David Hanes
Born 1987, Toronto, Canada
Lives and works in London, UK
David Hanes’ work begins outdoors, with hand-held sketches made on site—imprints of light, colour, atmosphere, and energy. He carries these sometimes for years, filtering them through distance and time before transforming them in the studio into colour-driven oil paintings. In this way, the paintings are not reproductions but recollections of marks, rhythms, moods, and the pause between then and now. Built slowly over weeks of layering, they become dwelling-places that hold a felt tension between creation, stillness, and the vital weight of being alive: grief and hope, loss and longing, suffering and curiosity. Hanes was shortlisted for The Hopper Prize and is the recipient of a Mobility Scholarship from the Embassy of Canada in Rome.
Education
- 2026 MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London, UK
- 2013 BFA Sculpture, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
- 2011 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, US
