Photo by Jules Lister
Rowland Hill is an artist based in Manchester. She creates live events and installations that sit between object, environment and performance. Using stagecraft, special effects, video, sound and choreography, her work explores desire, the performance of self and of femininity, personal/collective identity, and the distinctions between stage and life.
Rowland is also a performer/director and enjoys interpreting the work of other artists across a variety of disciplines. In 2024 she co-directed a production of Samuel Beckett’s Quad I + II with composer Jack Sheen for ‘Refracted Sound’, an event at the Southbank Centre performed by members of Laban School of Dance and the London Sinfonietta. She has performed UK premieres of work by Yvonne Rainer and Vito Acconci, at venues such as Tate Britain, London Contemporary Music Festival and Lowry (Salford).
She is one half of artist duo Rowland’s Leaving, with Darren Nixon. From 2012 - 2022 Rowland was founding director of the event series Video Jam.
Rowland is also a performer/director and enjoys interpreting the work of other artists across a variety of disciplines. In 2024 she co-directed a production of Samuel Beckett’s Quad I + II with composer Jack Sheen for ‘Refracted Sound’, an event at the Southbank Centre performed by members of Laban School of Dance and the London Sinfonietta. She has performed UK premieres of work by Yvonne Rainer and Vito Acconci, at venues such as Tate Britain, London Contemporary Music Festival and Lowry (Salford).
She is one half of artist duo Rowland’s Leaving, with Darren Nixon. From 2012 - 2022 Rowland was founding director of the event series Video Jam.