Resume/ Exhibition History/Statement

ERIK HANSON

e-mail supremehanson@gmail.com

Webpage http://erik-hanson.blogspot.com/


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019     MARLBOROUGH CONTEMPORARY,  New York

2009     HORTON / SUNDAY L.E.S., New York

2008     PRINTED MATTER, New York

             ELEVEN RIVINGTON, New York

2003     DEREK ELLER GALLERY, New York

2001     ALLSTON SKIRT, Boston, Ma.

            DEREK ELLER GALLERY, New York

1999    DEREK ELLER GALLERY, New York

1997    ESSO GALLERY, New York

1989   ROCK-IT,  Minneapolis

1988   ROCK IT, Minneapolis


CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2016     NEW ART PROJECTS,  London, UK
             Erik Hanson, 2 Years of Looking


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020

LESLIE-LOHMAN MUSUEUM OF ART NYC
Omniscient; Queer Documentation in an Image Culture, Curated by Avram Finkelstein

2019

POSTMASTERS, New York
Pride: Celebrating Stonewall 50

GALERIE KORNFELD, Berlin
Pack den Badeanzug Ein

EDWARD CELLA, L.A.
Vernacular Environments 3

PETER MENDENHALL GALLERY, L.A.
Friends and Family, Curated by Keith Mayerson 

FLATLANDS GALLERY, Houston
No Trigger Warnings, Curated by Bill Arning 

2016

GALLERY KAYAFAS, Boston
Stark Naked  Curated by Franklin Evans

DAVID & SCHWEITZER,  New York
Making The Future

2015

YOSSI MILO GALLERY, New York
I am a Lie and I am Gold 
Curated by Marco Breuer

2014

BOX 13, Houston                                          
The Church of Man Love
Curated by Mark Ponder

2013

WHITE COLUMNS, New York                  
Comme des Marxists
by Rainer Ganahl, performance



PARTICIPANT INC.  New York                  
Ron Athey's Gifts of The Spirit, performance

2012

LEHMAN COLLEGE, New York                
Space Invaders (Collaberation with Robert Melee)

CLIFFORD CHANCE US LLP, New York
 The Mutable Portrait Curated by Jacob Robichaux

ANDREW EDLIN GALLERY, New York    
B-OUT Curated by Scott Hug

ENVOY ENTERPRISES, New York            
FG/FT

2011

KATHLEEN CULLEN FINE ARTS New York,    Joni Mitchell Curated by Chris Bogia

2008

WHITE COLUMNS, New York    Male Curated by Vince Aletti

2007

NERMAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Kansas City, MO
Inaugural Exhibition

GALERIE FRANK ELBAZ, Paris    Deaf 2 Curated by Peter Coffin

2006

CITE DES ARTS, Paris     Ensembles

ABINGTON ARTS CENTER, Jenkintown Pa. Out of the Blue

2005

SMALL A PROJECTS, Portland, Or.     All I Want Is Everything

ALLSTON SKIRT, Boston, Ma.    Downstrokes and Feedback

VON LINTEL GALLERY, New York     The Photograph In Question
Curated by Marco Breuer

JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Kansas City, Mo.
Lost In Music

WHITE COLUMNS, New York    Trade

2004

P. S. 1, New York     The Curious Crystals....
Curated By Steve LaFreniere and Robert Nickas

SCULPTURE CENTER, New York    Treble
Curated by Regine Basha

JOHN CONNELLY PRESENTS, New York
AA Bronson*Healer (Included one Collaborative Piece)

GALERIE LISA RUYTER, Vienna    Rose Garden Without Thorns

2003

D’AMELIO TERRAS, New York    Now Playing

JOHN CONNELLY PRESENTS, New York    Today’s Man

RHODES + MANN, London     Arrangements

2002

GALERIE GISELE LINDER, Basel    In A Silent Way

MARIANNE BOESKY GALLERY, New York    Vapor
Curated by Donald Moffett

DEREK ELLER GALLERY, New York    Landscape

YERBA BUENA ARTS CENTER, San Francisco, Ca.
Guide To Trust

2001

NEW MUSEUM of CONTEMPORARY ART, New York
Recent Additions to the Altoids Curiously Strong Collection

JAMES GRAHAM & SONS, New York     Alterations

WHITE COLUMNS, New York     Tipping Point

DEE GLASOE GALLERY, New York    Boxy
Curated By Carl Ostendarp

COLLEGE OF SANTA FE FINE ARTS GALLERY, New Mexico
First There Was A Drawing
Curated By Michael St. John

CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, New Orleans, LA.
Chelsea Rising

2000

RHODES + MANN, London     Nightclub Robberies

GALERIJ S65, Aalst, Belgium    Drawing is Another Language

1999

GRAND ARTS, Kansas City, Mo.    New York Neither/Nor
Curated By Bill Arning

THREAD WAXING SPACE, New York Mr. Fascination
Curated By Lia Gangitano

RUPERT GOLDSWORTHY GALLERY, New York Bowie

KAGEN MARTOS GALLERY, New York Something To Bump Into

1998

VILLA MINIMO, Hanover, Germany
Der Zweiful in Der Darstellung (Doubt in Depiction)
Curated By Marco Breuer

THE LIGHT FACTORY, Charlotte, NC
Not Pictured, The Presence of Absence

CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY, Melbourne     Dumb

AUDIELLO FINE ART, New York    Moon To Moon

ANNA KUSTERA GALLERY, New York    Drawing To An End

WEATHERSPOON ART GALLERY, Greensboro, NC
Works On Paper

1997 ANDREA ROSEN GALLERY, New York     The New God

GASWORKS, London,    New York Drawers

WHITE COLUMNS, New York    Blind Faith
Curated By Paul Ha

MUSEUM BOYMANS-VAN BEUNINGEN, Rotterdam     3

1996 LESLIE TONKONOW/ BOUND AND UNBOUND, New York
Disappearing Act Curated By Robin Kahn and Kirby Gookin

BASILICO FINE ARTS, New York
I Met A Man Who Wasn’t There…


1995 JANICE GUY, New York    Portraits

CENTRO CULTURAL ROJAS, Buenos Aires
Faggots: A Communiqué from North America

1994 AMERICAN FINE ARTS, New York    Benefit

1988  LESLIE LOHMAN MUSEUM, New York  Invitational





PUBLISHED WORK

2008 A YEAR OF PLAYLISTS, New York, Regency arts Press
2005 NORTH DRIVE PRESS
2003 CURRENCY
2002 CHARLEY



BIBLIOGRAPHY

2009 Johnson, Ken “The Lower East Side, Home to the Young and Emerging” The New York Times, Dec.4

2005 Cotter, Hollond “Art Guide, Justin Lowe/North Drive Press at Printed Matter” The New York Times, Aug. 5
Cotter, Hollond “Art Guide, Trade at White Columns
The New York Times, Feb.23

2004 Cox, Christoph Treble Review Artforum, September Smith Roberta “At Shows Painted With Sound, Be Prepared To See With Your Ears” The New York Times, May 21

2002 Cotter, Hollond “Art Guide ” The New York Times, April 12
Mahoney, Robert Vapor Review Time Out New York, Feb.22
2001 Gangitano, Lia “ Dangerous Corners” Trans #8
Goings on Around Town The New Yorker, July 23
Smith, Roberta “Art in Review Erik Hanson at Derek Eller” The New York Times,
May 18

2000 Coomer, Martin Review “Nightclub Robberies at Rhodes and Mann’ Time Out London, September 6
Saltz, Jerry “Science Fair” The Village Voice, February 22

1999 Gangitano, Lia “Mr. Fascination” Trans #6
Johnson, Ken “Art Guide, Erik Hanson at Derek Eller ”
The New York Times, July 23
Mahoney, Robert Review “Erik Hanson at Derek Eller” Time Out New York, July 22-29
Goings on Around Town The New Yorker, July 19
Thorson, Alice “But Seriously… Or Not”,
The Kansas City Star, 7 July

1998 Cotter, Holland “Art In Review, Blind Faith”,
The New York Times 9 January
Cotter, Holland “Art in Review, Moon To Moon” ,
The New York Times, July 3
McAuliffe, Chris “L’Amour Fou”, World Art November

1996 Smith, Roberta “Art in Review, I Met A Man…”,
The New York Times, July 4


Artists Statement


The way my own senses sometimes blend together is an experience I like to replicate in my art. Sounds and smells can make me see colors and shapes and I do the inverse, paint things that have a strong non visual component.


My goal is to make beautiful stand alone objects that reference ethereal non visual phenomena…..I paint flowers because I like the way they smell, I paint men because I like the way they feel, sound, smell and move. I paint fights because I am constantly battling with myself in my mind……


When it comes to vision I’m interested in how the eye completes an image that can be in conflict and might not be fully realized… 

Bio

Erik Hanson is an Autodidact working in Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Photography and Needlepoint.


Since 1978, Hanson has been constantly learning new mediums in an attempt to make ethereal phenomena lay flat and still within the four corners of a picture frame.


In his first exhibition at Rock-it, Minneapolis, in 1978 Hanson exhibited photographs of homes lit dramatically as a response to the physical and mental abuse families can inflict within. After moving to New York in the 1980s Hanson turned his camera lens to dad-bods and bears making idealized portraits. He hung these photographs on mobiles so that the men are forever pursuing each other.


For his first New York solo show at Esso in 1997, Hanson exhibited photographs of music, smells, and other ethereal phenomena. Hanson continues recording his experiences listening to music and smelling smells through other mediums like drawing, sculpture, and needlepoint in addition to photography.


Awarded a residency at Cite des Artes in Paris in 2006, Hanson decided to teach himself how to paint. He already had some experience with the medium from his job at Goldsmith Mannequin Factory, where he painted faces from 2002 to 2006. His experiences listening to music again provided the content for his Paris paintings which were exhibited at Eleven Rivington in 2008.


Hanson focused on durational-based artworks in his 2008 book A Year of Playlists which featured a Monthly drawing based on the music he had listened to in the previous year. In 2016, Hanson created “One Year of Looking,” a group exhibition featuring 68 artists, based on conversations he had with them while looking at art during the previous year.


In 2017, Hanson had a revelatory experience when a friend sent him an image of his childhood cartoon crush, Bluto. It was like Pandora’s box opened and all of the feelings he was not able to name as a child poured out as 230 paintings exhibited at Marlborough Contemporary, NYC, in “Two Years of Bluto” (2019).


After a pause during lockdown, Hanson returned to the studio in May 2020 and intuitively started painting flowers because they made him happy. “One Year of Flowers,” a series of 40 flower paintings, was exhibited in the Richard Rodgers Amphitheatre at Marcus Garvey Park, NYC, in October 2021.



In his continuing effort to capture ethereal phenomena, Hanson is currently making oil paintings as a record of his state of mind during their making.