Erik Hanson Studio Lower Hudson River Valley- 1 Hour North of  New York City  

Education:

BFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago  1981

MS  Pratt Institute  1998

Honors and Awards:

S.O.S Grant New York Foundation for the Arts Garrison NY. 2003 and 2008

Bienale Internazionale Contemporanea Florence Italy 2003

Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art     2003

Best Emerging Artist Renaissance Society Exhibition 1985   

Solo Exhibitions:

2008 AfterMath GO North a space for contemporary art, Beacon, New York 

2004 Suspended Forms The Studio Annex Gallery New York, New York

2003 "King Solomon’s Temple", Casola Gallery, Peekskill, New York

1985   Tracy Garret Gallery, New York, New York

Selected Exhibitions:

2009 Selections  BCB Art  Hudson New York

       Tabula Rasa Gallery Aferro Newark, NJ

2008 "Paradox of Water", juried exhibition juror Mary Sabbatino V.P Galerie Lelong, Westport Arts Center, Westport CT.

2006 "Peekskill Project 2006", Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill New York. Installed painting at HVCCA, Logo, Tee shirt design and DVD "The Peekskill Fireball" at Peekskill River front Green Park

2005-06 "Winter Solstice IV, Standards and Shifts in Contemporary Art"  Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, New York

2005 "Peekskill Project, Ghosts" installation, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York

2004 "Winter Solstice III" The Studio Gallery, Armonk, N.Y

2003 Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea 2003, Florence Italy, Sponsored in part by the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, New York Foundation For The Arts S.O.S grant and Family and Friends

2001 "Locations Real and Imagined" Westchester Center for the Arts, White Plains, New York

2000 "Floating Dialogues: Imagery and Abstraction" Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, New York

1999 "Salon Show" Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, New York

"Ninth Annual Juried Show", juror Kirsten Erickson Assistant Curator MOMA, Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, New York

1985 "Emerging 1985" State of Illinois Center, in conjunction with The Renaissance Society University of Chicago, Chicago, Il. Selected by curator and art critic James Yood.

Special Collections:

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Film Department Archives, 

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York