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 Yorkshire, UK. He uses music as his main source of inspiration. His art transforms the memories and emotions evoked while listening to music into dynamic and expressive brushstrokes 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. Hannon gives a new life to his paintings by “digitally remixing” his paintings. This 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.
COLD DEAD HEART EXPANDED
Cold Dead Heart Expanded is the digital remix of the oil painting Cold Dead heart Exploded. This is extremely limited edition of 10 copies only and then the original file is destroyed so no further copies can be made.
THE DECLINE OF EMPIRES
This painting The Decline of Empires and the music are a reflection of 2020 through my lens. For the first time, I created the painting and the music simultaneously. As I worked on the ideas I wanted to show on the painting, I composed the music, and while I painted, I worked through the music in my mind.
A STATE OF HIGHER TRANSIENCE
This is a reinterpretation of that original work. This can be part of a conversation between the original paintings concept, an agreement or can be taken into a whole different direction and meaning. Limited edition of 10 – Signed and numbered by the artist Once 10 have been sold the original file is destroyed.
SPINE
This painting, Spine, is not about what to add more, but it is about knowing when to stop: while using rapid brush strokes and mixing the paint directly onto the canvas surface, I tried to cause the layers to move together in unison and at the same time rise barriers. Painted while listening to the complex compressive metal song Lateralus, by Tool, I juxtapose the two different energies against each other on the surface in order to create depth. This painting was shortlisted for the 2019 Refresh Art Prize.