JOHN HANNING

Born, Arkansas, 1961
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

EDUCATION

Memphis College of Art
Parsons School of Design

PUBLICATIONS & PROJECTS

Emoticon Lover. Artist book and performance project. Self-published edition of 300, 2025–
– Exhibition and performance, Raw Meat Gallery, New York, NY, 2025
– Performance, Bureau of General Services—Queer Division (BGSQD), New York, NY, 2025
– Performance, Paul Marlow (Site specific installation. Retail space) Palm Springs, CA, 2026

Unfortunate Male. Artist book. Self-published edition of 100, 2015
Held in library and archival collections including the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Public Library, and Camera Austria

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

“Emoticon Lover”, Raw Meat Gallery, New York, NY, 2025

“I’LL BE YOUR MIRROR”, Mighty Real Queer Detroit, Detroit, MI, 2024

“In the Days of AIDS”, Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Strasbourg, France, 2023

“BALAK 13”, Luxembourg Art Week, Luxembourg, 2022

“QUEERS READ THIS!”, VAE Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, 2021

“CHASE”, Art During the Occupation Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2018

“QUEER BIENNIAL”, Navel, Los Angeles, CA, 2018

“ART & AIDS: 35 YEARS OF SURVIVAL”, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York, NY, 2017

“QUEER FIGHT SONGS”, Art During the Occupation Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2017

“BLACK MIRROR / PINK REFLECTIONS”, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY, 2017

“EVERYDAY”, La MaMa Galleria, New York, NY, 2016

“POWERFUL BABIES: KEITH HARING’S IMPACT ON ARTISTS TODAY”, Spritmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden, 2015

“THE QUEER FEELING OF TOMORROW”, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, Canada, 2015

“COLOR DOT CONNECT”, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY, 2014

LIBRARY & ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS

Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Whitney Museum of American Art Library, New York
New York Public Library, New York
Camera Austria Library, Graz
Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
Spritmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Strasbourg, France

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Powerful Babies: Keith Haring’s Impact on Artists Today.
Stockholm: Spritmuseum and Absolut Art Collection