Hilary Brace
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EDUCATION
1985 MFA degree in painting, University of California, Santa Barbara
1983 BFA degree in painting, Western Washington State University, Bellingham, WA
 
AWARDS
2016 Tapestry Project, Textile Museum, Tilbug, Netherlands
2015 The American Academy in Rome, Italy, Visiting Artist
2010 Individual Artist Award, Santa Barbara Arts Fund
2006 Guggenheim Fellowship
2005 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2003 California Arts Council Fellowship
1997 Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant
1993 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Works on Paper
Purchase Award, Santa Barbara County Arts Commission
 
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2019 Moorpark College Art Gallery, Moorpark, CA
2018 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2014 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2010 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2002 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2000 Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1998 Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara, CA, Santa Barbara, CA
1997 Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, CA
1993 Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley, ID
1990 Tatistcheff Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1983 Chrysalis Gallery, Fairhaven College, Bellingham, WA
Bellingham Hardware Gallery, Bellingham, WA
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Ecoartscape Ecoconsciousness, on-line and billboard exhibit
2019 Clouds, Sullivan-Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Women on the Rise, Vita Art Center, Ventura, CA
2018 Nature Imagined (three artists), Wildling Museum, Solvang, CA
Ahead in the Clouds, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbra, CA
2017 Littlejohn Contemporary at Art on Paper, New York, NY
To the Point, Edward Throp Gallery, New York, NY
2014 RealUnreal, Four Artists, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
50 Years of Distinguished Alumni, Art, Design and Architecture Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Colors of Gray Prographica Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012 Meticulosity, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2011 View From Here: Works by Santa Barbara Artists in the Permanent Collection, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
2010 50 Very Small Drawings, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Altimetry, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 West Coast Drawings (catalogue), Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 West Coast Drawings (catalogue), Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Works, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2007 New Directions in American Drawing, Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA, Telfair Museum of Art,Savannah, GA and Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN (catalogue)
  Made in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA (catalogue)
2006 Works on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
  World Without End, McKenzie Fine Art, New York, NY
  New Work by Gallery Artists, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
  Landscape of the Sublime, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrence, CA
2004 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
  Drawings VII, Koplin del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  Drawings, Hunsaker Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
  Mark Making, Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
2003 Works on Paper, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Representing L.A., Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, and South Texas Institute of Art, Corpus Christi, TX
1999 The Great Drawing Show, 1550 to 1999, Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Elements, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA
Small Images I, Ventura College Main Gallery, Ventura, CA 
Landscapes of the Mind, Mt. San Jacinto Community College, San Jacinto, CA
1997 Romantic Landscape and Contemporary Art, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
1996 Drawn Conclusions, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Small Images, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
Land-Inspired Imagery, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1995 Scissors, Paper, Stone; Nine Women Working, Santa Maria Museum Art Center, Santa Maria, CA
Terrain: Observations of Nature, SOMA Gallery, San Diego, CA
1994 Selections From the Janss Collection, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
External Views, Internal Perceptions, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
New Realities, Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Anniversary Exhibition, SOMA Gallery, San Diego, CA
1993 Blue, Tatistcheff Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1992 Hilary Brace, Wade Hoefer and Norman Lundin, SOMA Gallery, San Diego, CA
A Room With a View, Ettinger Gallery, Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
The Landscape Revisited, Bakersfield Museum of Art,  Bakersfield, CA
(Basically) Black and White, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
New Year Group Show, Edith Caldwell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Strong Spirit, Santa Maria Museum Art Center, Betteravia Gallery, Santa Maria, CA
1991 Santa Barbara Artists II, eight artists, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Five California Artists, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Pastel, Fine Arts Gallery, Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA
1989 Landscape: Theme and Variation, with James Murray and Paul Singdahlson
(Curated by Josine Ianco-Starrels, Long Beach Museum of Art, for Works Gallery, Long Beach, CA)
New Work, Tatistcheff Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1988 Professors' Choice III, Scripps and Pamona Colleges galleries, Claremont, CA
1987 Two-artist exhibition, College of Creative Studies Art Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1982 Multiples of Two, Western Gallery, Western Washington State University,  Bellingham, WA
1980 Artists in Residence, American Embassy, Burkina Fasso, West Africa
 
COLLECTIONS
ARCO Research; Philadelphia PA
AT&T; Piscataway, NJ
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
Cahil Corporation; Newport Beach, CA
Coldwell Banker; Colorado Springs, CO, Los Angeles, CA and Atlanta, GA
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Newport Beach, CA
Grand Wailea Resort, Maui, HI
Janss Collection, Sun Valley, ID
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University; Logan, UT
Leonard and Susan Nimoy, NY
The Prudential; New York, NY
Robinson’s Corporation; Los Angeles, Palm Desert and Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Saltzmann, Bergman & Henley, Los Angeles, CA
Scutter Kemper Insurance; Chicago, IL
Security Pacific National Bank; Los Angeles, CA
Sheraton Miramar; Santa Monica, CA
Western Washington State University; Bellingham, WA
Yasuda Marine & Fire Insurance Co, New York, NY