Shawn Hill

 

 

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Instructor in Liberal Arts, Montserrat College of Art.

Art History Survey 2, Fall 2005

Art Since 1945, Spring 2004--Fall 2006.

Art History Survey 1, Fall 2003, Fall 2006

History of Photography, Spring 2006

 

Guest Lecturer, Art Institute of Boston, “Criticism and Theory,” Spring 2002.

 

Guest Critic, Massachusetts College of Art, Senior Review Boards, Spring 2001.

 

Head Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Art History/Tufts University

Art, Ritual and Culture (Survey 1), Fall 1999.

Art, Politics and Culture (Survey 2), Spring 2000.

 

 

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

 

Curator:               Shawn Hill Selects: The Place, The Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery, October 2005.

 

Juror:                   FCC Artists Fellowships in Visual Art, Somerville Arts Council, 2003.

 

Curator:               “Dwellings,” a selection of mid-century American photographs from the Tufts Permanent Collection, March 2000.

 

Co-Juror:              “Artifact: Past, Present, Future,” an exhibit investigating the Millennium, Arlington Center for the Arts, January 2000.

 

Juror:                   “Windows Art Project/Installations” ArtBeat Summer Arts Festival, Somerville Arts Council, Spring 1998.

 

Co-Curator:                   “Lifting the Veil: Remembering the Burning of the Ursuline Convent,” Somerville Museum, April-June 1997.

 

 

INTERNSHIPS

 

Studio Assistant to American artist Al Held, Summer 1988.

 

Office Assistant to Professor John C. Fout, Prof. of German History, Bard College, 1987-88.  Compiled and proofread academic articles for editor of an historical newsletter and two journals.

 

College Intern at the North Carolina State Museum of Natural History; mural artist; Summer 1985.

 

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

 

“Interacting with the Press,” Arts & the Media Conference, Cambridge Center for Adult Education, 2004.

 

“How to Get Your Visual Art Noticed,” Arts & the Media Conference, Cambridge Center for Adult Education, 2002.

 

“The Media and Avant-garde Art,” Outwrite Conference, Boston, 1993.

 

“Freelance Writing from Within a Subculture,” Annual Conference, National Writers Union, Cambridge, MA 1992.

 

MONOGRAPHIC PUBLICATIONS

 

Curatorial Statements:

 

“Shape-Shifting: Paintings by Adria Arch, Sculpture by Debra Giller,” Gibbs Gallery, Arlington Center for the Arts, March 2002.

“Exploring the Underneath: Peter Brooke’s Unseen Vistas,” Gallery NAGA, Nov. 2001.

 

Contributing Interviewer:      “Creating Eden: A Portrait of an American City through its Gardens,” a project in Oral History sponsored by the Somerville Arts Council, Spring/Summer 1999.

 

JOURNALISM/CRITICISM

 

Arts Writer:                   Art New England (2000-Present)

artsMEDIA (1997-Present)

Bay Windows (1990-2004)

 

SELECTED RECENT REVIEWS

 

Art New England

 

“2003 ICA Artist Prize: Douglas Weathersby,” Spotlight Reviews, Feb/Mar 2004.

“Lalla A. Essaydi at Howard Yezerski Gallery,” Regional Reviews, Feb/Mar 2004, p. 22.

“ICA/Boston; Chen Zhen: Inner Body Landscapes,” Regional Reviews, Dec/Jan 2003.

“MFA/Boston: Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons,” Regional Reviews, Dec/Jan 2003.
“Robert Klein Gallery: Fiat Lux,” Regional Reviews, Oct/Nov 2002.

“Hallspace: Band of Outsiders,” Regional Reviews June/July 2002, p. 33.

“Busch-Reisinger Museum at Harvard University; Eat Art: Joseph Beuys, Dieter Roth, Sonja Alhäuser,” Regional Reviews, Feb/March 2002, p. 40.

“New England School of Art and Design; Charles Giuliano: Stranger than Fiction,” Regional Reviews, Dec/Jan 2002, p. 39.

“ICA/Boston: Marlene Dumas, Rineke Dijkstra and Laylah Ali,” Regional Reviews, Aug/Sept 2001, .

“Elias Fine Art; Charles Long: 100 LBS. of Clay,” Regional Reviews April/May 2001, p. 41.

“Gallery NAGA; Robert Siegelman: Reflection,” Regional Reviews, June/July 2001.

“Howard Yezerski Gallery: Nesting,” Regional Reviews, Feb/Mar 2001, p. 49.

 

artsMEDIA

 

“Rachel Perry Welty: Daily Bread at Barbara Krakow Gallery,” Review, September 2004, p. 12.

“Minimal Plus: Rose Olson at Kingston Gallery,” South End Focus, May 2004, p. 23.

“Realized in Wood: Contemporary Prints from China at the Art Institute of Boston,” Gallery Gallery, March 2003.

“Surrealism and the Sacred, by Celia Rabinovitch,” Book Reviews, November 2002, p. 38.

“Dimitri Cavander’s Calm Strength,” Review, October 2002, p. 30.

“Masako Kamiya at Hallspace,” Gallery Gallery, Summer 2002.

“When Beauty Meets the Real Beast (Buck$): Chick Clicks at the ICA,” Cover Story, February 2002.

“Thriving on Abundance: Charles Giuliano at NESAD,” Review, October 2001.

“Wool and Wizardry at Bromfield: Ravi Jain and Amy Ross,” Review, June 2001.

“Digital Delights: Hudson, Wheeler, Kaliontzis,” Review, April 2001.

“Transcending Function: Lino Tagliapietra and Friends,” Review, March 2001, p. 16.

 

Bay Windows

 

 

“The King of Kewl: Matthew Barney’s ‘Cremaster Cycle,’ ” Vol. 21 no. 24, Section 2, 29 May 2003.

“That Old Roman Camp: Marsden Hartley at the Wadsworth,” vol. 21 no. 17, Section 2, 10 Apr 2003.

“The Year in Review – Visual Arts,” vol. 21 no. 3, 9 Jan 2003, p. 27.

“Her Way Around a Saw: Taylor Davis 2001 ICA Artist PrizeWinner,” vol. 20 no. 37, 22 Aug 2002.

“Remembrances of Exhibits Past: Beck, Earle, Risoli, Siegelman and others,” vol. 20 no. 28, Section 3, 27 June 2002.

“Media Savvy: Altoids® Curiously Strong Collection,” vol. 20 no. 14, Section 2, 21 Mar 2002.

“Looking Good: Applause for the MFA,” vol. 19 no. 50, Section 3, 29 November 2001.

“An Invitation to Meditation: David Hilliard’s photographs,” vol. 19 no. 44, 18 Oct 2001.

“Monkey Business: Laura Owens at the Gardner,” vol. 19 no. 36, 23 Aug. 2001.

“Leading the Chorus of Nays: Rare exhibit of work by Edvard Munch,” vol. 19 no. 16, Section 3, 5 April 2001.

“Refracted Intimacies: Chris Komater’s abstractions,” vol. 19 no. 4, Section 2, 15 Feb 2001.

 

 

EARLIER PUBLICATIONS

 

“Misfits ‘R’ Us: Michael Bronski Says Gays Will Never Fit In,” Alex Magazine vol. 1 no. 4,  1999.

“Reading the Enemy: Paintings by Michael McConnell,” Art & Understanding Magazine no. 21, June 1996, pg. 18.

“Reflections of Society and Self in the 90s,” Art & Understanding Magazine no. 21, Culture, June 1996, pg. 50.

“The Culture of AIDS,” Art & Understanding Magazine 20, vol. 5 no. 2 (1996).

 

Assorted regional gallery and museum exhibition reviews for  The TAB Community Newspapers (1996-98).

 

“Hungary Eyes: Photography Fall Preview” The Boston Phoenix, Supplement, 16 Sep 1994.

“Alternate Visions: Gay and Lesbian Artists Can Find it Hard,” The Boston Phoenix, Supplement, Nov 1993.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

“Transitions,” Soundtrax Studio, Raleigh, NC, 1994

“Urban Pastoral,” Harvard Neighbors Gallery, 1992

“Cities and Victims,” Oasis Gallery, 1991

“Location,” Olin Gallery, Bard College, 1988

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

“Faculty Exhibition,” Montserrat College of Art Gallery, Spring 2004.

“ARTcetera,” Boston Center for the Arts, 2002

“Body Conscious: Figure & Gesture in Photography & Printmaking,” Arlington Center for the Arts, 2001

“Paper Prayers 8,” Howard Yezerski Gallery, 1996

“Pet Paintings,” Bernard Toale Gallery, 1996

“Paper Prayers 7: Imagining Angels,” Yezerski Gallery, 1995

“South End Open Studios,” 1995

“A Gallery For the Rest of Us,” Café Bella Vita, 1994

“US Art,” San Francisco Art Exposition, 1993

“New Artists,” Foster Goldstrom Gallery, New York, 1993

“Gifts of Art,” Boston Center for the Arts, 1991

“Artists and Their Environment,” BVAU Gallery, 1990

“The Censorship Show,” BVAU Gallery, 1990

“The Flag Show,” Alchemie Gallery, 1989

“Summer Show,” Woodstock Artist’s Association, 1988

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

 

1989-present:         Library Assistant IV, Harvard College Library, Widener Cataloging Department. Clerical and filing duties, web-page design, processing of patron requests for uncataloged books, daily maintenance of a collection of c.100,000 of new books.  

 

1986-1988: Work/study Assistant at Bard College Library.  Shelving and shelf-reading, card catalog maintenance.

 

EDUCATION

 

1998-2000: MA in the History of Art, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts; 3.87 GPA

1989-98:      Course work at Harvard University Extension School in French, French Literature and Art History; 3.46 GPA

1986-88:      BA in Studio Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; 3.4 GPA

1983-85:      Undergraduate work at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; 3.9 GPA

1981:                    Governor’s School of North Carolina – West Campus

 

REFERENCES

 

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