Hannah Peddie Miller

My creative practice is profoundly influenced by the intertwined nuances of faith, family and events that shaped my relationship to the human body. In response, my artwork aims to provoke contemplation on how we pierce our bodies and those of others. It is a continual exploration, and attempt to reconcile the sacred and the profane, desirable yet restricted, the desired and the condemned. The unresolved questions that linger within me find their voices in my work as I navigate the complexities of my family’s experiences, the carnality of humanity, and the intricate dance between the sacred and the taboo in the realm of the flesh.I am a figurative artist working with painting and sculpture to negotiate the space between the sacred and the profane.

My work begins with the body—not as an idealized form, but as a site of vulnerability, consumption, guilt, devotion, and desire. I am interested in moments when reverence slips into appetite, when care becomes parasitic, and when love reveals its teeth.