Oil Painter & Muralist

Hannah Brouard is a Mauritian-born artist based in Australia whose practice reflects the emotional weight of lived moments and the quiet beauty within the everyday. Working primarily with oil paint, she builds textured, expressive surfaces that echo the layered nature of memory and experience.

While her earlier work focused on figuration, her current paintings draw from the places she has moved through and the moments that shaped her, scenes revisited not as literal depictions but as feelings relived. Through selective detail and painterly abstraction, she captures the atmosphere of spaces that have held significance, whether comforting, uncertain, or fleeting.

Her work explores themes of belonging, transition, and the search for grounding while living far from home, inviting viewers to find their own reflections in each scene.

EDUCATION:
2022
Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting Major)
Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia – Award for Academic Excellence

PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA:
2020
- LaCase Magazine (Online Edition), pp. 46–47, May–June
2019
- “Artist of the Month”, Monthly Newsletter, May Edition

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2023
- Volunteer, Brisbane Portrait Prize – Finalist Exhibition

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
(selected)
2023:
- Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Finalist Exhibition, Paddington, Brisbane
- Reimagined Realism, Grey Street Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
- Long Exhibition, Kaizen Gallery, Brisbane
2022
- Queensland College of Art Graduate Exhibition, QCA Galleries, Brisbane
- Salon des Refusés, Brisbane Portrait Prize, Royal Queensland Art Society, Petrie Terrace, Brisbane
- Life on Life’s Term, Brisbane
2019
- Lakaz d’Art Opening Exhibition, Lakaz d’Art, Mauritius
2018
- International Museum Day Exhibition, Mauritius Museums Council, Mauritius

AWARDS, PRIZES & SCHOLARSHIPS:
2022
- Finalist, Boynes Emerging Artist Award (7th Edition)
- Finalist, Salon des Refusés, Brisbane Portrait Prize
- Award for Academic Excellence, Griffith University
2019
- Griffith Remarkable Scholarship, Griffith University
2018
- 1st Prize, International Museum Day Art Appreciation, Mauritius
2017
- Cambridge Outstanding Learner Award – Design & Technology (Best in Country), Mauritius
2016
- 3rd Prize, Sovereign Art Foundation Mauritius Student Prize