Phil Hansen (artist)

Phil Hansen (born 1979) is a self-taught American artist . [2]

Biography

During high school, Hansen’s obsession with pointillism resulted in permanent nerve damage. [3] Out of Frustration, Hansen left art and art school, but, after speaking to his neurologist, decided to explore other forms of art, [4]zowel’s two and three-dimensional. [5] Hansen dropped out of college after two terms, and his only formal art education is from high school. [1]

Career

Hansen’s Breakthrough piece was a time-lapse video of a two-day project called Influence . He painted thirty pictures on his torso, one over the other, lycra picture representing an influence in his life. After it was COMPLETED, he peeled the layer off and cut a silhouette or his own profile. The uploaded video was streamed morethan a million times on the Web, with process and final piece CLEARLY revealed. [6] [7]

Grammy Awards

Hansen was Chosen to be the official artist for 51st annual Grammy Awards held on February 8, 2009 8 pm ET. [8]

References

  1. ^ Jump up to:a b “Phil Hansen” . mnartists.com . Retrieved January 31, 2013 .
  2. Jump up^ “Phil Hansen – Biography” . ArtFacts.com . Retrieved January 31, 2013 .
  3. Jump up^ Sims, Tony. “Interview With Phil Hansen – Author and Banana Tattoo Artist” . Wired.com . Retrieved January 31, 2013 .
  4. Jump up^ Hansen, Phil. “Phil Hansen: Embrace the shake” . TED . Retrieved January 31, 2013 .
  5. Jump up^ Hansen, Phil. “Phil Hansen Art” . Retrieved January 31, 2013 .
  6. Jump up^ “People of the Web – Strokes of Genius” . Yahoo! News . July 13, 2007. Archived from the original on September 15, 2007.
  7. Jump up^ Hansen, Phil. “Influence” . Retrieved January 31, 2013 .
  8. Jump up^ “Grammy art work” . Retrieved 2008-12-02 .