Breathe Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - Breathe
Breathe 2016
BreatheCarla HananiahBreathe
Breathe2016
oil on linen
87 x 66 cm
SOLD 
Refresh Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - Refresh
Refresh 2017
RefreshCarla HananiahRefresh
Refresh2017
oil on linen
76 x 102 cm
$4,000 framed  ENQUIRE
Darkness To Light Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - Darkness To Light
Darkness To Light 2016
Darkness To LightCarla HananiahDarkness To Light
Darkness To Light2016
acrylic on Arches paper
101 x 66.5 cm
SOLD 
Magnify Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - Magnify
Magnify 2016
MagnifyCarla HananiahMagnify
Magnify2016
oil on linen
91.5 x 122 cm
$5,200  ENQUIRE
Refined Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - Refined
Refined 2016
RefinedCarla HananiahRefined
Refined2016
oil on linen
91.5 x 122 cm
SOLD 
Flying Home 1 Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - Flying Home 1
Flying Home 1 2016
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Flying Home 12016
acrylic on Arches paper
55 x 77 cm
$800  Unframed  ENQUIRE
Tarry Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - Tarry
Tarry 2016
TarryCarla HananiahTarry
Tarry2016
oil on linen
91.5 x 122 cm
SOLD 
Flying Over Mt Kosciuszko National Park Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - Flying Over Mt Kosciuszko National Park
Flying Over Mt Kosciuszko National Park 2016
Flying Over Mt Kosciuszko National ParkCarla HananiahFlying Over Mt Kosciuszko National Park
Flying Over Mt Kosciuszko National Park2016
watercolour and iridescent medium on Arches paper
77 x 55 cm
SOLD 
Quiet Strength Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - Quiet Strength
Quiet Strength 2016
Quiet StrengthCarla HananiahQuiet Strength
Quiet Strength2016
oil on linen
122 x 168 cm
SOLD 
After The Rain Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - After The Rain
After The Rain 2016
After The RainCarla HananiahAfter The Rain
After The Rain2016
oil on linen
91.5 x 122 cm
$5,200  ENQUIRE
Mountains In Cobalt And Perylenes Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - Mountains In Cobalt And Perylenes
Mountains In Cobalt And Perylenes 2016
Mountains In Cobalt And PerylenesCarla HananiahMountains In Cobalt And Perylenes
Mountains In Cobalt And Perylenes2016
watercolour on Arches paper
77 x 55 cm
$800  Unframed  ENQUIRE
In The Wait Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - In The Wait
In The Wait 2016
In The WaitCarla HananiahIn The Wait
In The Wait2016
oil on linen
91.5 x 122 cm
$5,200  ENQUIRE
In The Shadow Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - In The Shadow
In The Shadow 2016
In The ShadowCarla HananiahIn The Shadow
In The Shadow2016
watercolour on Arches paper
55 x 77 cm
$1,500  Unframed  ENQUIRE
Dwell Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - Dwell
Dwell 2016
DwellCarla HananiahDwell
Dwell2016
oil on linen
51 x 41 cm
SOLD 
Silver Lining Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - Silver Lining
Silver Lining 2016
Silver LiningCarla HananiahSilver Lining
Silver Lining2016
watercolour on Arches paper
55 x 77 cm
$800  Unframed  ENQUIRE
Crowned In Ivory And Pearl Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - Crowned In Ivory And Pearl
Crowned In Ivory And Pearl 2016
Crowned In Ivory And PearlCarla HananiahCrowned In Ivory And Pearl
Crowned In Ivory And Pearl2016
oil on linen
91.5 x 122 cm
$5,200  ENQUIRE
Flying Home 2 Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - Flying Home 2
Flying Home 2 2016
Flying Home 2Carla HananiahFlying Home 2
Flying Home 22016
acrylic on Arches paper
55 x 77 cm
$800  Unframed  ENQUIRE
Dreams Dreamed Of Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - Dreams Dreamed Of
Dreams Dreamed Of 2016
Dreams Dreamed OfCarla HananiahDreams Dreamed Of
Dreams Dreamed Of2016
oil on linen
91.5 x 122 cm
SOLD 
The Mountain And I Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - The Mountain And I
The Mountain And I 2016
The Mountain And ICarla HananiahThe Mountain And I
The Mountain And I2016
oil on linen
91.5 x 122 cm
$5,200  ENQUIRE
Traversing Mt Hope Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - Traversing Mt Hope
Traversing Mt Hope 2016
Traversing Mt HopeCarla HananiahTraversing Mt Hope
Traversing Mt Hope2016
oil on linen
91.5 x 122 cm
$5,200  ENQUIRE
Still Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - Still
Still 2017
StillCarla HananiahStill
Still2017
oil on board
30 x 24.5 cm
$1,600 framed  ENQUIRE
Study For Intrepid Hope Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - Study For Intrepid Hope
Study For Intrepid Hope 2016
Study For Intrepid HopeCarla HananiahStudy For Intrepid Hope
Study For Intrepid Hope2016
oil on board
29 x 39.5 cm
SOLD 
Study For Still Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - Study For Still
Study For Still 2016
Study For StillCarla HananiahStudy For Still
Study For Still2016
watercolour on Arches paper
55 x 77 cm
$800  Unframed  ENQUIRE
Intrepid Hope Carla Hananiah Carla Hananiah - Intrepid Hope
Intrepid Hope 2016
Intrepid HopeCarla HananiahIntrepid Hope
Intrepid Hope2016
oil on linen
91.5 x 122 cm
$5,200  ENQUIRE

Of late, and upon reflection on how fast paced our world can be, I have a renewed appreciation of time, and of being in the wait without distraction. For me, anticipation and hope are felt in the darkness: during the cold, quiet vigil for dawn, with the uncertain reward of good light. There is a lot to notice, discern, consider, learn and immerse oneself in during any waiting period. Conceptually, an active waiting has remained with me. The conclusion that I have drawn is that peace and beauty are found in patience. One must learn to breathe with the knowledge that the small moments of taking notice carry significance.

This body of work spans a variety of scenes stumbled upon in my travels. It was created in response to the pure joy found in the beauty of a particular moment. As always, my paintings are less about specific places; rather they pose as a reflection of the emotion brought within that slice of time and how the landforms evoke a solidarity with my internal journey. I seek to capture and share what my experience has been in those times—whether that is within a quiet space, when being captivated by that special light, or when awestruck by the immense scale of a mountain. I have danced in childlike delight beside a pond in a moody, ephemeral lit sky in the middle of nowhere. I have felt intense awe at the scale of the mountains looming over me and the depth of the lakes. I have stood still on a summer morning in a pastoral countryside with my feet in the dewy grass and discovered new perspectives, lines and golden light from the air. This is the sheer beauty that brings hope, reminds me to keep going, and to stop and contemplate.

Time spent in the studio quietly working on these scenes whilst listening to piano scores has been a solace and a joy. Working in watercolour on paper using transparent layers of colour has in turn informed the way in which I have approached working in oils. I have sought to capture the brilliance of colour and the luminous light of sky or mountain face using glazed layers of paint. Both mediums have become of equal importance in my practice.

Carla Hananiah July 2016

Intimate knowledge of colour frames the foundation for Carla Hananiah’s balancing act between nature and artifice. Her paintings depict vast stretches of New Zealand and Australian mountain and sky most often at the “magic hour” – at dawn or dusk when unreal and powerful, dramatic slanting sunlight moves fleetingly across the landscape, creating tonalities and hues to dazzle the eye.

In the studio she returns to field notes and sketches and, in an almost diaristic fashion, responds to the land and sky in paint. The tension she sets up between the self and the impersonal grounds her work: her use of heightened, complementary colour and shimmering fluorescent paint underscores inquiry into consideration of the environment and our place within it as well as our present moment’s complex relationship to “Nature”.

“When I arrive into the landscape, it’s almost as if I’ve let go of a breath I’ve been holding for a long time,” she says. “I am a Romantic, and I paint to capture the essence of the sublime expressed through natural beauty”.

Carla holds a Masters of Fine Arts through Research, a Master of Art and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of New South Wales. She has exhibited throughout Australia and is the recipient of multiple prizes including Mosman Art Prize Viewers’ Choice Award (2012), the Blake Prize Society’s John Coburn Emerging Artist Award (2011), the Hornsby Art Prize (2011) and the Winsor & Newton Start Your Studio Scholarship (2009).

Carla Hananiah

Born 1982, Auckland, New Zealand

Lives and works in Sydney, Australia

EDUCATION

2012

  • Master of Fine Arts by Research, University of New South Wales

2008

  • Master of Art, University of New South Wales

2004

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018

  • 'Fleeting Wonders', Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane (forthcoming)

2017

  • 'Full Immersion', Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

2016

  • 'In the Wait', Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane

2015

  • 'Mapping the Insurmountable', Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
  • 'Traversing, Undaunted', Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane

2013

  • 'Ever Brighter', Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
  • 'Late have I loved you, o’beauty ever ancient ever new', Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

2012

  • 'In the Cool of the Day', Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
  • 'As Morning Dawns and Evening Fades', Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

2011

  • 'SCAPE', Artereal Gallery, Sydney
  • 'The Exchange', Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney

2010

  • 'DIRT', College of Fine Art Space, Sydney
  • 'Sublime', Artereal Gallery, Sydney

2009

  • 'Busting Out: Masters of Their Own Domain', Galleries on Wentworth, Sydney

2008

  • 'Works on Paper', Beowulf Galleries

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • 'Unfolding Splendour', Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

2014

  • 'Sense of Surround', Edwina Corlette Gallery
  • 'Land of Wonder', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
  • 'Under the Sun', Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
  • Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney

2013

  • 'Imaginings', Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
  • 'In the Scheme of Things', Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

2012

  • Mosman Art Prize, The Schoolhouse Gallery, Tasmania
  • The Schoolhouse Gallery, Tasmania
  • Manning Regional Art Gallery, NSW
  • 'Small Works Summer Show', Edwina Corlette Gallery

2011

  • Blake Prize, National Art School Gallery, Sydney,
  • Blake Prize Touring Exhibition
  • Queensland University of Technology Gallery, Brisbane
  • Delmar Gallery, Sydney
  • Burrinja Art Centre, Victoria
  • CBP Law Firm, Artereal Gallery, Sydney
  • Hornsby Art Prize, Cherrybrook Community Centre, Sydney
  • Finalist Blacktown Art Prize, Blacktown Art Centre, Sydney
  • Finalist Waverly Art Prize, Waverly Woollahra Art School, Sydney

2010

  • Blacktown Art Prize, Blacktown Art Centre, Sydney
  • John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Regional Gallery, NSW
  • Norvill Art Prize, Murrarundi Art Centre, NSW
  • Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Regional Gallery, NSW
  • Waverly Art Prize, Waverly Woollahra Art School, Sydney

2009

  • UNSW Arc Annual Exhibition, Kudos Gallery
  • Liverpool City Open Art Prize, Casula Powerhouse,
  • Face of Compassion Art Prize, Erskine St Gallery, Sydney
  • Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
  • Lloyd Rees Art Prize, Centrehouse Gallery, Sydney
  • Waverly Art Prize, Waverly Woollahra Art School, Sydney

2004

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graduation Show, COFA, UNSW, Sydney

AWARDS AND PRIZES

2012

  • Winner, The Mosman Art Prize Viewers Choice Award

2011

  • Winner, The Blake Prize Society’s John Coburn Emerging Artist Award
  • Winner, Hornsby Art Prize
  • Winner, Winsor & Newton Start your Studio Scholarship
  • Finalist, Blacktown Art Prize, Blacktown Art Centre, Sydney
  • Finalist, Waverly Art Prize, Waverly Woollahra Art School, Sydney

2010

  • Finalist, Blacktown Art Prize, Blacktown Art Centre, Sydney
  • Finalist, John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Regional Gallery, NSW
  • Finalist, Norvill Art Prize, Murrarundi Art Centre, NSW
  • Finalist, Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Regional Gallery, NSW
  • Finalist, Waverly Art Prize, Sydney

2009

  • 2nd Runner-Up Award, UNSW Arc Annual Exhibition, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
  • Finalist, Liverpool City Open Art Prize, Casula Powerhouse,
  • Finalist, Face of Compassion Art Prize, Erskine St Gallery, Sydney
  • Finalist, Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
  • Finalist, Lloyd Rees Art Prize, Centrehouse Gallery, Sydney
  • Finalist, Waverly Art Prize, Waverly Woollahra Art School, Sydney

2008

  • Finalist National Tertiary Art Prize, Sydney University Campus, Sydney

COLLECTIONS

  • Trinity College, Melbourne, Victoria
  • Macquarie Bank, New South Wales
  • Hornsby Shire Council, New South Wales
  • Private collections in Australia and Internationally

July 8, 2017

CARLA HANANIAH: MAD ABOUT MINI COLLABORATION

Carla Hananiah has collaborated with Australian children's wear label Mad About Mini for their 2017 Winter Collection.  Of the collection Mad About Mini says:

We had the privilege of collaborating with one of Australia’s up-and-coming artists, Carla Hananiah, whose painting “Mountains” is featured for the 2017 Winter Collection. Carla has been the recipient of several prestigious awards and has showcased her work in regular exhibitions since 2009. Carla has an incredible talent for capturing all that is breathtaking and majestic about nature. This particular watercolour is a scene from one of her favourite spots in the south island of New Zealand, a place she refers to as ‘paradise’. For Carla, this immense beauty takes her beyond her ‘everyday’ and awakens her imagination to new discoveries and new adventures! 

View more here.

February 28, 2015

Carla Hananiah features in Daily Life

In an article from Daily Life, Carla Hananiah was named one of seven young artists to invest in now. 

Carla’s technique has drawn great attention. Exuberant brush strokes and marbled skies uniquely capture light, shadow and shape across immense spaces. The purity of colour in her works also purveys a sense of mysticism bordering on the spiritual.

Read the full article here.

29 August 2018 – 15 September 2018
THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION

22 May 2018 – 9 June 2018
Carla Hananiah ‘Fleeting Wonders’

12 July 2016 – 2 August 2016
Carla Hananiah ‘In The Wait’

9 – 27 September 2014
Sense of Surround (Gallery 2)

18 June 2013 – 6 July 2013
Carla Hananiah ‘Ever Brighter’

25 September 2012 – 13 October 2012
Carla Hananiah ‘In the Cool of the Day’