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DAVID C. HANCOCK

Education
B.A. Philosophy, Wheaton College, USA
Diploma in Painting, Academy of Realist Art, Toronto, Canada

Private Collections

New York, USA Kansas, USA Florence,
Italy 
Boston, USA Texas, USA Siena,
Italy 
San Francisco, USA Georgia, USA Berlin,
Germany 
Los Angeles, USA Virginia, USA Frankfurt,
Germany 
Chicago, USA Alaska, USA Toronto,
Canada 


Select Portrait Collections
Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey
Alaska Lieutenant Governor Loren Leman
Mr. Dennis Seagle, CEO, AgD Nutrition, Chicago
Dr. Philipp Mühler, Berlin

Exhibitions

2009 Dia de Los MuertosMattie Rhodes Gallery, Kansas City, MO, USA  

 

Grand Opening Exhibit—Red Door Studios, Kansas City, KS, USA  
  55th Anniversary Exhibition—Ward & Ward, Kansas City, MO, USA  
  Members’ Exhibit—Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO, USA  
  Nude 2009Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY, USA  
2006 Angel Academy of Art Alumni & Student Exhibition—Florence, Italy  
2004 Self-Portraits—Northwest Cultural Center, Rolling Meadows, IL, USA  
  BP Portrait ExhibitionNational Portrait Gallery, London, UK  
  Fra Angelico Foundation International Juried ExhibitionGallery 37,  
 

       Chicago, IL, USA. Honorable Mention

 
  Oil Painters of America 2004 National Juried Exhibition—Hilligoss Galleries  
  

       Chicago, IL USA & Studio of Long Grove, Long Grove, IL, USA

 
2003 Still Classical: Recent Works on Paper from Florentine Academies and Studios:  
 

       Westbeth Arts Gallery, 155 Bank Street, New York City, NY, USA

 
 

       Rhode Island School of Design, Water Street Gallery, Providence, RI, USA

 
 

       Palazzetto Cenci, Piazza Cenci 56, Rome, Italy

 
 

       Chiesa dell'Educatorio di Fuligno, Via Faenza 48, Florence, Italy

 
   NonWord & Upward—Wheaton, IL, USA. 1st place   
2002 Angel Academy of Art Alumni & Student Exhibition—Florence, Italy  
2000 Wheaton Conservatory of Music—Wheaton, IL USA  
1999 Le PeepChicago, IL USA  
  Chicago North Suburban Invitational Arts Festival—Lincolnshire, IL, USA  


Awards & Honors

 
2009 Finalist, Art Renewal Center 5th International Salon Competition (Still Life)  
2006 Finalist, Art Renewal Center 3rd International Salon Competition (Still Life)  
  2x Finalist, The Artist's Magazine Competition (Still Life)  
  Listed in "The Best Art of 2006" by The Artist's Magazine (Dec. issue)  

2005

1st Place, Art Renewal Center International Scholarship Competition  
  Leslie T. and Frances U. Posey Foundation Award  
  Honorable Mention, Art Renewal Center 2nd International Salon Competition (Drawing)  
  Invitation to Biennale d'Arte Contemporanea di Firenze  
2004  Listed in "The Best Art of 2004" by The Artist's Magazine (Dec. issue)  
  Finalist, The Artist's Magazine Competition (Still Life)  
  Finalist, Art Renewal Center 1st International Salon Competition (Still Life)  
  Honorable Mention, Fra Angelico Religious Arts Competition, Chicago, IL, USA  
2003 1st Place, Non-Word & Upward Juried Exhibition, Wheaton, IL, USA  
2001 2nd Place, "The Clip" Short Film Scriptwriting Contest, Wheaton, IL, USA  
  President’s Award, Wheaton College (1999-2001, for academic achievement)  
1999 Saks Inc. Merit Scholarship  
  Blue Ribbon Award for Artistic Excellence, Northern Illinois School Press Association  
Bibliography  
2009 Joshua P. Hochschild. The Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan's De  
 

       Nominum Analogia. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2009. Cover image.

 
  Mike Deetsch. Nude 2009. Exhibit introduction. Lexington Art League. 2009.  
2006 Art & Antiques, October 2006. Cover image.  
  Who’s Who In America: Diamond Edition. 60th ed. 2006.  
  The University of Virginia Digestive Health Center of Excellence. Update on the  
 

       Role of Cytokines. Academic conference poster image. 2006.

 
  John T. Spike. "Honors Student: David C. Hancock gives schoolwork  
 

       an artful turn." Art & Antiques October 2006: 176.

 
  Robert Heylmun. “Expose Yourself to Art.” Independent article. 1 June 2006.  
2005 Jessica L. Allen. “Art of Contemplation.” Wheaton Magazine  
 

       December 2005: reverse cover.

 
  International 2005 ARC Salon 2nd Annual Competition Catalogue.  
 

       Port Reading: Art Renewal Center, 2005.

 
  Myrna Petlicki. "Artist Scores With Classical Paintings." Buffalo Grove  
 

       Countryside 13 January 2005: B4-5.

 
  The Painters’ Keys. Featured Artist, May 2005 <http://www.painterskeys.com>.  
  “Community Achievers.” Wheaton Sun 4 Feb 2005.  
2003 Matt Bird-Meyer. “Artist brings color to Jazz.” Lee’s Summit Journal  
 

       11 June 2003: 1, 6.

 
  John T. Spike. “Still Classical: Recent Works on Paper from Florentine  
 

       Academies and Studios.” Exhibit introduction. 2003.

 
  ArtsWeek. Promotional image for Michael John Angel Studios. Toronto, 2003.  
  Angel Academy of Art; Florence, Italy. Poster image.  
2002 Angel Academy of Art; Florence, Italy. End of Year Show. Flagship image.