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Gil Hanly
Gillian Mary Hanly ONZM (née Taverner; born 1934) is a New Zealand artist. She is best known for documenting protests and social movements in New Zealand's recent history.[1] Early lifeHanly was born in 1934 in Levin, New Zealand. She has two younger brothers.[1] She grew up on a sheep farm between the sea and the town of Bulls, where the family worked hard to contribute.[1] She was home schooled until the age of 12, when she was sent to Nga Tawa school in Marton.[1] She attended the Ilam School of Fine Arts in Christchurch in the early 1950s, where she trained to be a painter.[2] She met her husband Pat Hanly while at Ilam.[1] CareerAfter she graduated from university she moved to London for five years, where she worked as a props buyer for a production company.[1] After she moved back to New Zealand she worked at University Bookshop for a decade.[1] She started working for the feminist publication Broadsheet in 1972.[3] Artistic careerShe has taken photographs of the 1981 Springbok tour, the sinking of the Greenpeace ship The Rainbow Warrior, the protest at Bastion Point, and the 1984 land hīkoi.[1][2] She has also documented the Queen Street riots and outrage at the murder of Teresa Cormack.[1] Her photographs of the women's movement in the 1970s and 1980s featured prominently in the exhibition at Auckland War Memorial Museum, Are We There Yet?[4] She says she is attracted to things "that were important".[4] Hanly was associated with the long-running feminist magazine Broadsheet.[1][2] However, she does not think she is a feminist.[1] She also has an interest in photographing gardens.[1][5] She does not describe herself as a photographic artist, but rather she sees herself as a "documenter".[5] Hanly has been documented social protests since the 1970s including the reclamation of Bastion Point and the 1981 Springbok Tour.[6] RecognitionIn 1993 Hanly was awarded a New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.[7] In the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hanly was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to photography.[8] In 2019, she was awarded an Auckland War Memorial Museum medal, becoming a Companion of Auckland War Memorial Museum.[9] Personal lifeHanly was married to the painter Pat Hanly until he died in 2004.[1][2] She has two children with Pat, and her husband had another daughter in a different relationship.[5] References
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