Elias Hansen (b. 1979, Washington, USA) studied printmaking under Master Printer Keiko Hara at Whitman College, Walla Walla, USA. His installations, comprised of an assortment of pipettes, flasks and beakers alongside rough-cut wood, rubber tubing and light bulbs, are interrelated in arrangements that reference the fragility of both the precious and the discarded, the authentic and the reproduced. His work has been exhibited internationally at the Maccarone in New York; Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA; The American Academy in Rome, Rome, IT; Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR; OSL Contemporary, Oslo, Norway; COOPER COLE, Toronto, Canada. He has also participated to the Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama, Japan. His works can be found in the Saatchi Collection in London, Fondazione Giuliani in Rome, IT, in the Coleccíon Jumex in Mexico City, in the Boise Art Museum in Boise and in the Seattle Art Museum in Seattle, USA. Hansen currently lives and works in upstate New York, USA.
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Born 1979, Washington, USA
Lives and works in New York, USA
Education
2011
Artist in Residence, University of Ohio, Columbus, USA
2008
Artist in Residence, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, USA
2007
Artist in Residence, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, USA
2001
New Orleans School of Glass and Print, New Orleans, USA
Larson Red Angus Ranch, Big Timber, USA
2001
Whitman College, Walla Walla, USA
Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2017
The Wrong Way Home, with Read More, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, USA
2016
I Thought I Had A Dog In This Fight, But It Ain’t Seem Like It Now, Jeffrey Stark, New York, USA
An Open Door at An Empty Room, Take Ninagawa, Tokyo, Japan
2014
Oh Brother, with Oscar Tuazon, Maccarone, New York, USA
You can cry all you want, but it changing shit, Jonathan Viner, London, UK
I’m a long way from home and I don’t really know these roads, Anat Egbi, Los Angeles, USA
2013
I’m not sure I’ll be home in time, CoCA, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, USA
Liste 18, Jonathan Viner, Basel, Switzerland
2012
Should be fine, Maccarone, New York, USA
We’re just in it for the money (with Oscar Tuazon), Balice Hertling, Paris, France
Ain’t Quite Right, with The Reader, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy
2011
Next time, they’ll know it’s us, The Company, Los Angeles and Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, USA
It wasn’t until I found it later, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, USA
You know we’re nowhere near there, right?, Jonathan Viner, London, UK
2010
This is the Last Place I Could Hide, Maccarone, New York, USA
We Used To Get So High, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, USA
Predicting the Present, The Company, Los Angeles, USA
It Was One of My Best Comes (with Oscar Tuazon), Parc Saint Leger, Pougues Les Eaux, France
2009
Truths We Forgot to Lie About (with Joey Piecuch), The Helm Gallery, Tacoma, USA
2008
Seattle Art Museum (with Oscar Tuazon), Seattle, USA
Howard House Contemporary Art (with Oscar Tuazon), Seattle, USA
2007
Voluntary Nonvulnerable, Bodgers and Kludgers Cooperative Art Parlour, Vancouver, Canada
The Things We Carry, Tacoma Glassblowing Studio, Tacoma, USA
2004
Hearts, Teeth, Vaginas, Hand to Mouth Gallery, Bellingham, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016
November’s Bone, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, USA
The New Classics: In Glass, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, USA
Art Toronto, COOPER COLE Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2015
Deep End, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, USA
Milk Revolution, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
Club of Matinee Idolz, CO2 Gallery, Brescia, Italy
To blow smoke in order to heal, Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels, Belgium
2014
Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama, Japan
Shattered Preface, OSL Contemporary, Oslo, Norway
Under the Influence, SOIL gallery, Seattle, USA
Another, Once Again, Many Times More, Martos Gallery, East Marion, USA
Ambulance Blues, curated by Erin Falls, Retrospective Gallery, Hudson, USA
REFRACTION. THE IMAGE OF SENSE, Blain Southern, London, UK
Slippery, Martos Gallery, New York, USA
Anamericana, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
2013
Tone Poem, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, USA
The Glass Show, Jonathan Viner, London, UK
Summer in a Bottle, Wolffer Estate Vineyard, Sagaponack, USA
2012
Heart to Hand (with Oscar Tuazon), curated by Pati Hertling, Swiss Institute, New York, USA
We Barely Made It, Elias Hansen and The Reader, The Company, Los Angeles, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy
La Demeure Joyeuse II, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zürich, Switzerland
Ain’t Quite right, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy
Scott Burton, Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, Italy
We Barely Made It, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, USA
He is Transparent, Renwick Gallery, New York, USA
2011
The Medicine Bag, Maccarone Gallery, New York, USA
Isabelle Cornaro, Nikolas Gambaroff, Oscar Tuazon and Eli Hansen, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy
Les Statues Meurent Aussi, Galleria Suzy Shammah, Milan, Italy
2010
Dynasty, Palais De Tokyo, Paris, France
New Years Project, Western Bridge, Seattle, USA
2009
Shadow, The Company, Los Angeles, USA
Wood, Curated by Ellen Langan, Maccarone, New York, USA
Spite Housem, curated by Yoko Ott & Jessica Powers, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, USA
Suddenly: Where We Live Now, 312 Occidental, Seattle, WA
Looking Forward, Traver Gallery, Tacoma, USA
2008
The Station, Miami, Curated by Shamim Momin and Nate Lowman
Sack of Bones, Peres Projects – Chinatown, Los Angeles, USA
Suddenly: Where We Live Now, Cooley Gallery, Reed College,Portland, USA
You Complete Me, Western Bridge, Seattle, USA
Suddenly: Where We Live Now, Pomona College Museum of Art, Pomona, USA
2006
Aqua Art Fair, Miami, USA
2004
Kulture der Angst, Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany
Western Washington University Contemporary Art Gallery, Bellingham, USA
Lectures and Discussions
2014
Undergraduate Sculpture, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, USA
Slide lecture, Wassaic Artist in Residence Program
2013
Undergraduate Sculpture, Ball State University, Muncie, USA
2011
Undergraduate Sculpture, University of Ohio, Columbus, USA
2010
We Used to Get So High, Lecture and discussion with Scott Lawrimore, Seattle, USA
2008
Why should I be serious about glass if I’m serious about art? Panel discussion with Doug Heller, Linda Greene, Jutta Page. Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, USA
The Built Environment, Slide lecture with Jenene Nagy, Thom Heileson, Adam Satushek, Crawlspace, Seattle, USA
Awards
2010
Seattle Art Museum PONCHO Special Recognition Award
Public Collections
Boise Art Museum, Boise, USA
Colleción Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico
Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, Italy
Saatchi Collection, London, UK
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
