Background
He was born in 1974 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and grew up in Paris, Texas.
He was born in 1974 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and grew up in Paris, Texas.
Hancock received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University-Commerce, and an Master of Fine Arts from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia.
Among the honors which Hancock has earned are: Artadia Award (2003) Trenton Doyle Hancock"s work has been featured in exhibitions at numerous galleries and institutions including: Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland "The Wayward Thinker" (2007) Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands "The Wayward Thinker" (2007) Arthouse at The Jones Center, Austin, United States of America "Sirens’ Song" (2007) Clementine Gallery, New York, United States of America "The Lizard Cult" (2007) Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States of America "The Compulsive Lincolnshire: Etching 1900 to Now" (2006) Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland "Black Alphabet" (2006) Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, Infinite Painting: Contemporary Paintings and Global Realism "Passariano, Italy" (2006) Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia, United States of America "Skin & Bones, 20 Years of Drawing" (2015) James Cohan Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden "Powerful Babies: Keith Haring’s Impact on Artists Today" (2015) Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas, United States of America "Skin and Bones, 20 Years of Drawing" (2014) Hancock was included in the American Folk Art Museum"s "Dargerism" exhibit, showing the influence of Henry Darger on contemporary artists. He is represented in New York by James Cohan Gallery and was featured in Public Broadcasting Service" Art:21.