The Artist's Biograph

Jack Hannula 1915 Calvert Street, NW #1 Washington, DC 20009 Telephone (202) 265-4960 Email jack.hannula@verizon.net

Jack Hannula
Artist-Painter

Education:

1970 B.S., Environmental Design (Art Minor), University of Massachusetts at Amherst
1975 Diploma of Landscape Design, Conway School of Landscape Design, Conway, MA
1977 Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture (with honors), Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
1993-96 Art League School in Alexandria, Virginia- studied painting
1995, 1996 En Plein Air School of Painting, Paris, France
1997 Painting workshop with nationally-recognized landscape artist, Bob Rohm, at Ghost Ranch, NM

Jack's professional experience in landscape design and art is extensive. This includes professorships of landscape architecture (including architectural graphics) at the University of Georgia and the Universite de Montreal, and years of design experience in private and government sectors, including the Peace Corps (Iran). He resides in Washington, D.C.

(1968-94) Drawing, sketching, rendering and designs of the landscape in graphite, wash and pen & ink; (mostly commissioned)

One-Man Exhibitions

2001 "City Scenes I" at the Arts Club of Washington (juried by Eliza Rathbone, Chief Curator of the Phillips Collection)
2001 "City Scenes II", Taylor and Sons Fine Art on Capitol Hill
2000 "Art of the City", Pan American Health Organization in Washington, D.C.
2002 "City Scenes & Landscapes", Gallery 1621 (Dupont Circle), Washington, DC
2003 "Washington Scene Painters". (Two-man Show with Jim Magner), Capitol Hill 2004 “Art of the City (the other side)”, Tryst in Adams-Morgan, Washington, DC

Group Shows

2004 Russian Embassy Cultural Center, IASG St. Petersburg Re-show 2003 Andre Kushnir and Michelle Taylor Gallery, Ellicot City, MD 2003 E.G.O. Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia 2003 The Warehouse (IASG), Washington, DC 2002 DC Arts Commission/MOCA, Fellowship Show, Georgetown, D.C.
2002 Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2002 Russian Embassy Cultural Center, Washington, D.C.
2000, 2002 National Academy of Art (Lahlit Academy), New Delhi, India
1999 -2002 Arts Club of Washington (Members' Summer and Winter Shows)
2001 MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Georgetown, D.C.
2000 Taylor & Sons Fine Art "Masterworks Show"
1999 Gallery 505, Washington, DC
1999 Veerhoff Gallery, Georgetown, D.C
1998 Artists Museum, Washington, D.C.
1996-98 Art League Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
1996 National Institute of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
1995 Gallery Gaudreau, Paris, France

Awards and Recognition

Competition-Recognition:  In 2001 and 2002, the City of the District of Columbia (DC Commission on Arts and the Humanities) purchased a series of his DC city scenes for its public art collection.
Honorable Mentions:  (3) in painting, Arts Club of Washington (1999-2001)
First Prizes:  (2) in Painting, Arts Club of Washington (2000 and 2002)
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design:  Webel Prize ($1000) for "excellence in landscape design" (1976)
First and Second Prizes:  Photography Competition, University of Massachusetts (1968)

Jack is a Resident Member of the Arts Club of Washington, and the International Artist Support Group (IASG), where he also exhibits his painting and served as President (2000-2002). He currently exhibits at Gallery 325 on Capitol Hill and Kushnir-Taylor Gallery in NYC (East Village).

Painting Style

Jack's classical training in landscape architecture, as well as art, allows his paintings to exhibit an architect's eye for order, perspective, composition and balance. Jack paints a blend of stately neoclassicism with an overlay of soft Impressionism, primarily in a refined, en plein air style of color and light. His colorful paintings portray architectural space, depth, and life. His current painting includes diverse and vibrant "city-scenes" of cafes, restaurants and street life in Washington, Manhattan, Chicago and Rome, among many other cities. He travels extensively and paints noteworthy scenes in both urban and rural settings, from the French and Italian countryside to the New England coast and New Mexico's high mountain desert.

For more information, Jack may be contacted through the gallery or at his studio, (202) 265-4960 or jack.hannula@verizon.net. His website may be viewed at: Hannula.tripod.com

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