ELIAS HANSEN BIOGRAPHY Born in 1979, Indianola, WA He lives and works in Ancram, NY EDUCATION New Orleans School of Glass and Print, New Orleans, LA, 2001 Larson Red Angus Ranch, Big Timber, MT, 2001 Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, 1997-2001 SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 I Thought I Had A Dog In This Fight, But It Ain’t Seem Like It Now, Jeffrey Stark, New York, NY An open door to an empty room, Take Ninagawa, Tokyo, Japan 2014 You can cry all you want, but it ain’t changing shit, Jonathan Viner Gallery, London, UK I’m a long way from home, and I don’t really know these roads, Anat Egbi, Los Angeles, CA 2013 Hansen Brothers Furniture, Maccarone, New York, NY 2012 Should be fine, Maccarone, New York, NY We’re just in it for the money (w/ Oscar Tuazon), Balice hertling, Paris, France 2011 You know we’re nowhere near there, right?, Jonathan Viner, London, UK Next time, they’ll know it’s us, The Company, Los Angeles, CA It wasn’t until I found it later, Fireplace Project, Hamptons, NY Frieze Frame, London, UK 2010 This is the Last Place I Could Hide, Maccarone Gallery, New York, NY We Used To Get So High, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA Predicting the Present, The Company, Los Angeles, CA It Was One of My Best Comes (with Oscar Tuazon), Parc St. Leger Center of Contemporary Art, Pougues- les-Eaux, France 2009 Truths We Forgot to Lie About (with Joey Piecuch), The Helm Gallery, Tacoma, WA 2008 Kodiak I, Seattle Art Museum (with Oscar Tuazon), Seattle, WA Howard House Contemporary Art (with Oscar Tuazon), Seattle, WA 2007 VOluntary Non vUlnerable; Bodgers and Kludgers Cooperative Art Parlour, Vancouver, BC The Things We Carry, Tacoma Glassblowing Studio, Tacoma, WA 2004 Hearts, Teeth, Vaginas; Hand to Mouth, Bellingham, WA GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2017 The Wrong Way Home, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2014 Oh Brother, Maccarone Gallery, New York, NY Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama, Japan Slippery, Martos Gallery, New York, NY Another, Once Again, Many Times More, Martos Gallery, East Marion, NY Refraction: The Image of Sense, Blain|Southern, London 2013 Tone Poem, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, NY The Glass Show, Jonathan Viner, London, UK 2012 La Demeure Joyeuse II, Francesca Pia, Zurich Heart to Hand, Swiss Institute, New York, NY He Is Transparent, Renwick Gallery, New York, NY Ain’t quite right, EH & The Reader, APALAZZOGALLERY, Brescia, Italy We barely made it, Anat Egby, Los Angeles, CA 2011 Les Statues Meurent Aussi, Suzy Shamma, Milan, Italy Group Show, APALAZZOGALLERY, Brescia, Italy The Medicine Bag, Maccarone, New York, NY 2010 New Years Project, Western Bridge, Seattle, WA Dynasty, Palais De Tokyo, Paris, France Shadow, The Company, Los Angeles, CA 2009 Wood, curated by Ellen Langan, Maccarone, New York, NY Spite House, curated by Yoko Ott & Jessica Powers, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA Suddenly: Where We Live Now, 312 Occidental, Seattle, WA Looking Forward, Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA Suddenly: Where We Live Now, Pomona College Museum of Art, Pomona, CA 2008 The Station, curated by Shamim Momin and Nate Lowman, Midblock East, Miami, FL Sack of Bones, Peres Projects – Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA Suddenly: Where We Live Now, Cooley Gallery, Reed College, Portland, OR You Complete Me, Western Bridge, Seattle, WA Aqua Art Fair, Miami, FL 2006 Culture of Fear, Halle 14, Leipzig/ ACC Galerie, Weimar 2004 Western Washington University Contemporary Art Gallery, Bellingham, WA LECTURES 2008 "Why should I be serious about glass if I'm serious about art?", Panel discussion with Doug Heller, Linda Greene, Jutta Page. Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR "The Built Environment", Slide lecture with Jenene Nagy, Thom Heileson, Adam Satushek, Crawlspace, Seattle, WA RESIDENCIES 2008 Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA 2007 Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA COLLECTIONS Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Saatchi Collection, London Jumex Collection, Colonia Granada Fondazione Giuliani, Roma PRESS Contemporary Art Daily's slideshow of "Should be fine" Karen Rosenberg reviews "Heart to Hand" in the NY Times Kevin McGarry mentions "Free Wood" in T Magazine article about Pati Hertling Leah Ollman reviews "We barely made it" with The Reader in the LA times Los Angeles I'm Yours blogs about "We barely made it" with The Reader Jenni Lomax picks her favorite from Frieze for The Art Newspaper Jessica Powers reviews "Use it for what it's used for" at Western Bridge Rosalie Doubal reviews "You know we're nowhere near there, right?" for Timeout London Andrew Berardini reviews "Next time, they'll know it's us" for ArtReview Joanna Fiduccia reviews "Next time, they'll know it's us" for Art Agenda Sarah Lerher-Graiwer reviews "Next time, they'll know it's us" for ArtSlant Leah Ollman reviews "Next time, they'll know it's us" for LA Times Michael Wilson reviews "This is the last place I could hide" for Artforum Seattle Art Museum PONCHO Special Recognition Award Art in America: Decoding Images Tamsen Greene reviews "This is the last place I could hide" on artinfo Drew Martin reviews "This is the last place I could hide" Dan Cameron reviews Seattle on Art iT Seattleglassonline reviews "We Used To Get So High" Regina Hackett in Artsjournal Jen Graves reviews "We Used To Get So High" in The Stranger Jessica Powers reviews "We Used To Get So High" in Artslant Stephanie Snyder reviews "We Used To Get So High" in Artforum Catherine Taft suggests "Predicting the Present" on Saatchi Online Daily Serving reviews "Predicting the Present" Home Los Angeles reviews "Predicting the Present" Michael Darling's write up on ParisLA New York Times reviews "Lentspace" Jen Graves reviews "Spite House" Seattle Weekly reviews "Spite House" Regina Hackett reviews "Spite House" Jen Graves reviews "Suddenly: Where We Live Now" Tacoma Weekly reviews Traver Gallery "Looking Forward" Regina Hackett reviews "Truths We Forgot to Lie About" on Another Bouncing Ball Jen Graves reviews "Truths We Forgot to Lie About" in The Stranger Daniel Blue Reviews "Truths We Forgot to Lie About" in Exit 133 Regina Hackett's "Forging Tacoma" The Stranger Art Slog: Truths We Forgot To Lie About Afterall reviews "Suddenly: Where We Live Now" at Pomona College Vera Neykov's mention in ARTslant John Motley's review in The Portland Mercury Shiela Farr's review in the Seattle Times Jen Graves review in The Stranger Seattle Art Museum's short video about Kodiak Regina Hackett's review in The Seattle P.I. Regina Hackett's review of "You Complete Me" in The Seattle P.I. Rosemary Ponnekanti's review in the Tacoma News Tribune .