Dex Hannon Northumberland, United Kingdom
Dex Hannon is originally from Manchester now based in Northumberland. His art lives in several private collections across the world. He has featured in books and magazines, both in the UK and US. In 2020, he won best in show for the International Art Folio 2020 Annual award. In 2019 he was shortlisted for the Refresh Art Prize in 2019.
Born in 1972 in Manchester, Dex Hannon is an abstract expressionist, multimedia artist who moves effortlessly between mediums of paint, digital, film, sound, and photography.
Similarly to Mark Rothko and Gerhard Richter, Hannon uses music as his main source of inspiration. His art transforms the memories and emotions evoked while listening to music into dynamic and expressive brush strokes on canvas. Hannon’s paintings are sublime pictorial symphonies characterised by an intricate weaving of lines that capture an infinite string of emotions conveyed through a range of textures and bold colour palettes.
Alongside his traditional work, the artist has developed throughout the years a new approach to digital art developing work for his “Retro Futurism” series.
Hannon gives a new life to his paintings by photographing them during the creative process and then digitally recreate them by combining multiple artworks. According to the artist, the technique of “digitally remixing” his paintings allows him to give life to a brand-new artwork that reimagines and reinterprets the original. The end result is often completely different from the original painting, yet it is still part of it, because without the first, the remix would not exist. He has extended this exploration into video based art, taking his ideas into new spaces.
Dex Hannon regularly exhibits in the UK, and in 2020 he was awarded the ‘Best in Show’ prize for the inaugural Art Folio Annual Award. Dex Hannon currently works and lives in Blyth, Northumberland, UK.
Artwork
skllfkbylyf, Video, 2024
We are all lost transmissions looking for a source, Acrylic on canvas, 2021, 2000
Drifting through Cerebral Sunsets, Acrylic on canvas, 2021, £1750
Atomic Balance , Oil Paint on Canvas, 2017
The Cold Dead Heart Exploded, Oil Paint on Canvas, 2017, SOLD
SPINE, Acrylic on Canvas, 2017
Dream Stealers, Digital Remix on canvas, 2016
Broken Boned & Bleeding out, Acrylic on Canvas, 2017
Dis-Funk-Shun, Acrylic on Canvas, 2017
Fractures, Oil on Canvas, 2018, 1100
Flesh JunkShun, Acrylic on Canvas, 2017, 1450
The Hidden Truth of Domestic Bliss, Acrylic on canvas, 2018, On request
Sugar Pop Dream Factory, Oil on Canvas, 2018, £1300
I Clipped my own wings and fell through the earth , Oil on Canvas, 2018, £1600
Quantum Superposition, Oil on Canvas, 2019, 1600
Dreams Moonbeams and Street scenes, Oil on Canvas, 2019, 1450
chrysalis, Acrylic on Canvas, 2020, 1400
Fury in the eyes of those left behind, Acrylic on Canvas, 2020, 1400
The Decline of Empires, Acrylic on Canvas, 2020
Foundation of forgotten buildings, Acrylic on canvas, 2017, 1450
Carving Her way through the Dancefloor, Oil On Canvas, 2020, £1600
G-Spot Tornado, Acrylic on canvas, 2021, 1750
Razor Blade Cold, Acrylic on canvas, 2021, 1500
We are in Decline, Digital Remix, 2024, £885
Bridgets Blockhouse Blues, Digital Remix, 2024, £427
What was in thatDrink?, Digital Remix, 2024, £885
Red Block Blue, Digital Remix, 2024, £782
Blythian Memes, Video, 2024
State of Flux - Video art idea exploration, Video, 2024
Projects and exhibitions
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Wow Northumberland15/02/2024 — 07/05/2024 Joint Show Northumberland |
Woodhorn Museum, Ashington | Details |
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Editions11/08/2017 — 29/08/2017 EDITIONS (JOINT SHOW) 17/08/2017 – 28/08/2017 Join us for a preview evening and meet the artists on 17th August Leeds Gallery, Munro House, Duke St, Leeds LS9 8AG Dex Hannon will be showing some of his Digital Remix works alongside 7 other artists. |
Leeds Gallery, Leeds | Details |
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Artist of the Month July 201701/07/2017 — 31/07/2017 Featured artist for July on UK Artists website. http://www.ukartistsonline.com/blog-post.aspx?id=37 |
(see description), Online | Details |
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A Hero's Journey01/07/2017 An interview with Peter DeKuster for the website 'A Hero's Journey.' interviews with creatives living their dreams. https://theherojourney2016.wordpress.com/2017/07/01/the-heros-journey-of-dex-hannon/ |
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Art Share Love01/06/2017 — 30/06/2017 Listed in the magazines top 10 Abstract Artists to watch - 2017 June Issue of Art Share Love http://bit.ly/2rBo7vs |
June Issue | Details |
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Featured Artist Lumi-Arts01/06/2017 — 30/06/2017 Featured Artist on LumiArts website. http://www.lumiarts.co.uk/artist-in-focus-dex-hannon/ |
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Top 50 Artists01/09/2016 — 01/09/2017 Chosen as one of the top 50 artists for the magazine Art Share Love https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/69e946_e7257270c94145d8a64654804e52d54b.pdf |
Art Share Love magazine | Details |
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A Collection of Broken Toys01/10/2015 — 30/11/2015 Solo show of Dex Hannon's work and performance of the Synaesthesia Colours Sound Project. A multi media collaborative project. |
Kunsthuis Art Gallery York, York | Details |
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Analogue vs Digital08/07/2015 — 16/09/2015 A show bringing together the paintings (analogue) and (Digital) remixes. |
Outlaws Yacht Club, Leeds | Details |