Location: WI - CENTRO, 437 Brant St.

Title: The Remix Series

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Sale Price: $1500 per

Bio:

Mike Hansen is a senior Canadian artist presently a PhD student at The University of Guelph with an MFA from York University. Hansen is known for using sound and noise to develop artworks in various mediums. He is well known as an established colourist painter, sound artist and experimental musician. His body of work explores the visualization of sound and noise. Hansen has exhibited globally in public museums, commercial galleries, and artist-run centres.

Artist Statement:

In the popular lexicon the remix is another rendition of a song typically produced by another's ear. My latest paintings and sculptures, The Remix Series re-imagines music and sound through a synesthetic eye. These works break down the structure of music into gestural shapes and colours related to the action of painting. I hear a work of music and I start to imagine colour, shapes and forms. Bringing the relationship of sound, colour and gesture into a single form. This has typically brought forth into a painted 2d form. This same thinking has allowed me to develop a series of three-dimensional works. The sculptures are typically constructed through pouring and carving plaster then mounting on found marble bases. The larger works incorporate epoxy on concrete bases.

Website: www.mikehansenart.com

Instagram: @mhansen823