Mark A. Hanavan

800 South Main Street            Middletown, Ohio 45044            513.965.1027

hanavama@ucmail.uc.edu

 

 

Observational Drawing • Figure Drawing • Rapid Visualization • Design Foundations • Perspective Drawing

 Color Theory • Drawing for Animation • Form and Space • Figure Sculpting • Murals

                         

Professional Experience

 

Manifest Drawing Center – Cincinnati ∙ Cincinnati, Ohio                        2021-present

Figure Sculpting Instructor

 

Miami University Middletown – Middletown, Ohio                                  2016 - present

Assistant Adjunct Professor

• Foundations in Art

• Observational Drawing

• Beginning Drawing

• Problem Solving

 

The University of Cincinnati Blue Ash – Blue Ash, Ohio                         2016 - present

Assistant Adjunct Professor

• Draw 1 Design Foundations

• Draw 2 Design Foundations

• 3D Design Foundations

• Figure Sculpting/Drawing

 

The Art Institute of Ohio – Mason, Ohio                                                    2005 – 2016   

Assistant Professor Foundations          2007-2016

Gallery Curator of Exhibitions             2007-2012

Adjunct Professor                                2005-2007

• Color Theory

• Perspective Drawing

• Figure Drawing/Sculpting/Drawing for Animation

• Art Foundations

 

Recent Exhibitions

2025     Collaborative works by Mark Hanavan and Paul Loehle Clifton Cultural Arts Center

2024     51st Greater Hamilton Art Exhibition; Honorable mention, Fitton Center for Creative Arts

2024     Middletown Arts Center “Best in Show” Drawing

2021     Manifest Gallery Painting Annual

2018     Wardeness, 5th Annual DRAWN international exhibition of contemporary drawing

2018     47th Greater Hamilton Art Exhibition; Best in Show, Fitton Center for Creative Arts

2018     FREAKSHOW, UC Blue Ash

2017     DRAWN, Manifest Gallery

2016     Drawing Discourse: University of North Carolina, Asheville

2016     21C Museum Hotel

2015     Artprize: Pallatte Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan

2015     47th Greater Hamilton Art Exhibition: Fitton Center for Creative Arts

2014     ALONE TOGETHER: Sharonville Art Center

2014     Artprize: Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, Michigan

2014     Regional Sculpture Showcase: Manifest Gallery

2014     Faculty Show: Art Institute of Ohio

2014     DRAWN: 1st Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, Manifest Gallery

2014     RECOGNIZED: Contemporary Portraiture, The Carnegie, Covington, Kentucky

2013     The Human Face: A Revelation at Artisan Enterprise Center, Covington, Kentucky

2013     HIGH: A Survey of Realism, Manifest Gallery

2013     WithDRAWN: Introspection on Contemporary Realism, UC Clermont

2013     46th Greater Hamilton Art Exhibition: Second Place Silver Award, Fitton Center for Creative Arts

2013     Faculty Show: Art Institute of Ohio

 

Murals

2024     Lead Teaching Artist, Artworks, “Numbers and Trees: Cincinnati Cottonwoods”

2022     Designer and painter, Magellan Aerospace, Middletown

2021     Designer and painter of multiple murals for Start Skydiving, Middletown , Ohio

2019     Designer and painter of Roebling Bridge mural for BMW Motorcycles of Cincinnati

1. Teaching Artist, “Connected Through the Generations”, Cincinnati, Ohio. Artworks mural

1. Golden Ethos, Painter, North Second Tap and Bottle,

1. Left Hander for Life, Joe Nuxhall mural, Painter, 15 South B St. / Clarks Sporting Goods

1. The Delicate Balance of Progress, Painter, 212 Main St. / Unsung Salvage Design Co.

2016     Prince, Designer and Lead artist, sidewalk chalk mural, Middletown, Ohio

 

Publications and Reviews

• Artist Check-In: Paul Loehle and Mark Hanavan – 21C Museum Sep 11, 2020 ·

• Strokes of Genius 8: Expressive Texture, North Light Books, Nov 10, 2016

• International Drawing Annual 9, Exhibition-in-print, Manifest Gallery, 2015

• International Drawing Annual 8, Exhibition-in-print, Manifest Gallery, 2014

• AEQAI, RECOGNIZED: Contemporary Portraiture at The Carnegie,April 26, 2014

• AEQAI, The Human Face: A Revelation at Artisan Enterprise Center, Aug 2, 2013

• AEQAI, HIGH: A Survey of Realism, Manifest Gallery, Feb 20, 2013

 

          Recognition and Awards

• Guest Lecturer, University of Cincinnati, Blue Ash, 2016

• Guest Lecturer, University of Cincinnati, Clermont, 2014 and 2015

• Outstanding Educators Award, 2014

• Guest Lecturer, Kendal College of Art and Design, 2014

• Guest Lecturer, Grand Rapids Community College, 2014

• Master Teacher Award, The Ohio Association of Career Colleges and Schools, 2010

           

          Education

Master of Fine Arts, Painting: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2003

Bachelor of Arts, Painting: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1999