Exhibition
Hannah Catherine Jones: UNEARTHING(S)
22 May-30 Aug 2026
Leeds Art Gallery
Leeds LS1 3AA
Corporealities, 2026. Credit: Hannah Catherine Jones
Overview
A Yorkshire Contemporary commission for Leeds Art Gallery, UNEARTHING(S) is Hannah Catherine Jones' largest solo exhibition to date, and the first in her home county. The site-specific installation responds to Leeds Art Gallery's distinctive Central Court.
Artist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jones is known for her use of performance, layered soundscapes and spacial interventions to conjure other wordly installations. Jones' work focuses on questions of decolonisation, seeking to disrupt the status quo, (re)centre marginalised voices and create space for collective healing.
UNEARTHING(S) explores individual and collective themes of grief and regeneration. Considering the personal and cultural loss we experience across space and time, the exhibition draws upon the artist's own history and experience growing up as part of the region's Caribbean diaspora.
Transforming the Central Court into a chapel-like setting, Jones proposes to create space for contemplation by using combinations of sculpture, light and sound. UNEARTHING(S) references and samples Yorkshire and Bajan culture, filtered through Jones' unique artistic style, infused with subtle mixtures of poignancy and subversion.
Funded by Arts Council England, Art Fund, Henry Moore Foundation and a Research Support Award from Goldsmiths, University of London.
