John Hansen ArtistBiography - Curriculum Vitae

A brief biographical history as a Canadian realist painter with a listing of exhibitions and other information of note

self portrait of My Eyes by John Hansen Artist

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.