Biography

Jason Hanasik has an MFA from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco, CA and a BFA Summa Cum Laude from the State University of New York at Purchase. Hanasik is currently an instructor at the ASUC Art Studio at the University of California at Berkeley. His work has been exhibited widely and published in various journals and publications. This spring a portfolio of his project, “He Opened Up Somewhere Along the Eastern Shore,” will be published in the Society for Photographic Education’s journal Exposure with a thoughtful essay by the artist, critic and curator Tammy Rae Carland.

Download a full CV here.

Selected Exhibitions:

solo

2010

He Opened Up Somewhere Along the Eastern Shore, Lorrie Saunders Gallery, Norfolk, VA

2009
He Opened Up Somewhere Along the Eastern Shore, Kris Graves Project, Brooklyn, NY

2005
Family Matters 1 and 2, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA

group

2009
Ersatz, SF CameraWork, San Francisco, CA
10 Days/ 10 Photographers, Kris Graves Projects, Brooklyn, NY
North American Graduate Art Survey, Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

2008
Dream On!, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
Code Switchers, The Lab, San Francisco, CA

2007
Walls of Glory, The Eagle, San Francisco, CA

2006
New Waves 2006, Contemporary Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
Exploration, New Century Artists, New York, NY

2004
About Face, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY

selected awards

2009
Runner Up: Aperture Portfolio Prize, “He Opened Up Somewhere Along the Eastern Shore,” Aperture Magazine
Juror’s Selection: First Prize, North American Graduate Art Survey, Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (Juror:Christopher Atkins)

2008
Creating Queer Community: Emerging Artist Grant, Queer Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
CCA Scholarship, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

2005
Best in Show, New Waves 2005, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA

2003
Thayer Fellowship Finalist, State University of New York, Albany, NY
Patricia K. Ross Award, New York Foundation for the the Arts, New York, NY
Henry W. Wyman Memorial Scholarship in Photography, State University of New York at Purchase, Purchase, NY

selected lectures

2008
Artist Lecture, “He Opened Up Somewhere Along the Eastern Shore: Unfixing the Male Marine Body,” Society for Photographic Education Conference-West, San Francisco, CA

Artist Lecture, “He Opened Up Somewhere Along the Eastern Shore: Unfixing the Male Marine Body,” Mills College, Oakland, CA

2006
Panelist, Contemporary Portraiture, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia

curatorial experience

2009
Across Queer Time, National Queer Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA

2006
No One Knows, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA

selected reviews

2009
Wagner, James: “Jason Hanasik at +Kris Graves: ‘He Opened Up’,” http://jameswagner.com/2009/09/jason_hanasnik_at_kr.html

Roberts, Adrienne Skye: “A Queer Time and Place,” http://blog.sfmoma.org/2009/06/25/a-queer-time-and-place/

Clark, Tim: “Jason Hanasik,” www.1000wordsphotographymagazine.blogspot.com

Gannon, Victoria:”CCA’s MFA Show 2009,” www.kqed.com, San Francisco, CA

Sand, John: “Looking outside yourself,” mndaily.com, Minneapolis, MN

2008
Huston, Johnny Ray: “Dream On!,” SF Bay Guardian, San Francisco, CA

Rana, Matthew:”Dream On!,” Shotgun Review

2006
Eudy, Kristy; “Behind the Lens,” Hampton Roads Magazine, Virginia Beach, VA

DeDeyn Kirk, Kristen; “The Pursuit in Photographs,” Portfolio Weekly, Norfolk, VA

2005
Baker, Leona; “Beyond Blood,” Portfolio Weekly, Norfolk, VA (Cover Article)

2004
Aletti, Vince; “Voice Choices,” The Village Voice, New York, NY 2.18.04 p.51