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Lives and works in Bubud, Bali, Indonesia
THE ARTIST ONLINE www.hansen-art.com
Hansen was born in 1960 in Toho, a beautiful and pristine hamlet in West yacht manufacturing company as a designer and technical drawing
kalimantan (Borneo). The purity and beauty of the environment in which specialist. During this time, Hansen took a Yacht design specialization study
he grew up stimulated young Hansen to become deeply interested in at Westlawn School of Yacht Design in Connecticut. While continuing the
visual arts, especially drawing, a hobby that became deeply embedded in cultivation of his artistic talent in the United States, Hansen was directly
his life even in adulthood. He has had his share of overseas travels and influenced by an architect and painter, Ms. georgian. Under her guidance, he
adventures. He returned to Indonesia in 1990 and resided in Bandung, West developed his own sense of style marked by an original and distinctive play
Java for 13 years until he moved to Bali in 2003. In 1967, Hansen served of strokes that are characteristically simple and spontaneous. Yet his works
as an apprentice to a painter who instilled in the boy's young mind a solid overflow with reflections of life in its myriad manifestations - reflection
foundation that later became essential to his artistic development. In 1980, that are both subtle and philosophical. As a result, the artist developed a
he studied mechanical design in Taipei, Taiwan. Simultaneously, he seized unique style that is a mixture of semi-abstract and minimalist art. While
this opportunity to study abroad as a vehicle to further develop his artistic refining his painting skills aboard, on the professional side, HANSEN created
talent. Soon after graduating from college 1984, he worked for an American numerous spectacular designs in the boating industry.
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