Education
Ontario
College of Art, Toronto, ON
AOCA Diploma achieved Spring 1995 with Honours
Canterbury High School, Ottawa, ON
Diploma (OSSD) & Visual Arts Certificate
achieved 1991
Visual Art Experience
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Faunamorphic, Art
Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, MN
2006 ALLcreatures, Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON
2004 DOUBLEcurve, Thunder Bay Art Gallery,
Thunder Bay ON
2004 WILDness, Station Gallery, Whitby, ON
2004 David Hannan new works, Galerie St.
Laurent+Hill, Ottawa, ON
2002 David Hannan, Latcham Gallery,
Stouffville, ON
2000 Cross Fire, Indian and Inuit Art
Gallery, Hull, Quebec, and Urban Shaman Gallery,
Winnipeg, MN
1999 New Works, 43˚ below, Toronto, ON
1998 Hidden Heroes, Gallery 101, Ottawa,
ON
1990 David Hannan, St. François Gallery,
Ottawa, ON
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009-07 Remix: New Modernities
in a Post Indian World Heard Museum, Phoenix,
AZ, Smithsonian National Museum oh the American
Indian New York City, NY and the Art Gallery of
Ontario, Toronto ON
2005 Everyday Light, Thunder Bay Art
Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON
2004 Utopia/ Dystopia, York Quay Gallery
Case Studies, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
2001 Traces of Colour, McMichael Canadian
Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON
2001 Comfort Zones: textiles in the Canadian
landscape, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto
ON
2001 Rielisms, The Winnipeg Art Gallery,
Winnipeg, MN and The Dunlop Gallery, Regina, SK
2000 Re-awakening a Nation, Law Society of
Upper Canada, Toronto, ON
2000-1997 Transitions, Traveling
Exhibition, World Wide, France, Canada, Costa Rica,
Taiwan, New Zealand
1999 First Nations Art '99, Woodland
Cultural Centre, Brantford, ON
1998 18 + Over, Simcoe Gallery, Toronto,
ON
1998 An Exhibition of Fine Art, Factory
Gallery, Toronto, Ontario,
1997 Xcavation, Dufferin Mall, Toronto, ON
1996 Neebing Nugushkiwauding, Toronto City
Hall Rotunda, Toronto, ON
1996 First Nations Art '96, Woodland
Cultural Centre, Brantford, ON
1996 Blood & Belonging OCA Gallery,
Toronto, ON
1995 Group Exhibition Metro Toronto
Convention & Visitors Centre, Toronto, ON
1995 First Nations Art '95, Woodland
Cultural Centre, Brantford, ON
1995 Waterbound, Idee Gallery, Toronto, ON
Selected Publications
Johnson, K. (June 20, 2008)” Beyond
Stereotypes: 21st-Century Indian Artists” New
York Times
Villani, J “Remix” Art News (vol 107 no 3)
p. 147
Everett, D. and Zorn, E. Encyclopedia of Native
American Artists (2008) Greenwood Press. p.
61-62.
McMaster, Gerald 2007.
“Native Identity in Age of Hybridity.” Remix:
New Modernities in a Post Indian World National
Museum of the American Indian. p.66
Mattes, Catherine. (2001). Rielisms.
Rielisms.The Winnipeg Art Gallery.
p.12-22, p38
Eyland, Cliff. (volume 20, number 2, issue 78)
Officaldumbing. Border Crossings, p.122
Enright, Robert. (2001, May 12). “Legends
of the fall”. The Globe and Mail.
p.V8
Comfort Zones: textiles in
the Canadian landscape. (2001) Textile
Museum of Canada, p.22
National
Aboriginal Day. (Summer 2000) Owl magazine.
p 35
Transitions Contemporary Canadian Indian and
Inuit Art. (1997) Dept. of Indian Affairs,
Canada. p28-29
Wawzonek, Donna. (1998, April 7) “Creation's
laughter in Native Art”. The Ottawa
Citizen. p.F3
Angle, Wide (no.83. October 1995). “Get A Start on
Native Art” Equinox. p
117-118
Selected Scholarships & Awards
2010/2007 Ontario Arts Council:
Mid-Career Grant: Visual Art
2009/2008 Aboriginal Arts Projects, Ontario Arts
Council
2003 Royal Canadian Mint, Back to Batoche Festivals
coin design
2001 Canada Council for the Arts: Visual Arts
Production Grant
2001 Toronto Arts Council: Grant to Visual Artists
2000 National Aboriginal Day poster competition
1999 Canada Council for the Arts: Quest Program
Grant
1999 Metis Nation of Ontario: Metis Culture-based
Economic Development Grant
1996-2003 First Nations in the Classroom:
Individuals, Ontario Arts Council
1996-2003 Artists in Education: Individuals,
Ontario Arts Council
1995 David L. Stevenson Scholarship Drawing &
Painting Scholarship
1988 South East Asian Cultural Convention Award of
Excellence
Selected Collections
National Aboriginal Achievement
Foundation, Toronto, ON
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada: Indian Art
Centre, Hull, Quebec
Woodland Cultural Centre: Brantford,
ON
Residencies
2000/2001/2006 Artist in Residence
program, McMichael Canadian Art Collection,
Kleinburg, ON
2000 Artist in Residence program, Indian Art
Centre, Hull Quebec