Mark Hanham Australian, b. 1978
Mark Hanham studied at National Art School then completed a Master’s Degree in Art at the College of Fine Art in Sydney.
He has painted every day since he was fourteen years of age and is an extraordinarily successful artist! Mark is known for his large scale, brash works and takes the viewer on a journey of discovery into his own world. A contemporary realistic action painter, he is influenced and inspired by American modernist painter Jackson Pollock’s dripping of paint, Picasso’s linear soft forms and his love for travel. One sees the isolation of cities also in Hanham’s paintings, Mark often visually narrates daily life allowing the collector to be immediately be transported to those international grand cities when connecting with his work.
His bold expressive landscapes of iconic urban centres – PARIS, SYDNEY, NEW YORK, LONDON, VENICE, and TOKYO are unique. Hanham’s point of difference is scale and energy but all counterpoised with romanticism, hope and a commentary on the human condition. Mark Hanham is certainly one of the collected investment artists of Australia and his move to the world stage complete.
ARTIST STATEMENT
“I did not simply choose to be an artist. It probably started when I was a child growing up in Sydney inner city surrounded by galleries and people who are truly passionate about design and the Arts. My use of abstract line and form brings quite a range of problems to be solved. A series of imaginative developments involving colour, texture and more lines are added to my works until I am satisfied that I have captured a moment in time. I have tried to take a more literal approach to abstract expressionism since completing my Masters Degree in 2004 through a more figurative way of working, so that you can see what the image is without seeing it all. This allows the viewer to imbue their individual sense into the work. It invites them to get involved. A lot of my work is about street and cityscapes, it’s about the chaos of a city, the rush, the alienation that occurs in urban living.” Mark Hanham 2018.
Exhibitions
2018 CURRENT
SOHO Galleries Waterloo
Wentworth Galleries Sydney Centre
Ultimate Art Gallery Four Seasons Hotel Sydney Rocks
Without Pier Gallery Melbourne
Art Fairs
2013 / 2014
Balmain Art Fair Sydney
2011 / 2012
Melbourne Art Fair
Sydney Art Fair, Sydney Art Month
Art Brisbane
Balmain Art Fair Sydney
Kings School Art Fair Sydney
Solo Shows
2016
Mark Hanham Solo Show, Gallery Without Pier Melbourne
2015
Far Horizons at Lacuna Galleries, Santa fe New Mexico USA
A Night in Paris, Alliance Francaise, Sydney
Face Value Mark Hanham Gallery Sydney
2011
Established Mark Hanham Gallery
2010
Paris Exhibition, Alliance Francaise, Sydney
Recent Pictures, Shapiro Gallery, Sydney
2008
European election, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
Studio Den Haag, Netherland
2007
First Impressions, Studio Herrljunga, Sweden
Reflection III, Global Gallery, Sydney
2006
Reflection II, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
Andrew Crawford Gallery, Sydney
Petit Pois, the Big Gallery, Glebe
2005
Reflections, Global Gallery, Paddington
2004
Labor Club, Surry Hills
Graphic Art Club, Sydney
Group Shows
2016
Sydney Reflections, Mark Hanham Gallery + Ultimate Art Gallery Four Seasons Hotel Sydney Rocks
2008
Southhead Gallery, Woollahra Sydney
2007
Mary Place Gallery, Paddington Sydney
2006
Richard Martin gallery, Woollahra Sydney
Albury Cellars Gallery, Paddington Sydney
People and Panorama, Marlene Antico Fine Arts Sydney
2005
Scape, Global Gallery Sydney
Under water, Barry Stern Group Exhibition Marlene Antico Fine Arts Sydney
Tsunami Exhibition, UNICEF, Shaffer Gallery Melbourne
Prizes
2007
Kings Cross Art Competitionm,The Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst Sydney\
2005
Finalist " Paddington Art Prize" Marlene Antico Fine Arts - People Choice Award Sydney
2003
Finalist Sulman Art Prize, Art Gallery of NSW Sydney
Kings Cross Art Competition, The Tap Gallery Winner People's Choice Award Sydney
2002
Lloyd Rees Memorial Art Award, Lane Cove Sydney
Kings Cross Art Competition, The Tap Gallery Winner People's Choice Award Sydney
2000
Bondi Art Prize, The pavillon Bondi Beach Winner People's Choice Award Sydney
Education
2004
Master of Fine Art, COFA, University of New South Wales Sydney
Major in Painting and Drawing
2001
Bachelor of Fine Art Sydney National Art School Sydney
Extra curricular of Life Drawing and Sculpture
Major in Painting and Drawing
Mark Hanham