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Hannah Uzor Quotes

born 1982 United Kingdom

Hannah Uzor (born 1982) is a British-Zambian painter

United Kingdom
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All my portraits are made up of layers of a personality, constructed from everything I can find about them."

“I’ve always been drawn to the human figure and how it can embody the stories, histories and memories that we carry with us.

Colour is one of the most important things in a work of art, because it can really speak to the atmosphere

“I researched and depicted people who were racialised as Black and how their lives were negatively affected by this.

really important to capture the soul of the person" and she had tried to "get a sense of who she is".

Every artistic depiction of the human figure signifies a specific time and social context. Translating that onto canvas is really important for me so that I can use the body as a holder for

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Hannah Uzor (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.