Hilary Irons: 2008
     
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Curriculum Vitae:

EDUCATION
MFA, Painting/Printmaking
2008  Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT  
BFA, Fine Arts 
2002 Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2001 Parsons Paris, Paris, France
1997-99  Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA

 
 
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2008 MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
  Leon Levy Foundation Grant to attend MacDowell Colony
Al Held Prize to attend the American Academy in Rome
2005 Skowhegan Grant to attend Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2005  Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2004-05 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, CT

2002 Departmental Honors Award, Parsons School of Design
2002 Academic Honors Award, Parsons School of Design

 
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2008 West of the Moon: Hilary Irons and Asa Irons, Little Cakes, New York, NY
2007 Hilary Irons/Sascha Braunig, Guertin’s Graphics, Chicago, IL
2006 Sheetrock Mountain, Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, ME
2005 The Ladies’ Paradise, Stella Maris Gallery, University of New England, Biddeford, ME
  Apropos of the Wet Snow, Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 Tituba Taught Me, Highland Artworks, Portland, ME
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Yale MFA Thesis Exhibit: Painting 2, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
  An Other World, Curated by Britta Konau; Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
  Fish Art: Sustainability of the Seas, Yale Sustainable Food Project, New Haven, CT
  Treading Lightly, Waterfall Arts Center, Belfast, ME
2007 Forever Home, HaNNa, Tokyo, Japan
  Forever Home, Little Cakes, New York, NY
  Biennial 2007, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
  Work: MFA 2008, Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2006 2006 Biennial Exhibition, The Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
  Altered States, Collectors’ Gallery, Rye, NH
  Skowhegan at 60: Maine Participants 1996-2005, The Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
  Center for Maine Contemporary Art Juried Biennial Exhibition, CMCA, Rockport, ME
2005 The Altered Film Project, Strange Maine, Portland, ME
  Bird Night (collaborative installation with Angela Hennessy), L.C. Bates Museum, Hinkley, ME
  Group Show, Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, ME
  Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 Sweet Pickles, Casco Bay Books, Portland, ME
  Small Works, Highland Artworks, Portland, ME
  Botanicals, Hay Gallery, Portland, ME
  Annual Exhibition, Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
  Art Inter/National, Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2003 Fire with Fire, Maine College of Art Gallery, Portland, ME
  Sacred Art, Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
  Annual Exhibition, Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2002 Parsons Fine Arts Thesis Exhibit, Parsons School of Design, NY, NY
  The Weather, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1999 Annual Exhibition, Boston Printmakers Association, 808 Gallery, Boston,  MA
 
WORKSHOPS
2004 Icon-Writing Workshop, St. Anthony's Franciscan Monastery, Kennebunkport, ME
 
COMMISSIONS
2003 Botanical Paintings, Indica Bistro, Pittsburgh, PA
2002 Mosaic Design, New York, NY
 
COLLECTIONS
Stichting Océ Kunstbezit, Venlo, the Netherlands
National and International private collections
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Maggie Tsang, “MFA Painting Exhibit Reflects on the Nature of Art”, Yale Herald, April 18, 2008
Ian Paige, “Retroperspective: Best of 2006”, Portland Phoenix, Jan 1 2007
Ian Paige, “Head for the Hills”, Portland Phoenix, August 30, 2006
Ann Bryant, “Altered States”, Seacoast Online, August 10, 2006
Ian Paige, "Beyond Frames," Portland Phoenix, January 18, 2006
Sharon Kiley Mack, "The Promise of Accomplishment," Bangor Daily News, August 30, 2005
Sam Pfeifle, "Word Up," Portland Phoenix, April 15, 2005
Radio Interview with Steve Hirschon, WMPG Radio Portland, April 14, 2005
Richard Smart, "Words and Images," USM Free Press, April 11, 2005
Words and Images featured artist, University of Southern Maine Press, 2005
Amy Martin, "8 Days a Week," feature article, Portland Phoenix, August 27, 2004
Kurt Shaw, "Sacred Emotion," Pittsburgh Tribune Review, July 11, 2003
Paper Radio, Boston, MA, 2000

 
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