Biography
Ian Hart was born in Sacramento, California. Ian first painted with marbles at Nikki and Tiny's on Alice Street in Davis. Ian counts among his formative aesthetic experiences: listening to Charles Amirkhanian host The Morning Concert on KPFA radio and hours spent scrutinizing his father's cactus collection. A continuing appreciation of the beauty of organic and biological structures informs his drawing work today.
After leaving his home town of Davis, California, Ian lived for two years in Los Angeles where he worked with the terrific artist-activist collective Arts in Action LA. Ian now lives in Queens, New York, near the old Steinway piano factory.
Education
2000 B.Sc., Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis.
Some Professional Experiences
2002-present. Illustrator in residence; American Museum of Natural History, Department of Ichthyology.
2001-2002. Illustrator, post-graduate researcher; Wainwright Lab, in residence at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Section of Ichthyology.
2000-2001. Illustrator, Wainwright Lab, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis.
1998-2000. Field and Laboratory Assistant to Kathren Murrell, Ph.D. Candidate; Barbour Lab, University of California, Davis.
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2004 | Artists and Organizations Mobilizing Against The Republican National Convention The Change You Want To See: Gallery and Convergence Stage, Brooklyn, New York |
| 2002 | Grand Opening Galleria de Nadie at Arts in Action, Los Angeles, California |
| 2001 | Parkside National Small Print Exhibition University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin |
| 2000 | Printwork 2K Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York |
| 2000 | All Creatures Great and Small John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California |
| 1999 | UCD Printmakers Sol Ceramica Sacramento, California |
An Arbitrary Selection of Biological Illustrations in Print
2004 Wainwright, P. C., et al. A functional morphospace for the skull of labrid fishes: patterns of diversity in a complex biomechanical system. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 82:1-25.
2002 Wainwright, P. C. and D. R. Bellwood. Ecomorphology of feeding in coral reef fishes.
pp. 3355. In: Coral Reef Fishes. Dynamics and diversity in a complex ecosystem
(P.F. Sale, ed.), Academic Press, San Diego.
2002 Hulsey, C. D. and P. C. Wainwright. Mapping mechanics into morphospace: disparity in the jaws of labrid fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, B. 269:317-326.
2001 Wainwright, P. C., et al. Evaluating the use of ram and suction during prey capture by cichlid fishes. Journal of Experimental Biology 204: 3039-3051.
2001 Ferry-Graham, L. A., P. C. Wainwright, C. D. Hulsey, and D. R. Bellwood. Evolution and mechanics of long jaws in butterflyfishes (Family Chaetodontidae). Journal of Morphology 248:120-143.
2001 Ferry-Graham, L. A., P. C. Wainwright, and D. R. Bellwood. Prey capture in long-jawed butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae): the functional basis of novel feeding habits. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 256:167-184.
Teaching Experience
| October 2004 | Signs and Banners With New Immigrant Community Empowerment at The Change You Want To See Gallery, Brooklyn and Corona, Queens, New York |
| August 2004 | Doves With The Change You Want To See at the HOWL Festival, New York, New York |
| August 2004 | Horse-cycles Greene Dragon. New York, New York |
| May 2004 | Doves Connecticut Coalition for Peace and Justice, Hartford |
| January 2003 | Art in Action University of Rhode Island, Kingston |
| June 2002 | Banner Mural SOL Festival 2002, Los Angeles, California |
| April 2002 | Signs and Banners North Hollywood Day Labor Center, Los Angeles, California |
| February 2002 | Print Cheap in Relief Arts in Action, Los Angeles, California |
| August 2001 | Art in Action University of California Los Angeles Labor Center, Los Angeles |
| November 2000 | Drypoint Clinic California Art Education Association State Conference, Art Department, University of California, Davis |