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}}David Hannan (born 1971) is a [[Métis]] [[Canadians|Canadian]] who is a painter, sculptor, filmmaker, and a [[mixed media]] artist and currently lives in [[Toronto]], [[Canada]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Everett, Deborah, 1951-|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/328280157|title=Encyclopedia of Native American artists|date=2008|publisher=Greenwood Press|others=Zorn, Elayne.|isbn=978-0-313-08061-6|location=Westport, Conn.|oclc=328280157}}</ref> He graduated from the [[Ontario College of Art]] with a diploma in 1995.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://g101.ca/artists/david-hannan|title=David Hannan {{!}} www.g101.ca|website=g101.ca|access-date=2020-02-18}}</ref> Most of Hannan's work have been based around his cultural heritage, the history and events of indigenous rights, and the ideas of territory and land.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://g101.ca/exhibits/allcreatures|title=ALLcreatures {{!}} www.g101.ca|website=g101.ca|access-date=2020-02-20}}</ref |
}}David Hannan (born 1971) is a [[Métis]] [[Canadians|Canadian]] who is a painter, sculptor, filmmaker, and a [[mixed media]] artist and currently lives in [[Toronto]], [[Canada]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Everett, Deborah, 1951-|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/328280157|title=Encyclopedia of Native American artists|date=2008|publisher=Greenwood Press|others=Zorn, Elayne.|isbn=978-0-313-08061-6|location=Westport, Conn.|oclc=328280157}}</ref> He graduated from the [[Ontario College of Art]] with a diploma in 1995.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://g101.ca/artists/david-hannan|title=David Hannan {{!}} www.g101.ca|website=g101.ca|access-date=2020-02-18}}</ref> Most of Hannan's work have been based around his cultural heritage, the history and events of indigenous rights, and the ideas of territory and land.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://g101.ca/exhibits/allcreatures|title=ALLcreatures {{!}} www.g101.ca|website=g101.ca|access-date=2020-02-20}}</ref><br /> |
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== Early Life == |
== Early Life == |
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Hannan was born on the year 1971 in [[Ottawa|Ottawa,]] [[Ontario]] to a mother with [[Miꞌkmaq]] and [[Algonquin people|Algonquin]] ancestry and to a non-native father.<ref name=":0" /> Due to his father's work at a survey company, he often stayed with his grandmother for months intermittently who encouraged his interest in art and provided him the supplies and drawing materials.<ref name=":0" /> In eighth grade his family moved to Thailand for his father's work for three years where he learned how to speak Thai in the first six months. Hannan stayed in Bangkok and attended an international school there where he met and befriended Robert Gutowski, an art teacher at his school.<ref name=":0" /> In 1988 Hannan then returned to Ottawa and went to high school there at the [[Canterbury High School for the Arts]] and graduated in 1991 he then later moved to [[Toronto]] to attend the Ontario College of Art where he received numerous awards, scholarships, and his diploma in 1995. <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> |
Hannan was born on the year 1971 in [[Ottawa|Ottawa,]] [[Ontario]] to a mother with [[Miꞌkmaq]] and [[Algonquin people|Algonquin]] ancestry from and to a non-native father.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://ammsa.com/publications/ontario-birchbark/artist-says-no-life-it|title=Artist says no life like it|website=Ammsa.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref> His maternal grandmother was a Mik'maq from [[Richibucto]], [[New Brunswick]], while his maternal grandfather was an Algonquin from [[northeastern Ontario]].<ref name=":3" /> Due to his father's work at a survey company, he often stayed with his maternal grandmother for months intermittently who encouraged his interest in art and provided him the supplies and drawing materials.<ref name=":0" /> In eighth grade his family moved to Thailand for his father's work for three years where he learned how to speak Thai in the first six months. Hannan stayed in Bangkok and attended an international school there where he met and befriended Robert Gutowski, an art teacher at his school.<ref name=":0" /> In 1988 Hannan then returned to Ottawa and went to high school there at the [[Canterbury High School for the Arts]]<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> and graduated in 1991 he then later moved to [[Toronto]] to attend the Ontario College of Art where he received numerous awards, scholarships, and his diploma in 1995. <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> |
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In 2001, Hannan had extended his skills into sculpting and [[installation art]].<ref name=":0" /> His works at the time such as ''Invaded Wilderness'' and ''Copper Land'' both featured the usage of copper in both works encroaching on the environment as a reference to Canada being the 5th largest producer of copper at the time.<ref name=":0" /> |
In 2001, Hannan had extended his skills into sculpting and [[installation art]].<ref name=":0" /> His works at the time such as ''Invaded Wilderness'' and ''Copper Land'' both featured the usage of copper in both works encroaching on the environment as a reference to Canada being the 5th largest producer of copper at the time.<ref name=":0" /> |
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=== 50 Cents - Return to Batoche === |
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In 2003 Hannan had designed a new 50-cent coin for Canada<ref name=":3" /> and was engraved by Hannan, [[Dora de Pedery-Hunt|Dora de Pédery Hunt]], and Stan Witten.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces167497.html|title=50 Cents - Return to Batoche Saskatchewan|last=|first=|date=|website=Numista|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref> The coin was revealed in the summer in [[Batoche, Saskatchewan|Batoche]] of that year to the public and was made to honor the Métis festival which was held in Batoche every year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ammsa.com/publications/saskatchewan-sage/coin-celebrates-festival|title=Coin celebrates festival|website=Ammsa.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref> The obverse side of the coin featured an engraving of [[Elizabeth II]] with the word Canada at the top, Elizabeth II at the bottom, and to the side of the engraving of Elizabeth II said 50 cents.<ref name=":4" /> The reverse side had the lettering, [[Saskatchewan]] 2003 Saskatchewan.<ref name=":4" /> |
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| ⚫ | One of Hannan's exhibitions which opened in October, 19, 2006 to November 18, 2006 in Ottawa, Canada at Artists' Centre D'Artistes Ottawa Inc.(Gallery 101) called ''ALLcreatures.'' It had featured a [[taxidermy]] like sculpture made using packing tape and created life sized deer and coyotes which were |
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| ⚫ | One of Hannan's exhibitions which opened in October, 19, 2006 to November 18, 2006 in Ottawa, Canada at Artists' Centre D'Artistes Ottawa Inc.(Gallery 101) called ''ALLcreatures.'' It had featured a [[taxidermy]] like installation sculpture called ''Hunt and the hunted'',<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> made using packing tape and created life sized deer and coyotes that were hollow, which were attached to one another and were suspended from a ceiling with a light emanating from the center of the ceiling where the sculpture was suspended from causing the coyotes and deer to look see through. The installation artwork Hannan created deals with the ideas of death and transcendence with how the piece hangs from the ceiling with hollow and see through animals.<ref name=":2" /> |
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Revision as of 18:05, 3 March 2020
David Hannan | |
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| Born | 1971 Ottawa, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | Ontario College of Art |
| Known for | Painting, sculpting, film making, mixed media arts |
David Hannan (born 1971) is a Métis Canadian who is a painter, sculptor, filmmaker, and a mixed media artist and currently lives in Toronto, Canada.[1] He graduated from the Ontario College of Art with a diploma in 1995.[1][2] Most of Hannan's work have been based around his cultural heritage, the history and events of indigenous rights, and the ideas of territory and land.[1][3]
Early Life
Hannan was born on the year 1971 in Ottawa, Ontario to a mother with Miꞌkmaq and Algonquin ancestry from and to a non-native father.[1][4] His maternal grandmother was a Mik'maq from Richibucto, New Brunswick, while his maternal grandfather was an Algonquin from northeastern Ontario.[4] Due to his father's work at a survey company, he often stayed with his maternal grandmother for months intermittently who encouraged his interest in art and provided him the supplies and drawing materials.[1] In eighth grade his family moved to Thailand for his father's work for three years where he learned how to speak Thai in the first six months. Hannan stayed in Bangkok and attended an international school there where he met and befriended Robert Gutowski, an art teacher at his school.[1] In 1988 Hannan then returned to Ottawa and went to high school there at the Canterbury High School for the Arts[1][2] and graduated in 1991 he then later moved to Toronto to attend the Ontario College of Art where he received numerous awards, scholarships, and his diploma in 1995. [1][2]
Career
Early Paintings
Shortly after receiving his degree, Hannan became a painter and created images with the style of a collage making use of family photos in his work. His early work in this style suggested one of two themes, two of his works, Camping Stories and At the Cottage, suggest a more happy and relaxing time, two other images on the other hand, Broken Man and Untitled (Crossfire), represent times of hardship.[1] Most of Hannan's paintings are multi-media works incorporate his Métis background by containing pieces of Melton cloth, a material with significant ties to the first contact between Europeans and First Nations peoples.[1][5] In 2000 Hannan created works based off of Louis Riel[1], a controversial historical figure in Canada due to his actions during the Red River Rebellion and North-West Rebellion.
Sculpting
In 2001, Hannan had extended his skills into sculpting and installation art.[1] His works at the time such as Invaded Wilderness and Copper Land both featured the usage of copper in both works encroaching on the environment as a reference to Canada being the 5th largest producer of copper at the time.[1]
Artworks/Exhibitions
50 Cents - Return to Batoche
In 2003 Hannan had designed a new 50-cent coin for Canada[4] and was engraved by Hannan, Dora de Pédery Hunt, and Stan Witten.[6] The coin was revealed in the summer in Batoche of that year to the public and was made to honor the Métis festival which was held in Batoche every year.[7] The obverse side of the coin featured an engraving of Elizabeth II with the word Canada at the top, Elizabeth II at the bottom, and to the side of the engraving of Elizabeth II said 50 cents.[6] The reverse side had the lettering, Saskatchewan 2003 Saskatchewan.[6]
ALLcreatures
One of Hannan's exhibitions which opened in October, 19, 2006 to November 18, 2006 in Ottawa, Canada at Artists' Centre D'Artistes Ottawa Inc.(Gallery 101) called ALLcreatures. It had featured a taxidermy like installation sculpture called Hunt and the hunted,[1][3] made using packing tape and created life sized deer and coyotes that were hollow, which were attached to one another and were suspended from a ceiling with a light emanating from the center of the ceiling where the sculpture was suspended from causing the coyotes and deer to look see through. The installation artwork Hannan created deals with the ideas of death and transcendence with how the piece hangs from the ceiling with hollow and see through animals.[3]
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External Links
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Everett, Deborah, 1951- (2008). Encyclopedia of Native American artists. Zorn, Elayne. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-08061-6. OCLC 328280157.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c "David Hannan | www.g101.ca". g101.ca. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
- ^ a b c "ALLcreatures | www.g101.ca". g101.ca. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c "Artist says no life like it". Ammsa.com. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
- ^ "TMC Past Exhibitions". Textile Museum of Canada. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
- ^ a b c "50 Cents - Return to Batoche Saskatchewan". Numista. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Coin celebrates festival". Ammsa.com. Retrieved 2020-03-03.