David T. Hanson | American, 1948 -
David T. Hanson, born and raised in Montana, earned a B.A. in English Literature from Stanford University and a M.F.A. in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design. He studied with and worked as an assistant to Minor White and Frederick Sommer. As a photographer and mixed-media installation artist, he has received a number of awards including a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship and two National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowships. One of Hanson's aerial views of Colstrip, Montana was selected by The New York Times' photography critic Vicki Goldberg as one of the 100 most important photographs of the 20th century.
Hanson's work is in the permanent collections of major museums throughout the world, including The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. His work has been featured in numerous museum exhibitions, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. Hanson's photographs have been included in multiple exhibitions at The Museum of Modern Art in New York (four shows), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (two shows), and The Art Institute of Chicago (three shows, including a solo exhibition).
In 1997, Aperture published a monograph of Hanson's photographic work, Waste Land: Meditations on a Ravaged Landscape. Selections from Hanson's Waste Land series were featured in two exhibitions (with catalogues): Imaging a Shattering Earth: Contemporary Photography and the Environmental Debate (Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto) and The Body At Risk (International Center of Photography, New York, New York).
SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:
Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Canadian Centre for Architecture, New York, New York
Fuji Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, Montana
David T. Hanson, born and raised in Montana, earned a B.A. in English Literature from Stanford University and a M.F.A. in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design. He studied with and worked as an assistant to Minor White and Frederick Sommer. As a photographer and mixed-media installation artist, he has received a number of awards including a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship and two National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowships. One of Hanson's aerial views of Colstrip, Montana was selected by The New York Times' photography critic Vicki Goldberg as one of the 100 most important photographs of the 20th century.
Hanson's work is in the permanent collections of major museums throughout the world, including The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. His work has been featured in numerous museum exhibitions, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. Hanson's photographs have been included in multiple exhibitions at The Museum of Modern Art in New York (four shows), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (two shows), and The Art Institute of Chicago (three shows, including a solo exhibition).
In 1997, Aperture published a monograph of Hanson's photographic work, Waste Land: Meditations on a Ravaged Landscape. Selections from Hanson's Waste Land series were featured in two exhibitions (with catalogues): Imaging a Shattering Earth: Contemporary Photography and the Environmental Debate (Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto) and The Body At Risk (International Center of Photography, New York, New York).
SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:
Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Canadian Centre for Architecture, New York, New York
Fuji Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, Montana