BIO
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

MFA in Fine Art, ArtCenter College of Design, 2018
BFA in Fine Art, USC, 2013

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Under Giant Rock, Art Center MFA Thesis Show, Pasadena, CA

2017
Seepage at Crystal Spring Dome, Art Center, Pasadena, CA
Kool-Aid Clogged the Pipes, Galerie La Croix, Pasadena, CA

2016
a hole in a thing is a thing it is not, The Cave, Pasadena, CA

2014
Cotton Candy Christmas Pit, Tannenbaum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2013
Between a Rock and a Soft Paste, Lindhurst Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2012
Slightly Drifting, Station Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2011
LIGHTSCAPES, Phantom Gallery, Long Beach, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Banquet, In Lieu, Los Angeles, CA
Bigger Than Us, Scranch, 29 Palms, CA
Scranch X Descale, Other Places Art Fair, San Pedro, CA

2018
Geo-Ontological, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA
Koons in the Desert, Dread Lounge, Los Angeles, CA
SOME RUINS, Scranch, 29 Palms, CA
Our Paradise, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA
Pure Cream, Other Places Art Fair, San Pedro, CA
Harborview & Pole, Other Places Art Fair, San Pedro, CA
Dancing at the Edge of the World, Roger's Office, Los Angeles, CA
We're all Equally Unimportant, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2017
Soft Serve, Holiday, Los Angeles, CA
The Peel Up, Raymond Gallery, Art Center, Pasadena, CA
Bear Revolt, Harborview and Pole, San Pedro, CA
Amplified Presence, Scranch, 29 Palms, CA
Summer 2017 Fire Pit, Yard Pedro, San Pedro, CA

2016
Thus Spake the Fungus, Arturo Bandini, Los Angeles, CA
WATER IN THE CAMERA, Contact LA, Los Angeles, CA
La Biennale di Vista del Oro, Yard Pedro, San Pedro, CA
a hole or something like the sun, Scranch, 29 Palms, CA
Refresh!, Galerie La Croix, Pasadena, CA
Harborview and Pole, Millard Sheets Art Center, Pomona, CA
Everything Must Go!, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Burn Your Idols, Ace Hotel, New York, NY

2015
Decoding Campground Symbols, Cudayh, Los Angeles, CA
Art Basil, P.E.Z. Limited booth, Los Angeles, CA
1 Year Anniversary, Objectify 139, New York, NY
TV Diner, Pretend Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Vinyl Visions, All Welcome Records, Los Angeles, CA

2014
Fruitmilk, Bold Room, Los Angeles, CA
Slick Livin', MOCA Store, Los Angeles, CA
Landmark, L'Art, Los Angeles, CA
Artivisim, Les Noces Du Figaro, Los Angeles, CA

2013
Gumby on the Rocks, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Hot Mess, CTI Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Holding Hands, MOCO, Oakland, CA

2012
Group Shower, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
and the full scale model, Public Fiction, Los Angeles, CA
DIS[LOCATE], Helen Lindhurst Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Beyond Borders, VU Gallery, Bellingham, WA
The One and the Many, Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Abstracting Light, Superhighway, USC, Los Angeles, CA
The Photographic Impulse, Superhighway, USC, Los Angeles, CA
12 Artists for 2012, The Salon at Clifton's, Los Angeles, CA
Moving Through Landscape, Superhighway, USC, Los Angeles, CA

2011
Essential Document, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
Naked City, The Salon at Clifton's, Los Angeles, CA
400 Percent, Helen Lindhurst Gallery, USC, Los Angeles, CA
Concrete Jungle, The Salon at Clifton's, Los Angeles, CA
Krappy Kamera XIII, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
Toyed With, Open Shutter Gallery, Durango, CO
DeathMedicine, Royal T, Culver City, CA
We Were Once Children, Catnap, Los Angeles, CA
La Musica, Galeria Obscura, Los Angeles, CA
Here & Now, Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Local Goods, Latihan Design Space, Hawthorne, CA
Zine Fiend, Bookmachine, Fullerton, CA
XEROX II, The Mime, Los Angeles, CA

2010
Toyed With, Open Shutter Gallery, Durango, CO
Plastic Camera Show, RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco, CA
Holga Show 3.0, Photo Media Center, Erie, PA
untitled, Bang Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
XEROX, La Tienda, Los Angeles, CA
Re:View, Hillel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

AWARDS
2013 Discovery Scholar Grant Recipient, USC
2011 Holga Inspire Award, Krappy Kamera XIII
2010 Honorable Mention, Plastic Camera Show
2009 Honorable Mention, Holgapalooza

PUBLICATIONS
2016 Nakid Magazine, Issue V : Volume II
2012 …and the full scale model, Self Published
2012 Toska, Issue 1
2011 Play!, Published by Composing with Images Press
2011 Krappy Kamera XIII, Published by Sandra Carrion
2010 Photography, By John Upton and Barbara London
2009 Light Leaks, Issue 16

PRESS/INTERVIEWS
2018 Site Pacific, Christina Catherine Martinez, ArtForum
2016 Nakid Magazine, Issue V : Volume II
2014 Snowcones, Sherbet and Stone, Jennifer Li, L'Art
2014 Fruitmilk at Bold Room LA, Jane Helpern, Cultist
2013 Chris Hanke's Vibrant Matter, Kyle Fitzpatrick, LA I'm Yours
2012 Group Shower at Night Gallery, Geoff Tuck, Notes on Looking
2011 Holga Inspire Interview, Christine So, Holga

CONTACT
ChrisHankeLA@gmail.com