David Hilliard (photographer)
Encyclopedia
David Hilliard is an American photographer. He received his MFA from Yale University
in 1994.
Hilliard is a fine arts photographer that mainly works with panoramic photographs. He draws from his personal life and those around him for his subjects and records events through his work. His photographs mainly focus on the ordinary day life but there is a fictitious aspect to the work because many of the scenes are staged.
David Hilliard’s vibrant color photographs, usually triptychs or larger compositions, present elaborate narratives exploring a range of themes and situations, from the awkwardness of adolescence to masculinity disarmed.
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
in 1994.
Hilliard is a fine arts photographer that mainly works with panoramic photographs. He draws from his personal life and those around him for his subjects and records events through his work. His photographs mainly focus on the ordinary day life but there is a fictitious aspect to the work because many of the scenes are staged.
David Hilliard’s vibrant color photographs, usually triptychs or larger compositions, present elaborate narratives exploring a range of themes and situations, from the awkwardness of adolescence to masculinity disarmed.
Education
- 1994 MFA, Yale UniversityYale UniversityYale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
School of Art, New Haven, CT - 1992 BFA, Massachusetts College of ArtMassachusetts College of ArtMassachusetts College of Art and Design is a publicly-funded college of visual and applied art, founded in 1873. It is one of the oldest art schools, the only publicly-funded free-standing art school in the United States, and was the first art college in the United States to grant an artistic degree...
, Boston, MA
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions- 2007 “New/Now”, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
- 2007 “Verifier”, Quality Pictures, Portland, OR
- 2007 “Verifier”, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
- 2007 “Verifier”, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
- 2006 “The Favorite”, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
Grants and Awards
- 2002 Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant, New York, NY
- 2001 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, New York, NY
- 2000 Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- 1999 Artist Grant, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston, MA
- 1995 Fulbright Grant, exchange between U.S. and Spain(Barcelona)
- 1994 Alice Kimball English Travel Fellowship, Yale University, New Haven, CT