Rex Hausmann was born in San Antonio, Texas where he began painting and drawing at the age two. Drawing on scraps of wood, found in his father's workshop, Rex began to create and express his thoughts through pen and paint.

At age 11, he began training in classical methods of the arts. In high school and early college, Rex began to show his work and complete large scale comissions for churches and individual patrons.

In college, Rex began to work with his brother, Erik on The D'Antoni Project, an international collaboration of the arts that traveled throughout the US in 2005-2007.

Rex has worked on national projects in Georgia, Maine, Texas, New York, and California as well as international projects as far as Italy and Ireland with organizations such as Points of Light (George H. W. Bush's network for civic involvement) and The Hands On Network.

Recently graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a full scholarship, Rex has opened rexcontemporary in the hope of happily sharing his love for contemporary art with those who will look and listen.

Rex's Artist Statement:

My work is a collision of artifacts and events initiated by the people I meet and the things I read. The mindset and ideas of the western world from Plato’s Republic to the writings of CS Lewis are a constant fascination. By looking at the history of religion impressed against the theater of philosophy, I paint panels, and ponder. The histories of the Native American peoples and the Puritans are my present focus. The dance of the Kachina and the modest persistence of the Puritan are finding their way into my thoughts and canvases. Gauguin asked “Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?”. Rothko searched for the sublime. I wish to share with the world a painterly grin.