JAMES HILL    
118 Avenida Princesa     
San Clemente, CA 92672
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Education/Grants - Solo Exhibitions - Group Exhibitions - Articles and Reviews


EDUCATION AND GRANTS

M.F.A. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX. (1972)
B.A. North Texas State University, Denton, TX. (1967)
Penny McCall Foundation Grant, New York, NY. (1987)
Visual Arts Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C. (1980)

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004 In the Time of Louie Louie; Hangin’ In Like Gunga Din, California State University, Grand Central Art Center (Project Room), Santa Ana, CA.
2001 It’s Everything, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Seeing the Elephant, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY.
Assemblage, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Gallery II, Irvine, CA.
1996 Do Drop In, Bill Maynes Contemporary Art, New York, NY.
1994  Go There, Bill Maynes Contemporary Art, New York, NY.
1990 Greenberg Wilson Gallery, New York, NY.
1985 Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York, NY.
1984 Morgan Art Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.
Utah State University, Logan, UT.
1981 Art Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State Univ., Nacogdoches, TX.
1980 Gallerie Simone Stern, New Orleans, LA.
1979 D.W. Co-Op Gallery, Dallas, TX.
1978 Gorilla Process: James Hill, St. Thomas University, Houston, TX.
Ida Green Gallery, Austin College, Sherman, TX.
1977 Lower Level Gallery, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005 The OsCene 2006, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.
2004 100 Artists See Satan, California State University Fullerton, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA.
2000 Depature/Return, The Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX. 
The Spurgeon Experience, Spurgeon Building, Santa Anna, CA.
Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD.
1998 Paullina Cupana, Bill Maynes Gallery. New York, NY.
1997 Reclamations From An Artificial Paradise: An Electronic Exhibition of Real Object Sculpture, Arts Orange County Virtual Gallery. (http://ocartsnet.org)
1996 A Labor of Love, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY.
1995 Americana, Grand Salon, New York, NY.
1993 Art Exhibition, Rowles Studio, Hudson, NY.
Minature Show, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA.
Paperworks, Rowles Studio, Hudson, NY.
Works on Paper, Bill Maynes Contemporary Art, New York, NY.
1992 Epigrams, Momentary Modern, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Saint Vitus Dance, Suzanne Biederberg, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
1991 Group Show, New Era Space, New York, NY.
A New Low, Claudio Botello Arte, Turin, Italy.
Outside America, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
1990 All Quiet on the Western Front? Espace Dieu-Galerie Antoine Candeau,Paris.
Invitational Miniature Exhibition, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA.
1989 Artists That Teach, Fine Arts Gallery, Long Beach City College, CA.
1988 Group Show, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York
Group Show, DW Gallery, Dallas, TX.
Group Show, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
1987 Hill & Wong, Main Gallery, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.
Group Show, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, New York.
1986 Spectrum: The Generic Figure, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Time After Time, Diane Brown Gallery, New York. Curated by Collins/Milazzo.
Spiritual America, C.E.P.A. Buffalo, NY. Curated by Collins & Milazzo.
On/Off The Wall, Virginia Beach Art Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA.
1985 Group Show, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York.
1984 Southern Narrative, Kennedy Art Center, Birmingham, AL.
1983 Personification, Art Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA.
Language, Drama, Source and Vision, The New Museum, New York.
1982 New New York, Fine Arts Galleries, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
James Hill & Melody Guichet, Galerie Simmone Stern, New Orleans, LA.
Visiting Artists Revisited, University Art Galleries, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID.
1981 Mapped Art: Charts, Routes, Regions, Art Gallery, Univ.of Colorado, Boulder.
Persona, The New Museum. New York, NY.
The Image of the House, Lawndale Gallery, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX.
1980 Dialogues, Just Above Midtown Gallery, New York, NY.
The Mask as Metaphor, Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
Self Portrait Show, D.W. Gallery, Dallas, TX.
1979 Fire Show, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX.
Midway Between Comedy & Art, Midway Studios, Univ. of Chicago, Chicago.
Weich und Plastisch/Soft Art, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
1978 Aesthetics of Graffiti, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA.
Art of Texas, The Renaissance Society at the Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Four Houston Artists, Fine Arts Galleries, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL
Outside New York, The New Museum, New York, NY.
1977 Art Park 1977, Lewiston, NY.
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

Baker, Kenneth. “Newer Art in Small Doses.” San Francisco Chronicle, March 22, 1986, pp. 82-83.

Bartlett, Larry. “New Show Features Drinking Beer, Driving Across America.” New Orleans Times-Picayune, May 11, 1980, Sec.3, p. 10.

Bell, Jane. “From the Inside Looking Out.” New York Arts Journal, No. 12, Nov.-Dec., 1978, n/p.

Cotter, Holland. "Art in Review." The New York Times, Friday, April 5, 1996.

Crossley, Mimi. “Art: James Hill at the CAM.” The Houston Post, July 15, 1977, n/p.

Collins Tricia & Richard Milazzo. “Sinking to the Bottom of Discourse. Rene Richard.” Tema Celeste, No. 3, July-Oct .1990, pp. 50-57.

Douglas, Theo. “Oscene It?” OC Weekly, November 3, 2006

Frank, Peter. “Outside, Inside, All Around the Town.” Village Voice Vol. XXIII, Nov. 13, 1978, p. 112.

French, Christopher. “A Question of Intent.” Artweek, June 30, 1984, p. 5.

Glade, Luba. “Art.” New Orleans States-Items, June 2, 1976, n/p.

Green, Roger. “Art.” New Orleans States-Items, May 12, 1980, p. B-4.

Hendrick, Becky. “Expression of Art Dualities.” El Paso Herald-Post, Feb. 27, 1987, n/p.

Hoffman, Donald. “Gorilla Symbolism.” The Kansas City Star, Sect. E, p. 6, col. 1.

Jordan, George E. “Galerie Stern Showing Whiteman, Hill’s Exhibits.” New Orleans Times-Picayune, June 3, 1976, p. 10.

Kutner, Janet. “Emerging Artists.” The Dallas Morning News, Feb. 20, 1979, p. 13A.

Lippard, Lucy. “Report from Houston: Texas Red Hots.” Art in America, Vol. 67, No. 4, July-Aug. 1979, pp. 30-31.

Mahoney, Robert. “Time after Time.” Arts Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 10, Summer, 1986, pp. 126-127.

Marshall, Robert. “American Homes and Travelers.” Artnet Magazine,
http://www.artnet.com/magazine/reviews/marshall/marshall5-8-98.htm#3

Morgan, Robert C. “Go There,” May, 1994, Bill Maynes Contemporary Art, New York,  exhibition catalogue.

Moser, Charlotte. “Artist Hill.” The Houston Chronicle, July 14, 1977. n/p.

Perreault, John. “Alternative Currents.” Soho News, October 15, 198o, p. 77.

Perreault, John. “Alternative Currents.Soho News, October 27, 1981, p. 59.

Pinchbeck Daniel. “Genetic Aesthetics.” Connoisseur, June, 1991, 112.

Ratcliff, Carter. “The Distractions of Theme.” Art in America, Vol. 69, No. 9, November 1981, p. 23.

Richard, Paul. “Upbeat Creature Feature at the Corcoran.” The Washington Post, March 15, 1986. Sec. B, pp.1.

Rifkin, Ned. “Fire or Flood.” Artweek, Vol. 10, No. 10 , March 10, 1979. pp. 15-16.

Roberts, Anne. “Time after Time.” Artscene, Vol. 7, No. 13, Summer 1986, p. 34.

Russell, John. “Up and Down the Avenue.” The New York Times, Oct. 25, 1981,p.D-35.

Smith, Roberta. “The 1970’s at the Whitney.” Art in America, Vol. 65, No. 3 May-June 1977, pp. 91-93.

Trussell, Robert C. “Artist Draws on Childhood Memory of Gorilla.” The Kansas Star, April 6, 1984, Sec. B, p. 9

Zimmer, William. “Two-Fisted.” Soho News, Vol. 6, No. 3, Oct. 9, 1978, p. 7

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