Education
Born in Belfast, Starkey studied photography and film at Napier University, Edinburgh, (1992-1995) and photography at the Royal College of Art, London (1996-1997).
Born in Belfast, Starkey studied photography and film at Napier University, Edinburgh, (1992-1995) and photography at the Royal College of Art, London (1996-1997).
She now lives and works in London. Her more recent images have an almost theatrical character, often depicting women in staged settings, for example with a Coca Cola in a public or inside a public lavatory. She describes her work as "explorations of everyday experiences and observations of inner city life from a female perspective." Starkey"s work is included in the collections of the Tate Modern, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin and Castello di Rivoli in Turin.
Recent solo exhibitions include: 2011: Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast 2011: "Hannah Starkey: Twenty-Nine Pictures", Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry 2010: Maureen Paley, London 2010: Forum für Fotografie, Cologne 2009: Galleria Monica de Cardenas, Zuoz, Switzerland.