Trenton Doyle Hancock
| Trenton Doyle Hancock | |
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| Born | 1974 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Education | Texas A&M University-Commerce, Temple University |
Trenton Doyle Hancock is an American artist. He was born in 1974 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and grew up in Paris, Texas.
Hancock received a BFA from Texas A&M University-Commerce. As an undergrad Doyle worked as a cartoonist for his school newspaper. At the time he thought he would become a professional cartoonist following graduation. The influence of Hancock's early interest in cartoons is still visible in his current work. Following his studies at Texas A&M University-Commerce Hancock earned a MFA from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia.
Hancock makes prints, videos, drawings, sculptures, individual performances, and collaged felt paintings. His influences include comics, graphic novels, cartoons, music, and film.
Hancock brings these elements together to create a visual worlds that are guided by his subconscious mind. This world is a cartoon influenced realm that includes variations of ugliness, shades of beauty, and variations of humor, which become the baseline for Hancock's work. Reoccuring characters which populate his imaginary worlds are the Mounds, half-animal, half-plant creatures, which are preyed upon by evil beings called vegans and the unheroic super hero Torpedo Boy, an alter ego that Hancock created as a child. Torpedo Boy has super human strength but his human emotions, particularly his pride prevent him from performing his heroic duties. Additional characters that appear in the work alongside him include Junior Mound, Bringback, Baby Curt, and Shy Jerry.
In 2013 his work was translated to Cult of Color: Call to Color, a ballet created in collaboration with Ballet Austin's Artistic Director Stephen Mills.
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