Alan Hathaway is an artist born in London and now working across the UK. Through the manipulation and re-presentation of archival material, his work asks how the historic value, cycles of use and modes of reproduction of the images and artefacts which shape our cultural histories can be understood as having agency within the present.

Using a diverse range of media and open-ended experimentation with both analogue and digital sources, he creates highly sophisticated installations, prints, publications and moving image works which engage with a broad range of cultural references; encompassing claims for the radical nature of abstraction, the significance of popular music culture, experimental architecture and aesthetics.

He has exhibited widely nationally and internationally: Copenhagen, Sydney, Melbourne, Ukraine, Glasgow, London. His work is held in the British Museum’s drawing and print archive as well as numerous private collections internationally. He was shortlisted for the Jerwood Drawing Prize and been artist in residence at MIMA. He has recently received awards from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, DCMS, Arts Council England, Creative UK, CVAN and The North East Artist’s Fund in partnership with BALTIC Gateshead.