Basics

Channels:
Photography, Art, Computer, Design, Unique, and Writing
Genres:
Abstract, Architectural, Artistic, Contemporary, Fine art, Poetry
Specialties:
custom giclee art prints, contemporary geometric bold colorful prints Chap book cover designs, CD designs
Hometown:
born in Portland, Oregon. Reside Kelowna, B.C.

Biography

Cherie Hanson is a multi-media, internationally exhibiting artist whose work has appeared on CD covers, book covers, as theatre props. Winner of one of the 61 prizes from the Florence Biennale of contemporary art out of a field of 847 artists, her practice has taken her on a nine year journey.Her studio is in the City of Kelowna's Rotary Centre for the Arts, Studio 205. She welcomes the opportunity to exhibit her art and the lessons that life brings.

Statements

We are deceived in our perceptions. It is best to know that we are creating our own cosmology and like a good lawyer, are constantly finding evidence to support our own case for reality. We may be deceived or deceived about being deceived.

Styles

Contemporary, computer manipulations of photography. Bold, geometric, vivid, bright designs, edgy, colorful, multi-media, energy fields, corporate, urban art

Creative Tools Used

Digital camera, Paint Shop Pro, Eye Candy, Wacom Tablet, ink, acrylic paint, pencils, paper, fabric, fingers, Virtual Painter.

Techniques

Anything that comes to me as I explore. I let the process drive the process.

Achievements

Selected by NY Arts Magazine, December 2007 as an artist to watch. Tonac juried art show winner, cover designs for a book, magazines and four CD's. Selected by the City of Kelowna to design the Centennial CD cover.
Winner of Biennale of Contemporary Arts jury prize, 2007 December.

Exhibitions

Woman Made Gallery, Chicago exhibition: One Experiment, One Planet. Juried into the Trevisan Art Show in Ferrar, Italy: Traces of Memory. Kamloops Art Gallery 19th Anniversary Gala exhibit. Alternator Gallery window installation: Construct/Destruct. Gallery Vertigo, Vernon window exhibition: Flow/Stab. The Works Festival, Edmonton, B.C. Lennox Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Spring Show. Florence, Italy Biennale of Contemporary Art, December 2007.One woman show, Rotary Centre for the Arts July, 2008. One woman show, Summerland Art Gallery, August 2008, Kamloops Art Gallery August Auction Gallery 2008, Rivers of Europe, Bean Scene North, September 2008. Art Walk, Winfield, September 2008. Traces of Memory, Ferrara Museum of the Estense Castle, November 29th to December 07th 2008.

Specialties

custom giclee art prints,
contemporary geometric bold colorful prints
Chap book cover designs, CD designs

Inspirations

Every breath.