Trenton Doyle Hancock (American, born )

Trenton Doyle Hancock (American, b.1974) is a Contemporary artist. He earned his BFA from Texas A&M University in 1997 and his MFA from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in 2000. He is best known for his fantastical depictions of The Mounds, mythical creatures whose narrative unfolds through Hancock’s paintings, prints, and drawings. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant in 1999, the Artadia Foundation Award in 2003, and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award in 2005. His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, and Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL. The artist currently lives and works in Houston, TX.

Timeline

1974
Born in Oklahoma City, USA
1994
Associate of Science, Paris Junior College, Paris, USA
1995
American Scholastic Press Association
Rocky Mountain Collegiate Media Association
Southwestern Journalism Congress
1997
B.F.A. Texas A&M University, Commerce, USA
1997
Skowhegan Camille Hanks Cosby fellowship for African-American Artists
Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Award, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, USA
1999
Joan Mitchell Foundation, Grant Recipient
2000
M.F.A. Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
2003
Artadia Foundation Award
2004
Penny McCall Foundation Award
2005
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award
Lives and works in Houston, USA

Exhibitions

2007
The Wayward Thinker, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland (solo)
The Wayward Thinker, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Sirens’ Song, Arthouse At the Jones Center, Austin, USA
The Lizard Cult, Clementine Gallery, New York, USA
Taking Possession, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, USA
2006
In The Blestian Room, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
The Compulsive Line: Etching 1900 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Black Alphabet, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
A Brighter Day Group Exhibition, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
Infinite Painting: Contemporary Paintings and Global Realism, Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, Passariano, Italy
2005
More Mound Milking and Miracle Machines, ARCO International Art Fair, Madrid, Spain (solo)
2004
Trenton Doyle Hancock, Paris Junior College, Paris, USA (solo)
5th Anniversary Exhibition, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, USA
Perspectives @ 25: A Quarter-Century of New Art in Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA
Drawing Under the Influence: Lee Baxter Davis & His Proteges, Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, USA
Between the Lines, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
2003
Moments in Mound History, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA (solo)
For a Floor of Flora, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
It Came From Studio Floor, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, USA (solo)
Poetic Justice, 8th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
It Happened Tomorrow, 7th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France
Splat Boom Pow! The Influence of Comics in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, USA
On the Wall: Wallpaper and Tableau, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, USA
Twenty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, USA
Flip, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, USA
2002
It Came From Studio Floor, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, USA (solo)
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, USA
Western Artists: Selections from New American Paintings #42, osp Gallery, Boston, USA
Next, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, USA
2002 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Core 2002 Exhibition, Glassell School of Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Two by Two for AIDS and Art, Dallas, USA
2001
The Life and Death of #1, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA; traveled to Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, USA (solo)
The Legend Is In Trouble, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Freestyle, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, USA; traveled to Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, USA
Portraiture, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, USA
2001 New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, USA
Core 2001 Exhibition, Glassell School of Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Private Collections: Artists, Curators and Collectors, Gallery at the University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, USA
The Big Id, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
2000
Wow Thats Me, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, USA (solo)
Out of the Ordinary: New Art from Texas, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA
Balls, James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
2000 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Artistic Centers in Texas: Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas Fine Arts Association, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, USA
Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs and Other Folktales, Longwood Arts Gallery, Bronx, USA
1998
ff Colored, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, USA (solo)
Texas Dialogues: Parallels, Dallas/San Antonio, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, USA
Link, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, USA
1997
AUTOBIODEGRADABLE, Honors Thesis Exhibition, University Gallery, Texas A&M University,Commerce, USA (solo)
New Views, Eight Emerging Texas Artists, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, USA
Link, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, USA
1996
Works on Paper, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
1995
Juried Student Show, East Texas State University, Commerce, USA

Literature

2007
Wilson, Sue. “The Fantastic Voyage,” Metro, February 16.
2007
Gavin, Francesca. “Weak Become Heroes: Trenton Doyle Hancock,” Dazed and Confused,” Issue 47, March.
2007
Griffith, Gabriella. “Trenton Doyle Hancock: The Wayward Thinker,” The Skinny,” Issue 18, March.
2007
Cairns, Steven. “Trenton Doyle Hancock: The Wayward Thinker,” The List, March 15- March 29.
2007
“10th Graphic Novels,” Grafik, February.
2007
“Meatmarket,” Modern Painters, February.
2007
The Art Happening: Trenton Doyle Hancock,” Scotland on Sunday, February 4.
2007
Burnet, Andrew. “Explosion of Beauty and Beast,” The Herald, February 8.
2007
Mottram, Jack. “The Writing’s on the Wall. Just Don’t Ask What It’s Saying,” The Herald, February 9.
2007
“10 Great Things to See and Do, as Chosen by our Critics,” The Guardian, February 9.
2007
Mansfield, Susan. “Son of a Preacher Man,” The Scotsman, February 10.
2007
“Trenton Doyle Hancock Edinburgh,” The Guardian, February 10-16.
2007
Leaver-Yao, Isla. “Trenton Doyle Hancock: The Wayward Thinker,” The List, Issue 568, February 15.
2007
Lesso, Rosie. “Interview,” The List, February 15- March 1.
2005
“Recent Works on Paper in Political Nature at Whitney,” ArtDaily.com, January 27.
2005
“Trenton Doyle Hancock, Art on the Edge: 17 Contemporary American Artists”, Art in Embassies Program
2005
Kutner, Janet. “Artful Odyssey,” The Dallas Morning News, October 13.
2005
Daniel, Mike. “ Trenton Doyle Hancock at Dunn and Brown,” The Dallas Morning News The Guide, September 2.
2005
Simblist, Noah. “Trenton Doyle Hancock: St. Sesom and the Cult of Color,” Glasstire: Texas Visual Art Online, October.
2005
Kazemzadeh, Max. “Trenton Doyle Hancock: St. Sesom and the Cult of Color,” Art!es, Fall.
2004
Smith, Laura. “Like a Bunny Attacking Your Jugular,” Swingset. “Trenton Doyle Hancock,” art:21 Art in the Tewnty-First Century: 24 - 35
2003
Poulson, Alex. “Inspiration can be found in Texas: Trenton Doyle Hancock,” Dazed & Confused, December: 181.
2003
“Trenton Doyle Hancock: It Came From Studio Floor,” Modern Painters, Spring 2003: 123-124.
2003
“Trenton Doyle Hancock en el Moca,” El Nuevo Herald, March 2003.
2003
Weinstein, Joel. “Trenton Doyle Hancock: MoCA,” Flash Art, June 2003.
2003
Kutner, Janet. “Trenton Doyle Hancock” ARTnews, Summer 2003.
2003
Princenthal, Nancy. “Trenton Doyle Hancock: Full Immersion,” Art in America, June 2003.
2003
Bean, Shawn. “ Show and Tale,” Florida International Magazine, April 2003.
2003
Johnson, Ken. “ Trenton Doyle Hancock: For a Floor of Flora,” The New York Times, March 2003.
2003
“Mythical Proportions,” Street, March 2003.
2003
Newhall, Edith. “Planet of the Apes,” New York, March 2003.
2002
Claire, Jeanne. “Altered States,” Austin American-Statesman, February 7: 2+.
2002
Stewart, Michael and Posey, Reed. “Spotlight,” Live Art in the Galleries Austin, March 13.
2002
Princenthal, Nancy. “ Whiter the Whitney Biennial?” Art in America, June 2002.
2002
Kutner, Janet. “Biennial Blah,” The Dallas Morning News, April 2002.
2002
Meek, Vicki. “ Trenton Doyle Hancock: The Life and Death of #1,” Art!ies, Winter 2002.
2001
Nadelman, Cynthia. “Freestyle,” ARTnews, September: 173.
2001
Smith, Roberta. “The Legend is in Trouble,” The New York Times, July 13.
2001
Rry, Tina. “Trenton Makes, the World Takes,” New York, July 23.
2001
“Galleries Uptown,” The New Yorker, July 23.
English (US)

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