David Hannah
David Hannah
EDUCATION
1956-57 Rice Institute, Houston, Texas
1957-61 The University of Oklahoma, School of Architecture
1966-67 The San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1972
Drawings and Paintings, Suzanne Saxe Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1974
New Paintings, Suzanne Saxe Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1975
New Paintings and Drawings, Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1976
Paintings, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
1977
Recent Work, Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1979
Recent Paintings, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
1980
Recent Paintings, The University of California, Santa Barbara Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
1985
Recent Paintings, Fabian Carlsson Gallery, London, UK
1986
Paintings & Drawings, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1987
Paintings, Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY
1988
Drawings 1987-88, Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY
1989
Drawings, Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1990
Recent Work, Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1991
Recent Work, Museum Art Gallery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
1993
New Works, Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1995
New Work, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
1996
Work, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
1998
Projects: 1/ heidegger; 2/ heisenberg, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
2000
face, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
2003
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
2006
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1962
Texas Painting and Sculpture, (juried)- Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Whitte Museum, San Antonio, TX.
1968
Visiting Faculty. University of California at Davis
1970
Four Painters: David Hannah, Jack Jefferson, Bruce McGaw, Joe Oddo. Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1971
Works on Paper. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
1977
Art For Giving and Collecting. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1978
A Peek Into the Private Life of Rose Selavy: Fifty Non-Art Objects from the Lives of Fifty Artists. Helen Euphrat Gallery,DeAnza College, Cupertino, CA
1979
California Artists. Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1980
A Drawing Show. Santa Rosa Junior College Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
1981
San Francisco Art Institute Faculty. Richmond Art Center, CA
1981
California Artists, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Recent Acquisitions. Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Alumni of the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Abstractions - Eight California Painters. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (Curator: Richard Armstrong)
1984
Summer Exhibition: Pirfirio DeDona, David Hannah, Marjorie Welish. Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Luxe, Calme et Volupte - Nine Abstract Painters and Their Use of Color. One Penn Plaza, New York, NY (Curator: John Yau)
1986
More Than Meets The Eye. Galleria Carini, Florence, Italy
Square and…. Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York City
Ten Artists. Ruth Siegel Gallery at The International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
1987
Review/Preview. Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY
1988
Abstraction: The Central Image. Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY
1989
Third International Art Expo/LA 88. Los Angeles, CA (Ruth Siegel Gallery)
Belief in Paint: Eleven Contemporary Artists. Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, VT
1990
Fresh Contexts. Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
1994
Comic Influences. Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Soliloquies. Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA. July 20-August 6
1995
Group. Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia. July 25-September 07
1996
Group. Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia. March.
1999
Searchlight: Consciousness at the Millennium. California College of Arts & Crafts, CCAC Institute, San Francisco. Sept 25-Dec 11 (catalog) (heidegger.?)
2002
In ‘toon with Time. Palo Alto Art Center, CA , January 27 - April 28 (#35, #39, Head) Portrait Obscured. San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Group, Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
COMMISSIONS
1985 Costume design (Third Rotation and ZigZag ) for Douglas Dunn and Dancers, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1970
Thomas Albright. Four Artists in Oakland, San Francisco Chronicle, CA
Cecile McCann. Four San Francisco Art Institute Faculty, Art Week, San Francisco, CA
1971
Thomas Albright. San Francisco Art Institute Works on Paper, San Francisco Chronicle, CA
1972
Alfred Frankelstein. Artists and Great Themes, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA
1973
Thomas Albright. The Path of Exploration, San Francisco Chronicle, CA, 8 January.
Albright. $5,000., Art Gallery Magazine, San Francisco, March.
1974
Albright. Hannah's Paintings, San Francisco Chronicle, CA, 16 February.
Cecile McCann. David Hannah: December 1973, (illustration), Art Week, San Francisco, CA, 23 February (5:8,5).
1975
Thomas Albright. Blockbuster at the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 January.
Charles Shere. San Francisco Art Institute Show, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, 26 January.
Judith L. Dunham. San Francisco Art Institute Faculty Show, Art Week, San Francisco, CA, 8 February (6:6, 16).
Alfred Frankenstein . What the New Artists Are Up To, San Francisco Chronicle, CA, 4 July.
Alexander Freid . Grapestake Show, San Francisco Examiner, CA, 12 July.
1977
Alfred Frankenstein. At The Galleries, San Francisco Chronicle, CA, 9 April.
1979
Thomas Albright. Review, San Francisco Chronicle, CA, 18 September.
Stacey Moss. The Genuine and the Genuinely Not Up To Par, The Peninsula Times Tribune, 21 September.
1980
Richard Ames. University of California, Santa Barbara Art Museum, Santa Barbara News-Press, Santa Barbara, CA, 12 January.
Cathy Curtis. The Eclecticism of Contemporary Abstractions, Art Week, San Francisco, CA, 12 January.
1981
Albert Morch. Enjoying Abstract Art wih a Wandering Mind, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, CA, March.
1985
Michael Brenson. Luxe, Calme et Volupte, The New York Times, 4 January.
John Yau. Thwarted Desires, Bold Assertions, essay for the exhibition catalogue: David Hannah/Paintings & Drawings - 1983/85, at the Fabian Carlsson Gallery, London, England
Tony Godrey. David Hannah at Fabian Carlsson, The Burlington Magazine, London, England, December.
ony Godfrey. David Hannah at Fabian Carlsson, Artscribe International, London, England, December-January/1985-86.
1986
Thomas Albright. Art in the San Francisco Bay Area: 1945-1980. University of California Press.
Judith Stein. Essay for the exhibition brouchure: David Hannah at the Morris Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
Edward Soznanski. Against the tide..., The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, 15 May.
Sally Friedman. Here, whimsey and mystery coexist, Levittown Courier Times, Levittown, PA, 15 June.
Freidman. Eluding the PigeonHoles, Doylestown Daily Intelligencer, Doylestown, PA, 23 June.
1987
John Yau. David Hannah, Artforum, New York City, Summer (pp.118-119).
1988
Jacolyn A. Mott, ed. Searching Out the Best: Ten Years of the Morris Gallery. catalogue published by The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. .
Rachel Blau DuPlessis. Text for exhibition brochure: David Hannah Drawings 1987-88, Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York City.
1989
Wm. P.Scott. Review: Art, The Philadelphia Inquirer, May
1990
Edward Soznanski. On Galleries, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 22 November.
1991
Dorothy Burkhart. Of bold, pop-inspired gestures..., San Jose Mercury News: EYE, December 13-19.
1992
Kenneth Baker. ...Paired with Cage, San Francisco Chronicle, 02 January.
1995
John Rapko. David Hannah at Gallery Paule Anglim, Artweek, May
Kenneth Baker. San Francisco In Brief, ArtNews, September
1997 Interviewed by Meredith Trumble. Great Books, Artweek, July (ill.)
1998 Kenneth Baker. Hannah Paints Faces of Moral Anxiety, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 June
Greg Schneider, David Hannah at Gallery Paule Anglim, Artweek, September
1999
catalog: Searchlight: Consciousness at the Millennium. California College of Arts & Crafts, CCAC Institute, San Francisco. Sept 25-Dec 11 (illustration)
2000
Self-Portraits, San Francisco Magazine, February (illustration, artist's statement)
Kenneth Baker, Face: David Hannah at Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 February
2003
Kenneth Baker, A Painter Glimpses ruin in the woods, San Francisco Chronicle, April 26
AWARDS/GRANTS
1975 The National Endowment for the Arts: Individual grant.
1986 The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston: Englehard Award.
1988 The E.D. Foundation: Individual grant.
TEACHING/ACADEMIC AFFILIATION
1967-68
The University of California, Davis - Visiting Lecturer
1968-81
The San Francisco Art Institute - Instructor
Chair, Painting Department, 1973-78
Chair, Graduate Painting & Sculpture, 1976-78
1980
The University of California, Santa Barbara - Visiting Artist/Faculty
1981-91
The Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia
Professor & Chair: Department of Painting, Drawing & Sculpture
1991-Present
Stanford University, Department of Art + Art History
Professor of Art / Director of Graduate Studies: MFA Program
Director of Stanford Studio Series (Visiting Artist Lecture Series)
David Hannah was the Paul L. And Phyllis Wattis Professor of Art at Stanford University, where he was the Director of Graduate Studies: MFA Program from1991 top 2007. Before coming to Stanford he taught at the Tyler School of Art, Temple University, 1981-1991 and at the San Francisco Art Institute from 1968-1981.