About the artist...

Ian’s practice spans genres and media, melding together the technical precision inherent in traditional European painting with the unrestrained diversity of contemporary art. Ian often draws inspiration from history and myth, using classical motifs as a springboard for considerations of the contemporary human experience.

Ian’s artistic journey began at a young age when he met several members of the New British Realists, a collective championing the enduring importance of realism and especially figurative painting. This significantly influenced his artistic sensibilities, beginning a lifelong fascination with the human form as a central subject. Ian has come to ardently believe in the power of the figure as symbol, a conduit through which to explore the full spectrum of the human condition. In his contemplative and meticulously detailed paintings, woven carefully together with allegorical imagery, Ian endeavours to distil and project the extraordinary inner worlds that we all inhabit. All in the hope of illuminating our most profound shared truths.

Ian is available for private and public commissions.

Please email ian@ianhinleyart.com.

Exhibitions

2025 The Ferens Open 2025 – Hull

2025 The Critical Fish Trail – Hull

2025 SCAF Emerging Artist Award (2nd Place) – Thirsk

2025 New Light Summer Exhibition of the North – Leeds

2025 THNKS4ALLTHEFI$H – Hull

2024 Though the Leaves are Many… – Hull

2024 Juice and Lines – Hull

2024 The OPO Open 2024 – Scarborough

2023 The Fire on the Horizon – Hull

2022 The Ferens Open 2022 – Hull

2020 Unlocked in Lockdown – Stockton-on-Tees