Adad hannah biography samples

Living pictures.

In his tableaux vivants, Vancouver artist Adad Hannah breathes life into historical masterpieces.

That’s me as a grasshopper,” artist Adad Hannah says as he points out individuals in a black-and-white photograph of a group of costumed performers.

“My sister is a fly, my mum is an earwig, and my stepfather is a flea.” It could be one of Hannah’s signature spectacular illusions.

Hannah is a good-humoured 51-year-old who lives in Burnaby, B.C., with his wife, two kids, and a curly-haired dog that perches on his lap for much of the interview.

He is also one of Canada’s most respected artists, who has exhibited at institutions in far-flung destinations such as Seoul, Sydney, and Santiago, has received countless honours and accolades, and has works included in many prestigious collections, including the National Gallery of Canada (where he is a board member), Musée d’art contempo