Gianni Notarianni
Solo show at Hawk + Hive: Water Music
August 8 - September 13, 2026
Opening reception: August 8, 2pm - 6pm
Gianni Notarianni's paintings explore the shifting relationship between landscape, reflection and perception. Water is less a subject than a catalyst: a surface that fractures space, dissolves boundaries and transforms the familiar into something quietly uncanny. Trees become abstract lines, reeds hover between object and reflection, and the eye is drawn into compositions that refuse a fixed point of view.
Working from photographs, memory and direct observation, Notarianni paints landscapes in which solidity gives way to fluidity. These luminous works invite us to experience nature not as something stable and descriptive, but as a place of continual visual transformation.
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Solo show at Hawk + Hive: Everything the Light Touches
September 23rd - October 29th 2023
Hawk + Hive is delighted to announce “Everything the Light Touches”, a series of paintings by British artist Gianni Notarianni. Inspired by his time spent in the forests of Ontario, Canada, Notarianni’s work tells the story of a year in the natural world, passing through seasons and times of day. He closely observes the light and shadow of landscape and the spatial relationships of branch and leaf, trunk and thicket, communicating an interest with the very language of painting. He focuses on pictorial devices such as line, color and form and there is a meditative quality to his process through the slow build up of detailed pattern, creating quiet spaces of contemplation within the works.
