ARTIST STATEMENT CHRIS HAGAN

I am a contemporary visual artist based in East Sussex. I began my practice in 2017, producing abstract figurative and landscape-based works on canvas, paper and mixed media. My works have been exhibited in the UK and are held in private collections worldwide including Germany, France, Spain the United States, Canada and Asia.

Found imagery and the stories of the people, places, landscapes and historical events of the North of England, Wales and in particular Ireland from the 1900’s onwards often inform elements of my work, connecting the links of my own Irish/Northern English heritage and exploring through visual means the path of historical and modern life through long-standing traditions, folklore and memory.