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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