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
