sculptures
HAWAIʻI - THE NATIVES ARE NOT HAPPY
EXHIBITION IN BERLIN, GERMANY
Kunsthaus Meinblau, Pfefferberg Arts Center
Berlin, Germany, 2013
Curator: Barbara Mei Chun Müller - www.careerculture.de
Photographer: Andreas-Michael Velten - www.velten.berlin
DIGGING IN THE PLOT OF EXISTENCE
AT THE COURT OF THE TYRANT
texts
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Introduction written for an exhibition catalog
Barbara Mei Chun Müller
Curator and university lecturer
Berlin, Germany
www.careerculture.de
Essay written for an exhibition catalog
Michael Nungesser
Art historian and critic
Berlin, Germany
www.michael-nungesser.de
Magazine article
Hege Vadstein
Visual artist and contributor
to the magazine, Torggata Blad
Oslo, Norway
www.torggatablad.no
Poems
Published by Bamboo Ridge Press
Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA
www.bambooridge.org
about
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
SCULPTURE AS AN ART FORM
William Hanson
William Hanson, sculptor
1952-1971
Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA
Since 1992
Lives and works in Oslo, Norway
Member
Norwegian Sculptors Association (NBF)
Norwegian Visual Artists Association (NBK)
Education
1986-1989 Private studies with sculptors Joseph Query (Boston Museum School of Fine Arts)
and Anton Fuetsch (Vienna Art Academy) in Sonoma and Berkeley, California, USA
1984-1985 Private studies with master carver Richard Reid in York, England
1982-1984 Fine art studies at the City and Guilds of London Art School, England
Instruction by sculptors Arthur Ayres (Royal Academy Schools) and John Roberts
(Gloucestershire College of Art)
1979-1980 Bachelor of Arts in German, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA
Residencies abroad
2006-2011 Residency with studio in Berlin, Germany
2001-2002 Residency with studio in Lower Saxony, Germany
Solo exhibitions
2018 Holmsbu Gallery, Holmsbu, Norway
2013 Exhibition HAWAI‘I - THE NATIVES ARE NOT HAPPY, Kunsthaus Meinblau, Pfefferberg Arts Center, Berlin, Germany
2007 Retrospective, Galerie-Atelier III, Schlossinsel Rantzauer See, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
2003 Sculpture FEMALE NUDE IN OAK, Main Hall, Kassel Central Station, Germany
2002 Exhibition TROLLDOM, Hundertwasser Architectual Project, Uelzen, Lower Saxony, Germany
1998 Exhibition GÖTTERBILDER AUS NORWEGEN, Rothe Etage Cultural Center, Uelzen, Lower Saxony, Germany
1997 World Trade Center Bremen, Germany
1991 Sculpture FOREST GODS, Mölln Deer Park, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Group exhibitions
2004 Anniversary trade fair, Livos Company, Lower Saxony, Germany
2001 Exhibition MENSCH-NATUR, Harz National Park, Lower Saxony, Germany
1998 Exhibition KUNSTEN I KIRKEN - KIRKEN I TIDEN, Church of Norway, Tønsberg, Norway
1994 Anniversary exhibition, Lauenburg Arts Society, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1989 Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Sacramento, California, USA
1988 Theodore Styć Gallery, Fair Oaks, California, USA
Gallery Obsura, Ashland, Oregon, USA
Commissions and acquisitions
1997 Sculpture EMOTIONAL BLOCK, Global Marine Consulting GmbH, Bremen, Germany
1991 Sculpture FOREST GODS, Mölln Arts Society, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
contact
William Hanson
Oslo, Norway
info[at]hanson-art.com