1990 – Retired from teaching at Portland State University.
1990 – Authored New Totems, Old Gods (sculptures and poems), Surgo Publishing.
1992 – Retrospective, Equestrian Series, Abante Fine, Art, Portland, OR.
1993 – Wife, Annabelle Hansen, dies September 17th.
1994 – Married Jane Lucas, May 13th.
1994 – Father, Hildreth Justine Hansen, dies January 3rd.
1994 – Brother, Donald Gene Hansen, dies June 9th.
1996 – Outdoor Sculpture Invitational, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA.
1996 – Jane Hasen, wife, and Deborah Townsend Switzer, curator, start work on catalog raisonne. Over 800 works are accounted for.
1997 – J. L. Hansen: 30 years Bronzes, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA.
1996 – J. L. Hansen: Time and Survival, Bryan Ohno Gallery, Seattle, WA.
1997 – James L. Hansen, Bronzes, Peter Bartlow Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1998 – Outdoor Sculpture Invitational, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA.
1998 – The Gilkey Years (1947-1964), Benton County Historical Museum, Philomath, OR.
1999 – Outdoor Sculpture Invitational, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA.
1999 – Beauty In the Beast, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA.
1999 – Force in Form: James Lee Hansen Sculpture, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA.
1999 – Monumental Sculptures, Bryan Ohno Gallery Seattle, WA.