Tod Hanson (born 1963) is a London-based artist known for his large-scale graphic installations and public artworks.[1]
Career
Early graphic work
In the 1990s, Hanson worked on a series of large-scale graphic works for Greenpeace UK protests,[2][3] including a painting of Earth suspended over the main stage at the Glastonbury Festival.[citation needed] Hanson worked with Greenpeace to target Tesco by painting Fiasco, an exhibition truck highlighting the use of ozone destroying refrigeration systems, and to paint two excavators with Greenpeace graphics.[4][5]
Hanson's 2004 Grainger Town, a bronze and Granite work that is a collaboration with Simon Wakinson, is permanently installed on Neville Street, near the Central Station, in Grainger Town, Newcastle upon Thyne.[6][7]
Hanson's 2020 work Spectra is a public mural installed on the Centre Building of the London School of Economics campus.[15]
Temporary exhibitions
Hanson has had a number of Solo shows including the Jerwood Artists platform at Cell Project Space in 2006.[16][17]
In 2010 his temporary work Juggernaut Sunset was installed in the Landguard Fort as part of the festival Fleet: Art in the Haven Ports.[18][19]
In 2015 his site-specific work floor painting, which covers the entire floor, was installed at the historic Durbar Hall of the Hastings Museum and Art Gallery as part of the Coastal Currents festival.[20]