{"title":"Peter Hanmer","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeter 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHanmer’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.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"winner-takes-all","title":"Winner Takes All","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Winner Takes All’ is a dioramic vista set on a wooden shelf, marking the end of a self-defeating game. A kleptocratic victor stands atop the winner's podium, their opponents dead and gone. Red mugs carrying the refrain ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ grace the second and third spots. The victor stands alone, surrounded by a wasteland of cracked paving, broken balls, and rotted vegetation. Yet the skeleton stands tall, challenging the viewer to a new game.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Hanmer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58117077205374,"sku":null,"price":2400.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/6545\/8814\/files\/WinnerTakesAll_2.jpg?v=1790610903"},{"product_id":"keep-your-distance","title":"Keep Your Distance","description":"\u003cp\u003eA dioramic vista set on a shelf; the scene focuses on a game where two well-to-do masked figures fire balls at an unseen target. Nearby, an angry-looking, unmasked figure struggles to roll a new ball into line. Keep Your Distance’s narrative alludes to a dysfunctional political hierarchy, rotting within and without. Piles of rubble litter the landscape, and beneath the largest mound, another masked figure lies crushed, while above it all, a smiling flag turns green. One refrain repeats across the piece: ‘keep calm and carry on’, written onto multiple red teacups.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Hanmer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58117230723454,"sku":null,"price":4480.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/6545\/8814\/files\/Keepyourdistance_1.jpg?v=1790612701"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/6545\/8814\/collections\/viber_image_2026-02-15_10-52-26-069_f3510d01-d51b-44e4-b2de-487195f1b2fe.jpg?v=1790610822","url":"https:\/\/hyphacurates.com\/collections\/peter-hanmer.oembed","provider":"Hypha Curates","version":"1.0","type":"link"}