Hannah Rollings

Hannah Rollings is a painter, educator, and researcher based in the Surrey Hills. Her work explores our relationship with the natural world, often bridging studio and plein air practice through expressive mark-making and vibrant colour. A practice-led PhD on “picturing trees,” completed through Kingston University in collaboration with the Forestry Commission, marked a turning point in her career—shifting her focus from commercial illustration to immersive, landscape-based work.

She has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally. In 2024, her residency at SeeFood Room Gallery in Hong Kong culminated in a solo exhibition of new works exploring the space between abstraction and representation. In spring 2025, she unveiled a commissioned exhibition with Chartreuse in Paris, featuring a series of botanical paintings inspired by the monastery’s centuries-old herbal knowledge.

Her paintings invite a sensory connection with nature, moving beyond representation to evoke presence, memory, and place. Hannah’s work is held in private collections across the UK, Europe, Asia, and the US.