
Undertow – an exhibition commissioned by the Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW. (2010)
Notes from the Shed – an illustrated journal Palgrave, Macmillan Art Publishing (2007)
Collection of drawings for “The Gatekeeper’s Wife” by Fay Zwicky, Brandl & Schlesinger Australia (1997)
Collection of drawings for “Woman - first person singular” by Rebecca Rass, Bitan Israel (1995)
The love of women – illustrations for classic and contemporary erotic poetry, Bitan Israel (1970) 

selected press review:

1970 – 1989 -  Davar, Ma’riv, Ha’aretz, World of Art, Ha’ir, Yediot Haharonot, New York Times, Connecticut Times, Die Zeit, Die Presse, Art Forum, Arts New York, and more.
1990 – 2011 - The Sydney Morning Herald, The Adelaide Advertiser, 4x5: contemporary art in Israel and abroad, Canberra Times, Art in Australia, The Newcastle Herald, Epoch Times, and more.

selected articles and essays:

 “Bress” magazine, Amsterdam  1978            
“Heresies” magazine, New York  1978
“Heresies” magazine, New York  1979
“Omni” magazine, New York  1979
“Omni” magazine, New York  1980
“Omni” magazine, (Omni Art Collection), New York  1981
“Omni” magazine, New York  1983
Art in America, New York February 1982.      
The Jewish Times, Sydney May 1990, April 1994, May 1999 
The Adelaide Advertiser, June 1992, July 1994
The Adelaide Review, July 1992, July 1994, May 1999,
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 1993, September 1995, January 1997
“4x5: contemporary art in Israel and abroad”, Aug. 1995 
Visibly Female: Feminism and Art Today, Hilary Robinson, Univers New York 1988
The Heroine’s Journey, Maureen Murdock, Shambhala, Boston & London 1990
“New Art Four” Craftsman House Australia (1990)
“Images in Contemporary Australian Painting", Craftsman House Australia (1992)
Art Link Vol 11, Australia 1993
Images 2, Craftsman House Australia (1994)
Dictionary of Australian women artists, Craftsman House Australia (1994)
Journal of Literature and Aesthetics, Sydney University 1995
Hermes, magazine of literature and art, Sydney University 1995
4x5: contemporary art in Israel and abroad, November 1995
 “New Visions, New Perspectives: voices of contemporary australian women artists”,
                                                                                Anna Voigt, Craftsman House Australia (1996)
“Images 3”, Craftsman House Australia (1998)
Australian Artist March 2002
Hunter Style January 2003
“Terminal Magazine” 21st art, autumn 2006 New York, Tel Aviv
50 + : half a century of collecting in Muswellbrook Regional Arts centre  (2008)
The international encyclopaedia of Surreal Art, first German edition (2009)
NASHIM: A Journal of Jewish Women’s Studies and Gender Issues, Indiana University Press, no. 19 Spring 2010
'An Angel a Day', Paula Stevenson, magazine article
Lexikon der phantastischen Künstler (Lexicon of Surrealist Art), by Gerhard Habarta, Austria, 2010, 2013, 2017
Art Reveal Magazine, Interview, issue #31 June 21, 2017 p. 40-45 - ISBN 9781389862953
'Force of Nature' by Jo Moulton, February 17, 2018, https://www.biophiliarts.com/single-post/2018/02/17/Force-of-Nature-Hanna-Kay 
Artist Profile, Interview, May 2018, http://www.artistprofile.com.au/heather-ellyard-hanna-kay/
Eastside Radio, interview May 31st, 2018, https://eastsidefm.org/episodes/arts-thursday-1030am-31st-may-2018/

books and monographs

Trajectory 2014 - Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre - ISBN 978-0-93596781-6-12
Trajectory - Janet Clayton Gallery, Sydney (2012)
Circularity - Janet Clayton Gallery, Sydney (2011)
Weightlessness - paintings 2004-2010, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre (2010)
Undertow - exhibition commissioned by the Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW. (2010)
Notes from the Shed - an illustrated journal Palgrave, Macmillan Art Publishing (2007) - ISBN 978-1-876832-58-2
Drawings for “The Gatekeeper’s Wife” poems by Fay Zwicky, Brandl & Schlesinger Australia (1997)
Drawings for “Woman - first person singular” by Rebecca Rass, Bitan Israel (1995)
Drawings for “For the Love of Women”,  classic and contemporary erotic poetry, Bitan Israel (1970)

documentaries

the beholder...(2004) - Leslie Wand Productions  http://vimeo.com/1116180
notes from the shed (2006) - Leslie Wand Productions  http://vimeo.com/878437
waterways (2009) - w@nd - http://vimeo.com/5951163
undertow (2009) - w@and - http://vimeo.com/6977225
circularity (2011) - w@nd - http://vimeo.com/27364276
equilibrium (2013) - w@nd - http://vimeo.com/58271084

other

2019 - Residency at Multiculture Arts Centre & Jingzhe Artspace, Zhouzhuang China
2007 - Turning the Pages - Art and Science Environmental public project - Online Video
1999 - 2016 Lecturer at the School of Culture and Languages, University of Sydney