Channing Hansen

Biography

Born in Los Angeles, CA, 1972
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Mountain School of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Lives and Works in Los Angeles, CA

CHANNING HANSEN (b. 1972) explores ideas of connection through his abstract knitted forms. He collects, processes, and dyes raw fleece from conservation-bred sheep. After spinning fleece into yarn, Hansen transforms the material into complex forms through knitting and weaving. Elaborate computer algorithms dictate his designs, combining craft and computation. In uniting technology with manmade and environmental concerns, Hansen’s work underscores our interconnected place in the universe— whether to the earth itself, an algorithmic world, or the cosmos— and asks us to consider what mark we should leave behind. The artist’s work is found in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, among others.

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1. Cool Hunting
2. Artforum
3. Los Angeles Times
4. KCRW Art Talk
5. Art and Cake
6. Art Now LA
7. Artforum
8. Orange County Register

1. FAD Magazine
2. Creative Boom
3. Artnet News
4. Los Angeles Times
5. KCRW Art Talk
6. Los Angeles Times
7. The Agency
8. Southbay Magazine
9. Angeleno Magazine
10. Los Angeles Magazine
11. Wall Street Journal
12. T: The New York Times Style Magazine
13. Los Angeles Times
14. HuffPost
15. Vice
16. KCET
17. Artslant
18. Artforum

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