(1991 - )
Rosie Hastings works together with Hannah Quinlan as an artist, and as life partners. Their practice includes film, drawing, installation and performance. Their work often explores feminist and LGBTQ+ culture in the Western context, exploring how this is reflective of broader societal structures. Both artists were born in 1991 in Newcastle, going on to graduate with a BFA from Goldsmiths College in London in 2014. Solo exhibitions of their work have been held at institutions including The Box, Plymouth (2023); Tate Britain (Art Now, 2022); Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales; and Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea (2020); Two Queens, Leicester and Queer Thoughts, New York (2018); and The 15th Venice Architecture Biennale (2016). Group exhibitions with the work have been held at institutions including Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry (2023); Centre national d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France (2022); Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine (2021); Whitechapel Gallery, London (online in 2020); Fondazione Muisei Civici di Venezia, Venice, Italy; and Hayward Gallery, London (2019); and at the Venice Architecture Biennale, Italy(2018). They won the Jarman Award in 2020.