Exhibitions
Born in Falkirk, Scotland, Lys is a figurative painter whose main interest lies in the human condition and the challenges of human relationships.
Education/training
- Edinburgh College of Art – (DA Highly Commended)
- Edinburgh College of Art – Post-graduate Studies in Drawing & Painting
- University of Edinburgh – Honours Fine Art Studies
Numerous awards include:
- Abbey Minor Award (Prix de Rome), British School of Painting at Rome
- Andrew Grant Bequest Scholarships
- Anne Redpath Award for Painting
- Scottish Arts Council Major Award
- Smith Biennial (Prize Winner)
- Creative Scotland Award
Selected memberships/appointments include:
- Professional Member of Society of Scottish Artists (President, 1992-1995)
- Professional Member, Visual Arts Scotland
- Lecturer part-time in art colleges/universities
- Honorary member BBK Berlin Artists Union
- Scottish Artists Union
Selected recent solo exhibitions
| 2013 | The Little Gallery,High Street, Pittenweem, August 2-18 |
| Lebenswege - Roads of Life at Stifter Villa, Kirchschlagen bei Linz, Austria, September 21 - October 15 | |
| 2012 | Across The Divide, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge |
| Drawing Breath, Lys Hansen and Kraig Wilson, The Cooper Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee | |
| When You Reach September, Kinblethmont Gallery, Kinblethmont House, Arbroath | |
| 2009 | Naked City, Svanekegaarden, Bornholm, Denmark |
| Relatively Closer, Stirling University | |
| 2008 | Die Andere Seite/The Other Side, Galerie Futura, Berlin |
| Relatively Close, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries | |
| 2007 | Souvenir Andenken, Villeneuve d'Ascq, Lille, France |
| Relatively Close, Forholdsvis taet, Bornholms Kunstmuseum, Denmark | |
| 2005 | Relatively Close: Compact Version, Park Gallery, Falkirk Souvenir, Stirling Smith, Stirling Outrageous Images, Edinburgh Theatre Workshop |
| 2003 | Circle Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 2003 | Daily Bread, Tollbooth, Kirkcudbright |
| 2001 | Daily Bread, National Trust for Scotland, Alloa Tower, and touring |
| 2000 | Artist in Residence + exhibition, Galeri 2RN, Aakirkeby, Bornholm, Denmark; Between the Lines, Humboldt University, Unter den Linden, Berlin; and Weem Gallery, Pittenweem. |
| 1999-2001 | Baltic Passage, touring to Danish Cultural Institute, Edinburgh; Kirkcaldy Art Gallery; Northlands Festival: Timespan Helmsdale and Wick; Collins Gallery, Strathclyde University, Glasgow; Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries |
| 1998 | Identitet: Links: Invading the Past, Bornholms Kunstmuseum, Denmark; Passionate Paint (retrospective), Stirling Smith, Stirling |
Selected recent group exhibitions
(In addition to regular annual exhibitions at RSA, SSA, RSW, VAS)
| 2013 | The Drawing Show, Compass Gallery, Glasgow |
| The Endarkenment, City Art Centre, Edinburgh and The Fleming Collection, London | |
| 2012 | Across The Valley, The Changing Room, Tolbooth, Stirling |
| 2011-12 | Memory, Compass Gallery, Glasgow and touring Scotland |
| 2011 | Venus + Demarco + Beuys, Demarco Archive, Edinburgh |
| 2010 | Royal Scottish Academy, invited artist |
| 2009 | Edinburgh School of Painting, Lemon Street Gallery, Truro |
| 2008 | Die Andere Seite/The Other Side: (with Karin Christiansen), Galerie Futura, Berlin and at Collins Gallery, Strathclyde University, Glasgow |
| 2007 | Edinburgh International Festival, Demarco Archive, Scottish National Portrait Gallery Baishi Festival, Xiantan, Hunan, China |
| 2006 | The Divided Self,Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh University and at The Fleming Collection, London Skateraw Inaugural, Richard Demarco European Foundation Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow. |
| 2005 | Their Past, Your Future, Imperial War Museum at Stirling Smith |
| 2004 | Le 118, Lille Le Projet Cent Vingt Internationale, Villeneuve d'Ascq |
| 2003 | Sons and Mothers, Collins Gallery, Glasgow Cabinet Paintings, Compass Gallery, Glasgow |
| 1998 | Footsteps, Patriothall, Edinburgh Panzerhalle, Brandenburg,Germany |
Works in public collections
- University of Stirling
- University of Edinburgh
- Smith Art Gallery, Stirling
- Falkirk Museums
- Kirkcaldy Art Gallery
- City Art Centre, Edinburgh
- North Ayrshire
- Islington Business Centre
- McLaurin Gallery, Ayr
- New Hall Collection, University of Cambridge
- Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
- Perth Art Gallery
- Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow
- Bornholmns Kunstmuseum, Denmark
- City of Schwede am Oder, Germany
- City of Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
- Danish Cultural Institute, Edinburgh
- Richard Demarco Archive, Edinburgh
In addition many works in private collections.
In preparation
| 2014 | The Lillie Gallery, Milngavie, Scotland Galerie 203, Montreal, Canada |
Publications
- Dreaming Frankenstein, Liz Lochhead, Edinburgh 1984
- The Self Portrait, Sean Kelly and Edward Lucie Smith, Sarema Press, London 1987
- Contemporary Painting in Scotland, Bill Hare, Sidney 1992
- Passionate Paint: The Art of Lys Hansen, edited by Giles Sutherland, Mainstream Edinburgh 1998
- Identitet, Lars K Moller/Mette Bligaard et al, Bornsholm Kunst Museum 1998
- Dansk Kunst, Torben Weirup, Kobenhavn 1999
- Daily Bread, Geraldine Prince/Giles Sutherland, Braco 2001
- Lallans, John Law(ed), Blackford 2005
- Divided Selves, Bill Hare & Polly Bielecka et al Edinburgh and London 2006
- Our War, Susan Mills (ed) Alloa 2006
- Relatively Close/Forholdsvis taet, Lars Kaerulf Moller, Bornholm 2007
- Relatively Closer, Jane Cameron/Bill Hare/Geraldine Prince/Liz Lochhead, University of Stirling 2009
- YouTube film Lys Hansen Relatively Closer, Produced by Heidi Martinnen, Stirling University 2009
- Scottish Artists in an age of Radical Change 1945 to the 21st Century, Bill Hare, 2019
Image: Split Torso 1979 acrylic 69x69cms
