Hannah Mumby
What I Do
I’m a freelance artist and creative facilitator based in Exeter, UK.
I work with clients from a wide range of industries to bring their stories to life, and help them learn how to collaborate better.
I create images, design interactive experiences, and facilitate reflective spaces.
What Drives Me
My work in its various guises often comes back to finding the right metaphors to help us collectively explore meaning.
My approach to image-making is rooted in paying attention to hidden narratives, and bringing areas of difficulty and complexity to the surface. I use a combination of hand-made ink textures and digital colour to create illustrations that are vibrant and intriguing.
I am actively interested in facilitating processes that help bring research and ideas to life. I believe creativity can be a powerful tool to help people communicate across disciplines and meaningfully involve different voices. This can happen through co-production workshops or something more bespoke where I can support project partners to playfully and meaningfully collaborate with each other.
I think it can be meaningful to push the boundaries of what illustration can be, through engaging with emerging research. I guest-edited the 2020 edition of the Journal of Illustration, in 2019 I organised the 10th International Illustration Research Symposium 'Illustrating Mental Health' and I am currently co-organising the 2026 symposium on ‘Failure and Resistance’. I am a practice-led researcher and recently completed an MA in illustration which was research-focused.
Work with Me
I work freelance and am available for:- Illustration (editorial, advertising, publishing, research - contact me about your project)
- Design (logos, documents, reports)
- Creative engagement and dissemination of research (I can work with you to help bring your ideas alive for audiences)
- Facilitation: I offer bespoke facilitated workshops that can be tailored to suit any scale from individuals, to small teams, or multi-partner projects.
Illustrations are priced according to an appropriate license fee for your project; Design, creative engagement and facilitation work is priced according to a day rate.
Contact:
Email: hello[at]hannahmumby.co.uk
Instagram: @hannahmumby
LinkedIn: Hannah Mumby
If you want to hear about what I’m up to, you can subscribe to my monthly newsletter ‘The Slow Burner’ on Substack.
Awards
Illustrator of the Year - Michael Marks (2023)
Principal’s Commendation - Arts University Plymouth (2019)
Qualifications & Training
Design Thinking Champion - InnoPlay (2023)
Facilitation Skills for Science and Society Dialogue - Stickydot (2023)
A Social and Critical Introduction to Psychoanalysis - SSCP (2020)
MA Illustration - Distinction - Arts University Plymouth (2019)