1. Trenton Doyle
Hancock
Julie
Joseph
Aaron
presenting

2. Background
●Born 1974 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
●Raised in Paris, Texas
●BFA Texas A&M University Commerce
●MFA Tyler School of Art @ Temple
University, Philadelphia
●Religious family roots

3. Art●Dream of being a comic book artist
●All of his pieces work together like a story
●Prints, drawings, collaged-felt paintings story
of “Mounds”
●Formal properties as characters
●Brings his family into the characters in his
art
–Bases the characters on the members of his family
–He is his character Torpedo Boy

4. Esther
Torpedo Boy and Heiren Hazo

5. A Portrait of the Artist Under Night Vegan Arm

6. 4 Hours Trapped in This
Wretched Contraption
Vegans Do Their Dirtiest Work

7. Art
●Biblical stories
●Balance moral dilemmas with wit and musical
sense of language and color to make
psychological dimensions
●Influenced by history of painting, Abstract
Expressionism

8. Work and Exhibition
●2000 and 2002 Whitney Biennial
–One of the youngest to participate
●Contemporary Art Museum, Houston
●Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth
●Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
●Lives and Works in Houston, Texas
●2002 Core Artist in Residence at the
Glasswell School of Art of the Museum of
Fine Arts, Houston