| BORN: | - | - |
| Manchester, UK, 1973 | - | - |
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| LIVES/WORKS: | - | - |
| Manchester, UK | - | - |
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| EDUCATION: | - | - |
| 1993-6 | BA (Hons) Fine Art | Manchester Metropolitan University |
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS: | - | - |
| 2008 | 'The Ecstasy' | The Agency, London |
| 2007 | 'How Can Someone so Young Sing Words So Sad' | Transit, Mechelen, Belgium |
| 2006 | 'Who Will Eat my Sadness' | The Agency, London |
| 2005 | 'The Beautiful People' | The City Gallery, Leicester |
| 2003 | 'The Beautiful People' | %WhatsInTheClipBoard% |
| 2003 | 'The Beautiful People' | Kirkby Gallery, Kirkby Liverpool |
| 2003 | 'The Beautiful People' | The Storey Gallery, Lancaster |
| 2002 | 'The Beautiful People' | DDM Warehouse, Shanghai, China |
| 2002 | 'The Beautiful People' | Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax |
| 2000 | 'The Beautiful People' | Cartwright Hall, Bradford |
| 2000 | 'The Horrible People' | Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
| 1998 | 'The Beautiful People' | Pannett Art Gallery, Whitby |
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| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: | ||
| 2008 | 'New London School' | Mark Moore Gallery, LA, USA |
| 2008 | 'The Past is History' | Changing Role, Rome & Naples, Italy |
| 2007 | 'Teenage Kicks' | Vegas Gallery, London(curated by Ken Pratt & Melanie Moreau) |
| 2007 | 'The Future is Now', (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) | Truman's Brewery, London |
| 2006 | 'I-POD Killed the Video Star' | Showroomama, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 2006 | 'I Ain't No Yesterday's News' | Gallery Likovni Krug , Exitfest, Serbia & Tour |
| 2005 | 'Portreto Formate' | ARKA Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania & Tour |
| 2005 | 'Children of the Grave- Masters of Reality' | The Agency London |
| 2005 | 'Young Masters', (curated by Flora Fairburn) | Art Fortnight London |
| 2005 | 'Hand in Hand we Walk Alone' | Clapham Art Gallery |
| 2004 | 'Forever Beautiful' | Clapham Art Gallery, London |
| 2001 | BP Portrait Award 2001 | National Portrait Gallery, London |
| 2000 | BP Portrait Award 2000 | National Portrait Gallery, London |
| 1999 | John Moores 21 | Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
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| AWARDS & RESIDENCIES: | - | |
| 2007 | British Council CtC Development Grant | |
| 2002 | British Council for DDM Warehouse Residency | |
| 2002 | Shortlisted for BOC Emerging Artist Award 2002 | |
| 2001 | Shortlisted for Fresh Artist 2001 Award | |
| 2001 | Commended in BP Portrait Award | |
| 2007 | 501Art Space, Chongqing, China | |
| 2002 | DDM Warehouse, Shanghai, China | |
| 1998 | ‘Artist at Work’, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool | |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY: | - | |
| 2008 | Wound 3, The Pity Issue - 'Kate Davies & David Hancock - Don't Bleed for Me' by Melaine Moreau | |
| 2008 | Amelia's Magazine, Issue 9, 'David Hancock by Amy Knight | |
| 2007 | AN Magazine (Front Cover), December Issue | |
| 2003 | Interview in V&A Magazine by Charlotte Mullins, Winter Edition | |
| 2001 | BP Portrait Award 1990-2001, NPG publications | |
| 2001 | Profiled in Art Review, by Jo Manby, March Edition | |
| 2000 | Flux Space, Flux Magazine interview with Mike Dawson | |
| 1999 | John Moores 21, NMGM Publications | |
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| COLLECTIONS: | - | - |
| Private Collections in UK, Israel, Australia, USA, Norway & Belgium | - | |
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| ARTIST STATEMENT: | - | |
| My paintings are drawn from a narrative base which is rooted in the tradition of Romanticism or the Victorian utopian visions of Pre-Raphaelitism. The signifiers are taken from historical works of art, sources and themes and suggested through the appropriation of composition, gestures or objects. In the use of paint, combined with a traditional method of realisation, these works claim a historical significance, elevating the status of the paintings. My images of youth provide a window onto the world of growing up in the glare of our obsessive hyper-real reality, documenting a generation who wishes to believe in Utopia, but suffers from the knowledge of its decline. | ||