“What makes the paintings unique is the refusal to separate beauty from doubt or intimacy from impermanence.”
India Hanlon’s work explores the fleeting moments between people, gestures, pauses, and tensions, capturing these through layered oil paintings influenced by Eastern philosophy. Her compositions blur figures into abstraction, reflecting the flow of time and memory rather than freezing a single moment.
Beginning with charcoal sketches on tracing paper, India builds slow, intuitive paintings that evolve through layers. She consciously limits her media consumption to create space for silence and reflection, allowing her work to become more abstract and deeply connected to thought and impermanence. Increasingly, India is exploring mural installations, expanding her practice beyond the canvas to create immersive environments that engage with her themes of transience and connection. The art does not seek to provide answers but holds space for questions, embracing uncertainty in a fast-moving world. India’s quietness and resistance to noise shape how she sees, feels, and paints.
India Hanlon was born in Manchester and holds a BA Hons in Fine Art Drawing from Camberwell College of Arts, 2025.
