John Hansen ArtistBiography - Curriculum Vitae
A brief biographical history as a Canadian realist painter with a listing of exhibitions and other information of note
I have worked over 40 years as a professional visual artist. Born in 1957 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I studied Painting and Drawing at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, graduating in 1980. My final year was spent studying in Florence, Italy, along with travelling to the many great museums of Europe. I began my professional career exhibiting at Gallery Moos in 1991 and later joined Nancy Poole's Studio Gallery in 1993. Loch Gallery acquired Nancy Poole's in 2003.
As a mature visual artist I have gained respect from collectors, galleries, and my peers as one of Canada's distinguished realist painters.
I have two grown children and I live in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, with my wife, an artist and designer, Jocelyn Ball-Hansen.
I am represented exclusively by Loch Gallery in Toronto, Winnipeg, and Calgary.
Curriculum Vitae
born
1957
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
education
1980
Ontario College of Art and Design AOCA - Fine Arts OCAD, off-campus program 1979-80, Florence, Italy
exhibitions
2023
"Summer Contemporary Group Exhibition", Loch Gallery Toronto
2023
"Spring High Realism in Toronto", Loch Gallery Toronto
2023
"Winter Contemporary Group Exhibition", Loch Gallery Toronto
2022
"Winter Contemporary Group Exhibition", Loch Gallery Toronto
2021
"Contemporary Realism", Loch Gallery Toronto, Calgary
2021
"Best of the Contemporaries - ADAC Toronto Gallery Week", Loch Gallery Toronto
2021
"The Best of the Contemporaries", Loch Gallery Toronto
2021
"The Small Format", Loch Gallery Toronto
2021
"Reframing the Still Life", Loch Gallery Calgary
2020
"Loch Gallery at Art Toronto - Virtual Format", Loch Gallery Toronto
2020
"Summer Exhibition III", Loch Gallery Toronto
2020
"Loch Gallery Toronto Summer Exhibition and Virtual Tour", Loch Gallery Toronto
2020
"Interior/Exterior Group Exhibition", Loch Gallery Toronto
2019
"Fall Selection: Group Exhibition", Loch Gallery Toronto
2019
"Interpreting Realism", Loch Gallery Toronto
2018
"Exploring Reality", Loch Gallery Toronto
2018
"Contemporary Realism", Loch Gallery Toronto
2017
"The Small Format", Loch Gallery Toronto
2016
"Figures of Inspiration", Loch Gallery Winnipeg
2015
"Best of the Contemporaries", Loch Gallery Toronto
2015
"Art Toronto 2015", Loch Gallery Toronto
2015
"Decoding the Still Life", Loch Gallery Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary
2015
"A Human Presence, Representing the Figure", Loch Gallery Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary
2014
"Summer Selection II", Loch Gallery Toronto
2014
"Summer Selection", Loch Gallery Toronto
2014
"Best of the Contemporaries", Loch Gallery Calgary
2014
"Contemporary Realism", Loch Gallery Toronto
2009
"Exploring the Figure", Loch Gallery Toronto
2009
"New Paintings", Loch Gallery Toronto
2009
"The Best of the Contemporaries", Loch Gallery Toronto
2008
"Group Exhibition", Loch Gallery Toronto
2008
"The Best of the Contemporaries", Loch Gallery Toronto
2007
"The Best of the Contemporaries", Loch Gallery Toronto
2007
"Toronto International Art Fair 2007", Toronto
2007
"Group Show - Figure & Landscape: Painting", Loch Gallery Calgary
2006
"The Best of Canadian Contemporaries", Loch Gallery Calgary
2006
"Toronto 2006 International Art Fair", Toronto
2006
"Art Fair Preview Exhibition", Loch Gallery Toronto
2006
"Interiors: Fantasy, Illusion, Reality", Loch Gallery Toronto
2006
"Figure in Landscape: A Canadian Tradition", Loch Gallery Toronto
2006
"Group Show", Loch Gallery Toronto
2005
"Toronto 2005 International Art Fair", Toronto
2005
"Realism Revisited", Loch Gallery Toronto
2005
"Invitational Figure Show", Loch Gallery Toronto
2003
"Group Show", Loch Gallery Toronto
2001
"The Ordinary Made Extraordinary", Nancy Poole's Studio, Toronto
1996
"Symbolism", Nancy Poole's Studio, Toronto
1995
"Introducing John Hansen", Nancy Poole's Studio, Toronto
93-95
"Paintings (gallery artists)", Nancy Poole's Studio, Toronto
91-93
"Paintings (gallery artists)", Gallery Moos Toronto
1988
"63rd Annual Show CSPWC", John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
1980
"Artists Studio", Piazza St. Croce, Florence, Italy
teaching
1983
Guest Lecturer, Ontario College of Art and Design "The Practice of Tempera Painting", Toronto
awards
1988
Adeline Rockett Award - 63rd CSPWC (Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour) Show, Toronto
1979
Elizabeth Greenshields Memorial Grant, Montreal
publications
2008
The Magenta Foundation "Carte blanche. Volume 2 Painting", Toronto 2008, pp. 156, 317, ill.
2007
Loch, David, "The Best of the Contemporaries", Toronto 2007, pp. 45, ill.
2006
Loch, David, "The Best of the Canadian Contemporaries", Toronto 2006, pp. 18-19, ill.
2006
Rebenchuk, Linel, "Toronto 2006 International Art Fair", Canada 2006, pp. 144-145, ill.