Hannah Aiello is an emerging artist based on Yunbenun/Magnetic Island, North Queensland. She has pursued a career in art full-time since May 2023, when she took up permanent residency at the Jungle Club Creative Studios on Magnetic Island.

In 2023, she became an International Brand Ambassador for Rockwell Canada watercolour paints. In 2024, she completed the Transitions mentorship program for emerging artists through Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, working with mentor Dr Barbara Cheshire on portraiture and oil painting techniques.

Exhibitions

• Finalist, Rockwell Global ‘Let’s Rock’ Annual Prize 2024 for Once Held, Forever Felt

• Publication, Women Artists on the Rise, Arts to Heart, 2024

• Finalist, Kennedy Art Prize 2024, for Waiting for Pho

• Finalist, Lethbridge 20000 Award 2024 for He’d Like to Come and Meet Us, but He Thinks He’ll Blow Our Minds

• Grammar Art Show exhibitor 2024

• Finalist, Rockwell Global ‘Let’s Rock’ Annual Prize 2023 for Levi, the Dreamer and Paperbark 1

• Finalist, Revival Art and Design Emerging Artist Award 2023 for He’d Like to Come and Meet Us, but He Thinks He’ll Blow Our Minds

• Finalist, National Capital Art Prize 2023 (Sustainability section) with A Shadow of Her Former Shelf

• Aspire Gallery ‘Little Feature Wall’ June 2023 for Ghostly Gums 1 and Ghostly Gums 2’

• Finalist, Aspire Gallery Foot Square Competition and Exhibition 2023 with Petal Power and The Dance

• Winner, Murky Waters Gallery ‘Golden Paintbrush Award’ (Best in Show) 2023 for ‘Kate Moss’

• Group exhibition, Transitions Program 2024, Perc Tucker Gallery

• Group exhibition, ‘Artificial’, Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts 2024

• Group exhibition, Townsville Art Society 2023

• Group exhibition, ‘Time and Space’, Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts 2023

• Group exhibition, ‘Echo’, The Side Gallery (Red Hill, Brisbane) 2023

• Group exhibition, Da Nang Artist Collective, Vietnam 2017

Commercial work

• Poster art and end credit cast portraits for Cheeky Moon’s web-series, ‘It’s a Cult’! 2022

• ‘Exquisite Portraits’, Townsville Galleries, Perc Tucker Gallery July 2024

• Jewelry designer, Ava’na Concept Store, Hoi An, Vietnam

• Stair risers (acrylic), Randy’s Book Xchange, Hoi An, Vietnam

• Signage and wall art, Chain of Life jewelry store, Hoi An, Vietnam

Workshops

• Curlews and Coffee, watercolour workshops, Jungle Club, Magnetic Island 2025

• Gum Leaf Watercolours, Paint ‘n’ Sip, ,Restaurant Elsie November 2024

• Watercolour Christmas Cards Paint ‘n’ Sip, Restaurant Elsie, December 2024

• Sculpt ‘n’ Sip (Textured Art) Jungle Club, Magnetic Island May 2023 and Selina, September 2023

• Sculpt ‘n’ Sip (Polymer Clay Jewellery) Jungle Club, Magnetic Island 2023

• Paint ‘n’ Sip (Watercolour Gum Leaves) Jungle Club, Magnetic Island 2023

• Host of monthly Sunday Art Club, Jungle Club