Biography

Raised in Pine, Colorado

Pine, Colorado

Pine is an unincorporated town and a U.S. Post Office in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The Pine Post Office has the ZIP Code 80470....

, Hanzon's career started in the performing arts and fashion design, but soon he was being hired to creat major public works of art, large-scale urban entertainment projects, and private fine art commissions. His various product lines and licensing deals have run the gamut from sculpted designer lollipops for Hammonds Candy to high-end costume jewelry.

Career highlights

Hanzon headlined three HGTV

HGTV

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 holiday specials, from 2003 to 2005, that featured his work on Neiman Marcus

Neiman Marcus

Neiman Marcus, formerly Neiman-Marcus, is a luxury specialty retail department store operated by the Neiman Marcus Group in the United States. The company is headquartered in the One Marcus Square building in Downtown Dallas, Texas, and competes with other department stores such as Saks Fifth...

' annual holiday extravaganza. In 2005, The Food Network

Food Network

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 aired a special in which Hanzon took the ultimate BBQ Rig Design Challenge.

• Created several landmark public works of art, including EVOLUTION OF THE BALL, a massive gateway sculpture at Coors Field
  Coors Field
  Coors Field, located in Denver, Colorado, is the home field of Major League Baseball's Colorado Rockies. It is named for the Coors Brewing Company of Golden, Colorado, which purchased the naming rights to the park prior to its completion in 1995...
  
  , home of the Colorado Rockies
  Colorado Rockies
  The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. Established in 1991, they started play in 1993 and are in the West Division of the National League. The team is named after the Rocky Mountains...
  
  . Other major Colorado installations can be seen at Red Rocks Community College
  Red Rocks Community College
  Red Rocks Community College is a community college located in Lakewood, Colorado and Arvada, Colorado.- History :The college was established in 1969 as a campus of the Community College of Denver and opened at a temporary site until the Colorado legislature appropriated funds for construction of a...
  
  , Kenneth King Performing Arts Center, Denver Botanic Gardens
  Denver Botanic Gardens
  The Denver Botanic Gardens is a public botanical garden located in Denver, Colorado in the Cheesman Park neighborhood. The park contains a conservatory, a variety of theme gardens and a sunken amphitheater, which hosts various concerts in the summer...
  
  , and Olde Town Arvada.

• Directed and designed the revitalization and renovation of Denver's downtown holiday scene. The long-ignored downtown district was reignited with displays on the mile-long Pedestrian Mall, in historic Larimer Square and Union Station, and around Lower Downtown. Hanzon also rebuilt the annual Parade of Lights, giving new life to thirteen electrical floats and hundreds of costumed paraders.

• Denver newspaper, Westword
  Westword
  Westword is a free alternative weekly newspaper based in Denver, Colorado.Westword was established independently in 1977. In 1983 it was bought by New Times Media. In 2005, New Times acquired Village Voice Media, and changed its name to Village Voice Media...
  
  , published Hanzon in their annual "Best Of" issue, saying Hanzon accepted a permanent position as Wizard in Residence, Master Artist and Program Director at the Museum of Outdoor Arts
  Museum of Outdoor Arts
  Museum of Outdoor Arts is a non-profit museum and gallery based in Englewood, Colorado at 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, CO 80110.It was founded in 1981 by John W. Madden, Jr. and his daughter, Cynthia Madden Leitner. Open 365 days a year, the outdoor sculpture garden combines fine art,...
  
  in Englewood, Colorado.