Phil Hansen

Artist

As an art student, Phil Hansen's intense style of pointillism led to a tremor in his hand and a diagnosis of nerve damage. Devastated, he dropped out and lost his way ... until a neurologist suggested he "embrace the shake". That piece of advice tweaked Hansen's point of view and sent him on a quest to invent different approaches to making art by embracing personal and universal limitations. Hansen challenged himself to create art using unconventional materials (dandelion puffs, matches) and canvases (his torso, bandages). The resulting time-lapse videos of his creative processes are his meta-art, showing that art is action, not just results.

Art, Creativity / Divergent Thinking