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Bio
Michael Hilsman


b. 1984, Los Angeles

Lives and works in New York.



Exhibitions

2011

I Am Who I Am: The Portrait Reconsidered (including Katherine Bernhardt, Eddie Martinez, Amy Bessone, Henry Taylor, Ruby Neri and Leidy Churchman)| Steven Zevitas Gallery | Boston

A Line of Souls and a few Words from the Holy (curated by Guillermo Creus)| Fortress To Solitude | Brooklyn

College Art Association MFA Exhibition | Hunter College Times Square Gallery | New York

2010

Hell No! (curated by David Louis Fierman and RJ Supa)| St Cecilia's Convent | Brooklyn

Artists Around Me (curated by APT SHOW)| Brooklyn

2009

AIR | Museum of Trade and Tourism | Budapest, Hungary

Sweet and Matchless | PLAYsPACE Galley | San Francisco

Inaugural Exhibition | ArtRaw| New York

2008

Tyrant, Victim, and Voice from the Unknown | Rohtas 2| Lahore, Pakistan

2007

Group Show | Fools Foundation Gallery | Sacramento

2006

A Beautifully Disastrous Universe | Popkiller| | Los Angeles

Simmer | Canvas Gallery | San Francisco



Education


MFA, Hunter College, New York, NY (current candidate)

Double B.A. in Visual Art and Social Change in the Arts (individual major),
UC Santa Cruz, 2002-2006

Foreign Exchange Program at Delhi University, Delhi, India, June 2004-January 2005


Bibliography and Publications

"Monstrously provocative portraits," Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, February 9, 2011

"11 Painters to Watch in 2011," Evan J Garza, New American Paintings Blog , January 10, 2011

"Tomorrow's Art Stars Today," Steven Zevitas, Huffington Post, April 18,2011

Paperbag Journal, Issue No. 2, January 2011.

“ ‘Tyrant, Victim, and Voice from the Unknown’ at Rohtas 2,” Staff Report, Daily Times, Lahore, Pakistan, 2008


Published Writing

A Moment in Time: Fragmentation and Reformulation, Rashid Rana (monograph contribution) Mumbai, 2011

The Power of the Ornament (Die Machts des Ornaments), exhibition catalogue, Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria, 2009

Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan, exhibition text excerpt, Asia Society Museum, New York, 2009



Awards and HonorsArtist-in-Residence, Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungary, June-July 2009Visiting Faculty, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan, July-August 2008Alumni Lecture Honorarium for introduction talk to Hank Willis Thomas: Signifying Blackness at Sesnon Gallery, UC Santa CruzKatherine E. Metz Painting and Drawing award, Spring 2006Chancellor’s Undergraduate Internship Award Program Participant at Sesnon GalleryIrwin Project Grant recipient 2004, 2005, 2006College Honors for individual major, Social Change and the Arts