HANNAH HILL HANNAH ROBINSON

Hannah Hill, a London based illustrative artist specialising in hand embroidery and textiles. My work tells human stories, full of bold colourful motifs representing history, sex, politics and emotions. I’m inspired and motivated by humans’ 40,000-year connection with the needle and thread. My point of view stems from being half coloniser, half colonised, living in London, one of the most diverse cities in the world, while in the centre of what was the most successful European empire.

My illustration inspired by Boris and the rest of this Tory party is fuelled by anger, outrage, and frustration. When I voted for Corbyn’s socialist manifesto in 2019, which aimed to create a fairer society for all, I knew the evil of the Tory party would know no bounds. The pandemic showed truly how greedy, evil, selfish and fascist this government have been, creating hostile racist environments which deports refugees, allowing over 170,000 people to die of covid in a supposedly rich and developed nation with a national health service, dishing out dodgy contracts to other greedy rich friends while the general public struggle to feed their families and heat their homes. My anger and hatred for the Tory party, for the media and for the centre/right of the Labour party is endless and that has fuelled some of my artwork in recent years.” – Hannah Hill

Hannah Robinson is an illustrator and cartoonist based in London, United Kingdom. Her work never shies away from the rude and silly, using humorous characters to grapple with the ever-changing contemporary world. Aged twenty three, Hannah’s position as a cartoonist is firmly shaped by her generation - one too young to vote in the Brexit referendum and apprehensive of the socio-economic future ahead. Her work has appeared numerous times in The New Yorker and The Guardian among other publications.

Personal experience during the Boris years was complex, but it was student life that I tended to explore through drawing. As Boris’ cabinet mismanaged the pandemic, my student community struggled through a lockdown of deadlines and exams that still counted towards our futures. No more were the days of stimulating tutorial discussions, parties and day trips. Nor could we get a drink to let off steam after weeks of exams. As I finished my last exam in my bedroom, I remember closing the laptop with the words ‘….I guess that’s it then?’ I was lucky enough to have wonderful flatmates though who, through games, experimental recipes and movie nights, helped me get through this isolating period.” – Hannah Robinson