Calhan Hale
Calhan Hale’s recent work examines how expectations impact identity, (self) image, and meaning making. The artists’s Texas origins form an important biographical subtext. Hale’s works explores how family stories, cultural myths, and hyperbole inform subconscious expectations for the moments of our lives. Within the work, contrasting influences can tangibly coexist. The dissonance between expectations and reality and the subjectivity of storytelling are acknowledged with self- awareness on the part of the artist. Through her recent paintings, Hale recognizes her own inevitable participation in the cycle of cultural myth-making as a painter, while also amplifying the ordinary.
Locket
Oil on linen with mahogany wood frame
11” x 9”
2023
About Three Hours
Oil on canvas
36” x 48”
2023
Sun Dial
Oil and spray paint on linen
36” x 30”
2022
Brackets (April, May)
Oil and spray paint on linen
36” x 30”
2022
Marfa Lights Over Lake Michigan
Oil on linen with mahogany wood frame
11” x 9”
2023
TH, Modified
Oil on linen
36” x 30”
2022
Box of Straw
Oil on linen with mahogany wood frame
48” x 48”
2023
Soft Edges
Oil on canvas with mahogany wood frame
36” x 30”
2023
Sleeper
Oil and spray paint on linen
36” x 30”
2022
Calhan Hale CV
EDUCATION
Currently attending Colombia University
The University of Texas at Austin, BA Studio Art, BS Advertising, 2016
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Early College Program Summer Institute, 2011
EXHIBITION HISTORY
2024
Currents, Columbia MFA Summer Group Exhibition, SK Gallery, New York, NY
MFA First Year Show, Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
NADA New York, Martha's, New York, NY
2023
WET HOT TEXAS SUMMER, group exhibition, Martha's, Austin, Texas
Echo, group exhibition, Martha’s, Austin, Texas
2022
HOT CONCRETE, solo exhibition, Martha's, Austin, Texas
Dallas Art Fair, Martha's, Dallas, Texas
2021
NO ESTACIONAR / NO PARKING, group exhibition: Casa Lü, Mexico City, Mexico
Easy Does It, two-person exhibition with George Kelly, Flat Pack Productions, Albany, Texas
The Things I Heard Were True, solo exhibition: Martha's garden space, Austin, Texas
2020
DE$ERT MONEY group exhibition: Wrong Store, Marfa, Texas
2019
East Austin Studio Tour 2019: Splinter Group / Personal Studio, Austin, Texas
Austin EAST Austin Studio Tour group exhibition, Canopy, Austin, Texas
WEST Austin Studio Tour, The Commune, Austin, Texas
WEST Austin Studio Tour group exhibition: ACC Highland Campus, Austin, Texas
2016
Now’s the Time: Visual Arts Center, Austin, Texas
RESIDENCIES
2022
Artist in residence, LTK Enterprises, Marfa, Texas
2021
Artist in residence, Casa Lü, Mexico City, Mexico
Artist in residence, Wrong Store, Marfa, Texas
Calhan Hale in front of Untitled (Introduction), 2021
