Elias Hansen

Elias Hansen 

Born in 1979, lives and works in upstate New York.

Elias Hansen integrates colourful blown glass, melded and fused metal and aging unvarnished wood into elaborate, semi-functioning fountains and crypto-mystic objects.  Translating the idealism and escapism of the crystal meth industry into a compelling visual language, Hansen’s sculptures are tinged with the secrecy and mystery of a world existing outside the law. He states, “The pieces are fragments of story lines… I want to create a fantastical scene, one that takes you right to the edge of reality, but doesn’t let go of you.  You are given just enough information to build your own storyline, but not so much you can’t follow it.”