Ian Hart

Ian Hart is a San Francisco realist painter focusing on the figure and still-life. He studied painting at Syracuse University's College of the Visual and Performing Arts. During his sophomore year at Syracuse, Ian studied with renowned figurative painter Jerome Witkin. At the end of his sophomore year he transferred to the College of William and Mary in Virginia. There he focused on the figure exclusively, from small oil studies to near-life-sized dramas. He earned his BA from William and Mary in 1998 with a double concentration in Fine Art and Public Policy.

After maintaining a studio and exhibiting frequently in and around Boston, Massachusetts, Ian moved to the Bay Area in 2003. He currently maintains a studio in San Francisco, where he alternates between small still lifes that are inspired by California’s agricultural diversity, and figures inspired by San Francisco’s residents.
Ian is the great-grandson of nationally recognized muralist Vincent Maragliotti, whose work is in the Pennsylvania state house among other public and private buildings. He is the former artist-in-residence of Boston's Conservation Law Foundation.

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