A. M. Hanson
British artist
Alexander Mark "A M" Hanson (born 1969) is an English artist and photographer. He is based in London.
Early life
Born in 1969, adopted and raised in the Yorkshire countryside, near Leeds, in north-east England.
His mother, A.A. Hanson (Leeds College of Art), is a potter and former art teacher.
He sang in a church choir (St. Edmund's, Roundhay, c.1980). After schools in Leeds and York, he moved from home at age 17, holding happenings in the basement of a shared house in the Harehills area of Leeds. Around the same time he attended courses with the National Youth Theatre and performed in productions at Leeds University Workshop Theatre. His first exhibited work (photo montages) was shown at Leeds City Art Gallery in a group display about new surrealism. He left the formal education system early (after a brief period at a local arts college) and moved to London in 1989.
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