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Hank Bull
Hank Bull (born 1949) is a Canadian artist, musician and illusionist. He was an early member of the Western Front Society and a founding director of the Pacific Association of Artist-run Centres.
Hank Bull was born in Calgary, Alberta. His father was an Anglican minister and his mother was a weaver.[citation needed] He was raised in Ontario and Nova Scotia with three brothers. By the age of 14, he began pursuing art. He spent most of 1968 in Europe, visiting art museums, experiencing the student movement, and exploring the music scene. Upon returning to Toronto, he enrolled in the New School of Art, studying under Nobuo Kubota and Robert Markle. He also played in bands and held jobs such as working for the railroad, picking tobacco, and bartending.
In 1973, Bull moved to Vancouver, where he joined the Western Front Society. While in Vancouver, Bull met Kate Craig, Eric Metcalfe, Glenn Lewis, Martin Bartlett, and Patrick Ready, who later became his collaborators. Bull and Craig became partners in life and art and were married until her death in 2002. Bull and Ready formed the artistic duo HP, producing radio shows, shadow theatre, and other projects.
Bull was an early member of the Western Front Society and a founding director of the Pacific Association of Artist-run Centres. In 1998, he co-founded Centre A, the Vancouver International Centre of Contemporary Asian Art. One of Bull's formative experiences was working with artists who visited the Western Front, including Al Neil, Margaret Dragu, General Idea, Marshalore, Clive Robertson, and Robert Filliou. Anthony Braxton, Leo Smith, Steve Lacy, and Mal Waldron were among the musicians whose concerts at the Front influenced him.
In 1980, Bull and Craig travelled around the world, meeting artists and performing in Japan, Indonesia, India, Cameroon, France, Austria, and Croatia (Yugoslavia). They established relationships with video artist Ko Nakajima (Tokyo), dalang I Wayan Wija (Sukawati, Bali), musician Mama Ohandja (Yaounde), visual artists Sanja Iveković, Dalibor Martinis (Zagreb), Heidi Grundmann and Robert Adrian (Vienna).
Bull devoted his work during the 1980s and 1990s to building networks between international artists, across Canada, and in Vancouver. He played an active role in developing the Association of National Non-Profit Artist-run Centres (ANNPAC) and was a co-founder of the Pacific Association of Artist-Run Centres (PAARC).
Throughout the 80s and 90s, Bull contributed to an informal collective of artists around the world who were experimenting with telecommunications technology, in particular slow scan video, transmission of text, and fax. He continued his collaborations with artists and worked with Mona Hatoum, Emmett Williams, Gábor and Verushka Bódy, Antoni Muntadas, Tari Ito, Santiago Bose, Heri Dono, Tetsuo Kogawa and William S. Burroughs.
In the early 1990s, Bull became engaged in exploring the relationship between art and ecology. He co-developed the Furry Creek Art Centre, an artist-in-residence initiative created in collaboration with Japanese artist Kei Tsuji. During the same period, he participated in a series of conferences organized by Littoral in Lancashire, United Kingdom, which facilitated collaborations between artists and members of agricultural communities, including sheep farmers.
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Hank Bull
Hank Bull (born 1949) is a Canadian artist, musician and illusionist. He was an early member of the Western Front Society and a founding director of the Pacific Association of Artist-run Centres.
Hank Bull was born in Calgary, Alberta. His father was an Anglican minister and his mother was a weaver.[citation needed] He was raised in Ontario and Nova Scotia with three brothers. By the age of 14, he began pursuing art. He spent most of 1968 in Europe, visiting art museums, experiencing the student movement, and exploring the music scene. Upon returning to Toronto, he enrolled in the New School of Art, studying under Nobuo Kubota and Robert Markle. He also played in bands and held jobs such as working for the railroad, picking tobacco, and bartending.
In 1973, Bull moved to Vancouver, where he joined the Western Front Society. While in Vancouver, Bull met Kate Craig, Eric Metcalfe, Glenn Lewis, Martin Bartlett, and Patrick Ready, who later became his collaborators. Bull and Craig became partners in life and art and were married until her death in 2002. Bull and Ready formed the artistic duo HP, producing radio shows, shadow theatre, and other projects.
Bull was an early member of the Western Front Society and a founding director of the Pacific Association of Artist-run Centres. In 1998, he co-founded Centre A, the Vancouver International Centre of Contemporary Asian Art. One of Bull's formative experiences was working with artists who visited the Western Front, including Al Neil, Margaret Dragu, General Idea, Marshalore, Clive Robertson, and Robert Filliou. Anthony Braxton, Leo Smith, Steve Lacy, and Mal Waldron were among the musicians whose concerts at the Front influenced him.
In 1980, Bull and Craig travelled around the world, meeting artists and performing in Japan, Indonesia, India, Cameroon, France, Austria, and Croatia (Yugoslavia). They established relationships with video artist Ko Nakajima (Tokyo), dalang I Wayan Wija (Sukawati, Bali), musician Mama Ohandja (Yaounde), visual artists Sanja Iveković, Dalibor Martinis (Zagreb), Heidi Grundmann and Robert Adrian (Vienna).
Bull devoted his work during the 1980s and 1990s to building networks between international artists, across Canada, and in Vancouver. He played an active role in developing the Association of National Non-Profit Artist-run Centres (ANNPAC) and was a co-founder of the Pacific Association of Artist-Run Centres (PAARC).
Throughout the 80s and 90s, Bull contributed to an informal collective of artists around the world who were experimenting with telecommunications technology, in particular slow scan video, transmission of text, and fax. He continued his collaborations with artists and worked with Mona Hatoum, Emmett Williams, Gábor and Verushka Bódy, Antoni Muntadas, Tari Ito, Santiago Bose, Heri Dono, Tetsuo Kogawa and William S. Burroughs.
In the early 1990s, Bull became engaged in exploring the relationship between art and ecology. He co-developed the Furry Creek Art Centre, an artist-in-residence initiative created in collaboration with Japanese artist Kei Tsuji. During the same period, he participated in a series of conferences organized by Littoral in Lancashire, United Kingdom, which facilitated collaborations between artists and members of agricultural communities, including sheep farmers.