Making Faces
12 June–4 July
In 2025, Hannah Ireland began drawing one portrait a day. What started as a simple way to keep making with limited means, slowly unfolded into a year-long practice – 365 days, 365 drawings. Each drawing began with the same simple act: sitting down with whatever the day brought. Some days felt heavy, others light, but the commitment remained the same – to make a face and record something of the moment.
Each drawing was made using oil pastels. Once a portrait felt complete, Hannah would smudge its surface row by row with a cotton tip. The faces became softened, blurred, pixelated – slightly unraveled. Like memories buffering, caught between crystallizing and dissolving.
For Making Faces, Hannah Ireland presents the full body of work for the first time. Until now, the drawings have mostly lived tucked away in clear folders and stacked piles.
Presented as part of Liam Jacobson’s curatorial internship, Puku, which occupies Te Tuhi’s Parnell Project Space until December 2026.
