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Grant Haffner was raised in the famous art community of Springs, East Hampton, within walking distance from the homes of Jackson Pollock and Willem De Kooning, and the twisting roads and landscapes of the South Fork dominate his paintings. Grant sees every passing mile of country road as a potential painting, often pulling his 1986 Ford F150 onto the shoulder to record the more striking scenes with a Polaroid picture. Via these Polaroid snapshots, he is able to carefully study the angles and planar landscapes, revealing intersections of sky and the open road.  His compositions are rendered with a bold and sometimes solarized color palette, which is cleverly balanced to depict the speed and rhythm of the rural roadways. The slightly exaggerated poles and power-lines are primary to these compositions as they are utilized to exaggerate the depth of field and perspective and the artist's absorption in the fleeting landscape of the East End of Long Island. Haffner is committed to exploring these horizons, which appear to extend as far as the eye can see, with no end or beginning.


 

Grant Haffner is an SVA dropout. At the age of 29, he had his first solo exhibition at Dorsch Gallery, Miami, Florida in 2008. His work is in the Linklaters corporate collection and several prestigious private collections.

 

 

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

 

2008           Areas of Expertise, Visions West Galleries, Livingston, Montana

                  Waiting, Dorsch Gallery, Wynwood Arts District, Miami Beach, FL

                  Squint, Deshuk Rivers Studio, Bridgehampton, NY

                  Pool Art Fair, Hotel Chelsea, NYC 

                  Arts 4 Bonac Tonic (A4BT), Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY

                  Guild Hall 70th Annual Member Exhibit, Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY

 

2007     Scope Miami Art Fair, Roberto Clemente Park, Miami Beach, FL

                  Scope Hamptons Art Fair, Wainscot, NY

                  Time & Place, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY

                  Bonac Tonic Present's three, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY

                  The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY

                  Guild Hall 69th Annual Member Exhibit, Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY

 

2006           Scope Miami Art Fair, Roberto Clemente Park, Miami Beach, FL

                  Summer Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY

                  Bonac Tonic Present's two, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY

                  Scope Hamptons Art Fair, Wainscot, NY

                  The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY

 

2005            Bonac Tonic, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY

                  Young Landscapes, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY

       

AWARDS

 

 

2008    Winner of the Catherine and Theo Hios award for best landscape,

                   Guild Hall 70th Annual Members Exhibit, East Hampton, NY

 

2007     Winner of the Catherine and Theo Hios award for best landscape,

                    Guild Hall 69th Annual Members Exhibit, East Hampton, NY

                 

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winner of the Catherine and Theo Hios award 2008

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