Peter Hanmer

Peter Hanmer was born in Northumberland in 1992 and is currently based between Newcastle Upon Tyne and Edinburgh. Hanmer studied at the University for the Creative Arts and Newcastle University, receiving a BA (Hons) (2014) and Masters of Fine Art with Distinction (2018). He is currently studying for his doctorate at the Edinburgh College of Art. Hanmer is a Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors, winner of the Gillian Dickinson North East Young Sculptor of the Year Award 2017 and the Air Gallery Award 2023. Select exhibitions include; Seeking Armageddon (SOLO), Newcastle Art Centre (2022), Plato’s Lair (SOLO), Cheeseburn Sculpture (2018), What the Others Built (Three Man Show), Vane Gallery, Gateshead, (2025), Assembly, Hypha Gallery, South Bank, London, the New Light Summer Exhibition of the North, Sunny Bank Mills, Leeds (2025), Manchester Contemporary (2023) and Digital Citizen – The Precarious Subject, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (2019).

Hanmer’s work has been featured in multiple publications including; Keep Calm and Break Everything: On Peter Hanmer’s Seeking Armageddon, Archie Cornish, New Critique, January 2023; Stop! Hanmer Time!, The Crack Magazine, 393th edition, October 2022 (featured artwork on front cover); New exhibition at BALTIC explores what it means to be a citizen of the digital age, David Whetstone, The Chronicle, 10th of February 2019; Thoughtful Planet 3, Dave Pritchard, Corridor8, 17th of October 2019. Digital Citizen - The Precarious Subject, Christopher Little, this is tomorrow Magazine, 6th of March 2019; As Northumberland sculpture gardens open for the season, it's all happening in the potting shed, David Whetstone, The Chronicle, 17th of May 2018.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Exhibited: Seeking Armageddon, Newcastle Art Centre (2022); Plato’s Lair, Cheeseburn Sculpture (2018); What the Others Built, Vane Gallery, Gateshead, (2025); New Light Summer Exhibition of the North, Sunny Bank Mills, Leeds (2025); Manchester Contemporary (2023); Digital Citizen – The Precarious Subject, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (2019) Awards: Gillian Dickinson North East Young Sculptor of the Year Award (2017), Air Gallery Award (2023). Featured: New Critique (2023), The Crack Magazine (2022); The Chronicle (2019)