| Bio |
| Michael Hilsman b. 1984, Los Angeles. Lives and works in New York. Education MFA, Hunter College, New York, 2012. B.A. Sociology, B.A. Art, UC Santa Cruz and Delhi University, Delhi, India, 2006 Exhibitions 2013 Solo Exhibition | Galerie Sebastien Bertrand | Geneva, Switzerland. (Forthcoming) Dallas Art Fair with Louis B. James Gallery | Dallas TimeIn Initiative Art Auction | Marianne Boesky | New York Portraits: Cabinet de Curiosites (including Jim Shaw, Thomas Houseago and Dash Snow) | Galerie Sebastien Bertrand at Art Geneva| Geneva, Switzerland. TimeIn Initiative Art Auction | Marianne Boesky | New York Moon Over Mountain Pass | Trailer Park Proyects | San Juan, Puerto Rico 100 Little Deaths | BravinLee Programs | New York 2012 NADA Miami Beach | Louis B. James | Miami The Opposite of Love (solo exhibition) | Louis B. James | New York Big Little Man (solo exhibition) | Galleria Glance | Turin, Italy Un Lugar en la Horoptera | Asociacion Cultural Mediodia Chica | Madrid, Spain MFA Thesis Exhibition | Hunter College Times Square Gallery | New York 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 A.I,R. | Museum of Trade and Tourism | Budapest, Hungary Tyrant, Victim, and Voice from The Unknown | Rohtas 2 | Lahore, Pakistan Bibliography Nature Morte: Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still Life Tradition, Michael Petry, published by Thames and Hudson. 2013 (Forthcoming) The Huffington Post, “12 Must See Painting Shows,” November, 2012. Modern Painters, “Two For the Weekend,” Indrisek ,Scott, November, 2012. Arte Mondadori (Italy) "Hilsman, Nature Morte e masachere mostruse su grandi tele,", pg. 132, March 2012. La Stampa Newspaper (Italy) "Piccolo Grande Uomo da tenere Da'Occhio," Renato Rizzo, pg 77, February 2012. Modern Painters, "100 Artists to Watch,"pgs. 65-66, Dec/Jan 2012 Le Point (France), “Interview: Michael Hilsman,” Virginie Lauret, pgs, 90-91, January 2012, Boston Globe, "Monstrously provocative portraits," Cate McQuaid, February 9, 2011 New American Paintings Blog, "11 Painters to Watch in 2011," Evan J Garza, January 10, 2011 Modern Edition Blog, “New Art Talent”, December 2011 The Huffington Post, "Tomorrow's Art Stars Today," Steven Zevitas, April 18, 2011 New American Paintings MFA Annual Edition (cover) | pgs. 166-169. 2011 Paperbag Journal, Issue No. 2, January 2011. Published Art Criticism 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 Honors Dedalus Foundation MFA Grant Nominee 2011 Artist-in-Residence, Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungary, June-July 2009 Visiting Faculty, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan, July-August 2008 Alumni Lecture Honorarium for introduction talk to Hank Willis Thomas: Signifying Blackness at Sesnon Gallery, UC Santa Cruz Katherine E. Metz Painting and Drawing award, Spring 2006 Chancellor’s Undergraduate Internship Award Program Participant at Sesnon Gallery 2005 Irwin Project Grant recipient 2004, 2005, 2006 College Honors for individual major, Social Change and the Arts, 2006 |