Carlson Hatton Resume

Short Bio

Carlson Hatton is an artist and art educator based in Los Angeles, CA. He received his BFA from The Cooper Union, New York and completed a 2-year post graduate degree from De Ateliers, Amsterdam. He is a Laureate of Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht. His work has been exhibited at the Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA; Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA; Luis De Jesus, LA, CA, Patrick Painter, Santa Monica, CA, Shoshana Wayne, LA, CA, Paved Contemporary, London, UK, Redlands University, Redlands, CA; Da Weng Residency, Shenzhen, China; Zevitas Marcus, LA, CA, Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine, CA TW Fine Art, Brisbane, Australia, Novel’s Images, Den Haag, the Netherlands, among others. His work is included in the collections of the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, LA, CA; Beth DeWoody, West Palm Beach, Fl. the Polsinelli Art Collection, LA, CA; the Da Wang Culture Highlands Arts Residency, Shenzhen, China; Metro Art, Los Angeles, CA. His work has been featured in publications including the Los Angeles Times, New American Paintings, and art ltd. In 2017, he was awarded an LA Metro Art commission. Hatton lives and works in Los Angeles and is a Tenured Professor of Fine Art and Division Head of Drawing at Santa Monica College. 

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Education

Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht, the Netherlands / Laureate Program                                                                                                           De Ateliers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands / Post Graduate 2 year studio program                                                                                                   The Cooper Union,New York, NY / Bachelors in Fine Art       

Solo Exhibitions                                                                                                                                                

2021- Take a moment to think of a relaxing location or situation…,Luis De Jesus, Los Angeles, CA

2020 Running Hard, Eve Liebe Gallery, London, England

2017-     Memory of a Rock, Patrick Painter Gallery, Santa Monica CA

2016-     Black Hills, Patrick Painter Gallery, Santa Monica CA    

  • Carlson Hatton at Patrick Painter, Patrick Painter Gallery, Santa Monica CA                                                                                    

2015- Stupor, Pete and Susan Barret Gallery, Santa Monica College, CA       

  • Ataxia, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica Santa Monica  2014-

  • Extinction Burst, Weekend Gallery, Los Angeles, CA                                                                                                                              

Group Exhibitions

2021 Cure/Rated: Bigotry, a Societal Cancer, Paved Contemporary, London, England

2020 Baker’s Dozen, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

2019 New American Painters Exhibition, Zevitas Marcus, Los Angeles, CA

  • New Faces: Mid-Career Artists LA/NY, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

  • Event Horizon, CMAY Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

  • LA Artshow 2019, Patrick Painter, LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA

2018     Post Digital Marks, TW Art, Brisbane, Australia

  • Carlson Hatton and David Onre Anderson, Patrick Painter, Santa Monica CA

  • Asynchronous, Gallery Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, the Netherlands

  • # @ruckergallery, Cindy Rucker Gallery, New York, NY

2017     Antipodal, Durden & Ray, Los Angeles, CA

2016     Fresh StArt, Arena One Gallery, SM Airport, CA

  • Selections from the Weisman Collection, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA

2015     Venice Art walk/Google Art Auction, Venice, CA

  • Material Wealth, Redlands University, Redlands, CA  

  • Mas Attack, Arena One Gallery, Santa Monica

  • LA n CV2, Coachella Valley Art Center, Indio, CA                                                               

2014     Art Swagger, Gensler Architecture show room, Los Angles

  • Jungle, Da Wang Residency Exhibition, Shenzhen and Beijing, China

2013     Small Works, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica (Bergamot Station)

  • Painted Walls, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA

  • Mas:Attack , The Los Angeles Mart, Los Angeles

2012    To Live and Paint in LA, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA (catalogue)

  • The Beginning, Active Space, Maastrict, NL and Aachen, D

2010    Annual Auction, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibits)

  • Santa Monica College Faculty Exhibition, Pete & Susan Barrett Gallery, CA     

2009    Kimono my House, Artist Curated Projects, Los Angeles, CA 

2003    Comic Relief, Bonnefanten Museum, Installation for Neo Rauch, Maastricht, NL

  •  Project Room, De’Appel, Amsterdam, NL

Public Art Commissions

2019    Los Angeles Metro Art Commission for the artwork / Hyde Park Station. Ten permanent 20’ foot long enamel on steel murals

2021 Hilgard Apartment Complex, Permanent 45’ x 17’ painting installation

Residencies

2013    Da Wang Culture Highland, Shenzhen, China

Collections

Beth DeWoody Collection, West Palm Beach, Florida

Frederick Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

Polsinelli Art Collection, Los Angeles, CA

The Collection of the Da Wang Culture Highlands Arts Residency, Shenzhen, China 

Metro Art Los Angeles Collection, Los Angeles, CA 

Teaching

2010 - present    Tenured Professor of Art/ Head of Drawing/Santa Monica College, Santa Monica , CA

2001    Guest Artist, Academie Beeldende Kunsten, Maastricht, NL