Hannah French is a visual artist and content producer hailing from Natimuk, Regional Victoria. She works across many different disciplines including animation, video, projection and illustration. In 2019 she directed the Nati Frinj Biennale. Hannah is continually fascinated by visual storytelling and the possibilities of stories being presented in surprising ways. She often finds herself working with children and young people and in regional communities.

Selected Creative Projects


2022

Projection Artist Gatherings, St Arnaud / Horsham Regional Art Gallery Art Club tutor, Horsham /

2021

Artist, The Big Drive - part of Me and Uoo Uoo Royal Children's Hospital 150 Anniversary Art Trail, Bourke Street Bridge, Melbourne / Lead Artist, Future Surface Augmented Reality project, Art is... festival, Horsham (continued from 2020) / ACRE 21 Lake Charm residency / Park Drive toilet artwork commission, Horsham / NBN Art Box contributing artist, Horsham

2020

Lead Artist, Future Surface Augmented Reality project, Art is... festival, Horsham / Projection Installation, New Years Eve, Horsham / Online Stop Motion workshop facilitator, Horsham Regional Art Gallery School holiday program / From Gums to Grass, Simpson Primary School Creative Learning Partnership residency, Simpson VIC / St Patricks Primary School and Concongella Primary School, online animation creation projects / Photographer, Fibreworks /

2019

Director, Nati Frinj Biennale, Natimuk / Project Coordinator, Art Is... Festival Spring into Winter, Horsham / Curator, Moulding at the Goat, Goat Gallery Natimuk / Workshop facilitator, Encounter, Dimboola Primary School / Projection, Art Is... Festival Winter Warmer, Horsham / Animator and workshop facilitator, Regeneration project, Haven / Filmmaking workshops, Endoreic Film Festival, Yarriambiak Shire Council, Hopetoun


2018

Filmmaking workshops, Endoreic Film Festival, Yarriambiak Shire Council, Hopetoun / Filmmaker, Silk and Textile Documentary for Beautiful Silks, India


2017

Production Design Studio Set, Death of an Axolotl, film, Brunswick / Filmmaker, Possible Not documentary, Nati Frinj Biennale, Natimuk / Creative Victoria Artists in Schools Residency, Willaura Lights Up, Willaura Primary School / Creatures Exhibition, Glimspe Gallery, High Street, Northcote / Dogs in Art Group Exhibition, Backspace Gallery, Ballarat / Filmmaking tutor, Endoeric filmmaking Workshops, Yarriambaiak Shire / Curlew Pays a Visit, Unicorn Lane Gallery, Ballarat


2016

Tour Manager/OHS Opera in the Air (YSpace), Yae / Filmmaking tutor, Endoeric filmmaking Workshops, Yarriambaiak Shire / Animator, Fabulous Beats, Art Is… Festival, Horsham


2015

Director, The Wimmera, Short Film for Art Is… Festival, Horsham / Artist, Shelters Project, Artplay, Melbourne / Production Manager and OHS, Nati Frinj Festival, Natimuk / Animator and Filmmaker as part of Rising Lights, Nati Frinj Festival, Natimuk


2014

Production Design, The Art of F*cking, La Mama, Carlton


2013

Animator, The 25 Project, Joymas Productions, Brisbane / Art Director, Break the Rock, Mohworks Films, Brisbane


2011

Solo Exhibition, Evolve, Kent St Bar, Collingwood


2009

Lead artist, Once Upon a Time in Natimuk, The Nati Frinj, Natimuk / Lead artist, Fire Stories: Coming Together Project, Awakenings, Horsham / Animator, Picture Stories, Horsham Regional Art Gallery / Animator, The Festival For Healthy Living, Warracknabeal