Nathan VanHook, Stroking It

January 10 - February 7, 2014

One Grand Gallery presents Stroking It,  new work by Nathan VanHook. The personal artworks of Nike Footwear Design Director, Nathan VanHook, present the simplicity of basic paint strokes evolved into complex processes of color and form.

With found wood pieces, large canvases, acrylics and various other mediums, VanHook successfully presents the methods of his making through thousands of painted strokes. While acting as Footwear Design Director at Nike, VanHook is perhaps best known for recently collaborating with Kanye West on the Air Yeezy II sneakers along with designs that have made him the focal point of sneakerhead fandom. But the self-proclaimed “thing-maker” has always made his own art. He has worked independently on both national and international exhibitions and also in collaboration with other artists and makers under the name The Love Movement. Whether it is gallery, product-based, or public art, VanHook always values process over the outcome. A designer by trade, preparing for Stroking It has tasked VanHook with separating the art from the design, stepping away from the digital, focusing on the brush stroke and continuing to champion the process. One Grand Gallery is proud to provide a platform for VanHook’s newest art works and exhibit the final forms of his artistic process.



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