Resumé

CURRENT POSITION

Professor of Digital Arts, University of Wisconsin Madison

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA

HONORS & AWARDS

2018

Morning Glory ~ “Best Animation”, Austin Arthouse Film Festival
Wisconsin Biennial ~ “4th Place”, The Museum of Wisconsin Art

2017

Катюша (Katyusha) ~ “Juror’s Award”, The Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image
Катюша (Katyusha) ~ “Best Director”, The Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image
Катюша (Katyusha) ~ “Best Experimental Short”, The Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image
Катюша (Katyusha) ~ “Best Editing”, The Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image
Катюша (Katyusha) ~ “Best Sound Design”, The Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image
Катюша (Katyusha) ~ “Best Sound Design”, VKRATZE! Film Festival

2016

Lumen Prize, International award for digital arts: 3rd Place

SELECTED 1 & 3 PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2019

Катюша (Katyusha), 4 Culture, Seattle, WA

2015

Mountain, ArtStart, Rhinelander, WI
Seeking the Sublime, Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN

2014

Mountain, Mountain, Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA

2013

Sunflower, Traction Arts, Los Angeles, CA

2012

Unnatural Formations, (With Simen Johan & Lydia Anne McCarthy), Scandinavia House Gallery, New York City, NY

2009

Rapture of the Deep, Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA

2008

The Ends of the Earth, Fivepoints Arthouse, San Francisco, CA

2007

The Beautiful Lie, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI

2006

King Wave, Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA

2005

Always, Haus Gallery, Pasadena, CA

2002

Inconsolable, Cherry de Los Reyes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2001

Yours is the Earth, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN

1997

Field Trip, U.S.C. M.F.A. Thesis Show, Los Angeles

1996

Objects, Helen Lyndhurst Gallery, U.S.C., Los Angeles

FILM FESTIVALS

2018

Morning Glory, Austin Arthouse Film Festival,  Austin, TX
Катюша (Katyusha), Tao-films (VOD distribution in conjunction with The Slow Short Film Festival 2018), Mayfield, UK
Катюша (Katyusha), International New York Film Festival, New York City, NY
Катюша (Katyusha), Aurora International Film Festival, Moscow, Russian Federation

2017

Катюша (Katyusha), Echo VKRATZE! Film Festival, Volgograd, Russian Federation
Катюша (Katyusha), Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image, New York City, NY
Катюша (Katyusha), Marfa Film Festival, Marfa, TX
Катюша (Katyusha), VKRATZE! Film Festival, Volgograd, Russian Federation

SELECTED INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019

Loss & Lucidity, Fábrica Braço De Prata Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
Camagüey International Video Arts Festival, Camagüey, Cuba

2018

Loss & Lucidity, Santoraspace 205, Santa Ana, CA
The Video Show: 4th International Exhibition of Video and Digital Media, Raritan Valley College, NJ

2016

Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
UniMadEx, The Marquee Cinema, Madison, WI
UW Faculty Quadrennial, Chazen Museum, Madison, WI
Still Moving, Patti & Rusty Rueff Gallery, Purdue University, IN

2014

Cosmographie, River Arts Center, Prairie du Sac, WI
Magnetic North: Artists of the Arctic Circle, UBS Gallery, New York City

2013

Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
One Life & Always, A Thin Place, Berlin
Septentrion: Exploring the Arctic Circle, Union Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

2012

Machine Wilderness, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
Compendium 2012, Chazen Museum, Madison, WI

2011

Experimental Video & Performance Series, University of Wisconsin Union
Dreams & Illusions, Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA
Call Back, Vermont Studio Center

2010

Aqua Art Miami, Art | Basel | Miami, Miami Beach, FL
Seven Easy Steps: Artistic Masterpieces, Horton Gallery, New York City, NY
New Media Exhibition, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

2009

The There, Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA
Image 2.0, University College, Falmouth, UK
Art versus Starlight Video Art Series, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Always (4 Channel), 4Culture Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Subjective Nature, University Gallery, UW La Crosse, WI

2008

Platform Portfolio 2 (print portfolio), Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA
Visible Means: Observations of Queer Experience, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
One Life, Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society Chamber Music Festival, Overture Center, Madison WI
2008 Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Chazen Museum, Madison, WI

2007

Aqua Art Miami, Art | Basel | Miami, Miami Beach, FL
I Heart America and America Hearts Me, Old Gold Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
Spectrum: WABVA Fellows Show, Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art, Sturgeon Bay, WI
Spectrum: WABVA Fellows Show, Watrous Gallery, Madison, WI

2006

New Art from the Mississippi River Valley, The Chicago Athenaeum, Galena, IL
Water Fall, Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH
Aqua Art Miami, Art | Basel | Miami, Miami Beach, FL
Affair at the Jupiter Hotel, Portland, OR
Art LA, Los Angeles, CA

2005

Aqua Art Miami, Art | Basel | Miami, Miami Beach, FL
Dark States, Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA
Infusion, Phatspace Gallery, Sydney, Australia
New-Age-Old, Sandpoint Gallery, University of Washington, WA

2004

Film Short Show, SOO Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
American Art, Palazzo Sclafani – Palermo, Italy

2003

The Big Deal, SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Token Male, SOO Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN

2002

Water, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL

2000

All System Go, Tweed Museum, Duluth, MN

1999

Strange Air, Strange Air Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2018

Submerged, SciArt Center @ 164 Orchard Gallery, New York, NY
Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI

2017

Submerged, SciArt Center (online exhibition)
The Void and the Cloud, UES Gallery, New York City, NY
The Void and the Cloud, SciArt Center (online exhibition)

2015

FILE Video Art, FILE 2015 – Electronic Language International Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2014

ISEA 2014, Al Fahidi Historical District, Dubai, UAE
Screengrab 6, eMerge Gallery, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
The New Sublime, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, UK

2013

Lumen Prize Exhibition, Treberfydd House, Llangasty, UK
Lumen Prize Exhibition, FCA Gallery, Canary Wharf, London
Lumen Prize Exhibition, FQ Projects, Shanghai
Lumen Prize Exhibition, The Space, Hong Kong
Lumen Prize Exhibition, Robert’s Books, Riga, Latvia
Lumen Prize Exhibition, Gallery 27, Cork St., London

2012

Currents 2012 New Media Festival, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, NM

2011

Currents 2011 New Media Festival, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, NM

2004

Cyberdeco 04 Digital Media Festival, Perth, Australia
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts, Los Angeles, CA

2002

Five Minutes of Fame, Walker Art Center, mnartists.org (On line streaming video exhibition)
Interrogating Diversity, Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2000

Inconsolable, Minnesota Electronic Theatre, (SIGGRAPH)
Inconsolable Installation, Fourth International Conference on Information Visualisation, IV 2000, London, UK

1997

Select, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
Whatever, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Hu-Friedly LLC, Chicago, IL
David Blanke, Austin, TX
Lisa Stuart, Greenwich, CT
Juliet Bakker, Greenwich, CT
Lauren Kelley, Stamford, CT
Matthew Hoffman, Washington, DC
Paul Owen, Madison, WI
Mimi Santry, New York, NY
Vinson & Elkins LLP, Austin, TX
Lyn & Gerald Grinstein, Atlanta, GA
Caroline Stafford Morris, Eugene, OR
Paul Diaz, Coral Gables, FL
Javier Guerra, New York, NY
Jane Scott, Austin, TX
Reid MacDonald, Minneapolis, MN
Marty & Peggy Friedman, Chicago, IL
Guido & Mariangela Sala, Como, Italy
Sefiraz Ergun, Urgur, Turkey
Dr. & Mrs. David Sumner, Lafayette, CA

REVIEWS

Schwartz, Mitch

From Pyramiden with Love, Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia, UW Madison, Oct. 17th 2016

Stevens, Matt

View Master, Frontiers Magazine, The Huntington Library, Fall/Winter 2014

Schumacher, Mary

Wisconsin Triennial 13, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Oct. 18th 2013

Meyers, William

Lay of the Land and Strange Sights, The Wall Street Journal, July 14th 2012

Litell, Richard J.

Unnatural Formations, Scandinavian Review, Spring 2012

Albertini, Rosanna

Inconsolable, “White Owls – Art in LA 1994 -2011, Dec. 2011

Arts Editor

The Beautiful Lie at MMoCA, The Onion, VA Club, Jan. 31st 2008

Smith, Jennifer

Don’t Believe Your Eyes, Isthmus, Jan. 4th 2008

Vaughn, Katie

A Natural Approach, Madison Magazine, Jan. 2008

Nance, Sarah

Multimedia Masterpiece, MadisonMagazine.com, Dec. 2007

Topper, Scott

Hilyard Gets Creative With His Camera, Wisconsin State Journal, Dec. 29th 2007

Stockinger, Jacob

Beautiful Lie a Powerful Show, The Capital Times, Nov. 29th 2007

Wagner, James

Dark States, Platform Gallery & www.jameswagner.com, Nov. 2005

Vayda, Priscilla

Stephen Hilyard: Beyond the Traditional, Pasadena Star News, Feb. 2005

Fallon, Michael

Token Male, Mnartists.org, Sept. 2003

Albertini, Rosanna

Inconsolable, Art Press (Paris), March 2003

Klefstad, Ann

Yours is the Earth, New Art Examiner, Jan./Feb. 2002

Klefstad, Ann

Hilyard communicates very well with a select few, Duluth News Tribune, Sept. 30th, 2001

Arts Editor

Artist Profile: Stephen Hilyard, Duluth News Tribune, Sept. 16th, 2001

Jenkins, Steven

Que Sera Sera, Bay Area Reporter, Feb. 27th, 1997

CATALOGS

Multiple authors

ScreenGrab 06, eMerge Gallery, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

Stave, Pari

Magnetic North, UBS Gallery, New York, NY

Multiple authors

Machine Wilderness, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM

Beal, Suzanne

Stephen Hilyard: King Wave, Platform Gallery, Seattle, WA

PUBLICATIONS

2017

Stephen Hilyard in SciArt Center’s “The Void and the Cloud” Interview with curator Marnie Benney, SciArt Magazine (online), May 2017

2016

The Object and the Event: Time-based Digital Simulations and Illusion in the Fine Arts, Book chapter in: Research Methods for Digitising and Curating Data in the Digital Humanities, Edinburgh University Press, Spring 2016

2014

Make8elieve #6: Mountain, Art work featured in: make8elieve online art magazine, Geneva, Switzerland, August 2014

2011

Exploring Color Photography: From Film to Pixels (5th edition), Artwork featured in a widely used textbook on color photography, Robert Hirsch, Focal Press, Feb. 2011

2003

The Best of 3D Graphics, Artwork featured in a show case of contemporary 3D Digital artists, Rockport Press, Jan. 2003

1998

The Anxious Maker, Critical theory article, Artweek Magazine, Jan. 1998

SELECTED GRANTS

2019

University of Wisconsin, Creative Arts Award

2014

University of Wisconsin, Vilas Associate Award

2012

American Scandinavian Foundation, Artist Fellowship

2011

The Huntington Library, San Andreas Fellowship

2009

University of Wisconsin Arts Institute, Emily Mead Baldwin Award 2009-11

2007

Harpo Foundation, Support for exhibition The Beautiful Lie
American Scandinavian Foundation, Artist Fellowship

2006

Wisconsin Arts Board, Artist Fellowship

2005

Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship

2003

McKnight Foundation, International Travel Award

2002

Minnesota State Arts Board, Career Opportunity Grant

2001

McKnight Foundation, McKnight Summer Fellow

1996-97

U.S.C. School of Fine Art, Graduate Full Tuition Scholarship

EDUCATION

M.F.A. Studio Art, 1997

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

M.A. Architecture, 1989

University of Humberside, Hull, United Kingdom

B.A. Architecture, 1983

Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

EMPLOYMENT

2004-present

Professor of Digital Arts, University of Wisconsin Madison

1999-2004

Assistant Professor, Sculpture and 3D Digital Media, University of Minnesota Duluth

1998-1999

Design Engineer, projects including Claes Oldenburg, Ellsworth Kelly, Jeff Koons, Disney & Universal Studios, Peter Carlson & Co., Los Angeles, CA

1997-1998

Fabrication of large scale polished stainless steel castings for Jeff Koons’ “Celebration” body of work, Peter Carlson & Co., Los Angeles, CA

1997

Guest Speaker, Sculpture, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA

1996-1997

Teaching Assistant to John Mason & Anne Page, Ceramics and Sculpture, U.S.C., Los Angeles, CA

1996

Teaching assistant to Luciano Perna, Sculpture, California State Summer School for the Arts

PROFESSIONAL & ACADEMIC CONFERENCES

2017

Panelist: The Arctic Impossibility of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Chair: Beautiful Lies: Artists Working with Digital Simulation & Illusion, College Arts Association Conference

2016

Panelist: Art + Code, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
Discussant: Aesthetics, Games, Learning and Society Conference

2011

Presenter: The New Landscape, Wisconsin Science Festival
Presenter: Digital Simulations in the Arts, Research Computing Symposium, Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery

2010

Presenter: The “Lie” of the Image, Digital Reality and Truth, American Society of Architectural Illustrators

2008

Panelist: Culture, Technology & Subjectivity, Visualizing Science, University of Wisconsin Madison

2006

Chair: Visualizing Science Work Group, Visual Culture Transconference, University of Wisconsin Madison

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2018

Judge: Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image
Selection Panelist: Overture Galleries, Madison, WI
Panel Discussion: Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI

2017

Artist Lecture: New Media Caucus, Hunter College, New York, NY

2015

Artist Lecture: Seeking the Sublime, Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN

2013

Visiting Artist Lecture: Windward School, Los Angeles, CA
Judge: Lumen Prize

2012

The Arctic Circle Residency, Spitsbergen Islands

2007

Artist Lecture: The Beautiful Lie, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI

2006

Visiting Artist Lecture: University of Western Washington
Visiting Artist Lecture: University of California Los Angeles
Visiting Artist Lecture: Wellesley College

2005

Vermont Studio Center Residency

OTHER

Lived and traveled in Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya, 1986 – 1987

Traveled overland through Africa from London to Nairobi, Jan. – July 1985

Expedition Artist: British Schools Exploring Society expedition to the Lyngen Alps, Arctic Norway. Drawings and paintings exhibited at the Royal Geographical Society, London, UK, June – Aug. 1979