OVERVIEW | CV | PRESS | GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
Born 1979, Fullerton, CA
EDUCATION
2007 – 2009, MFA, California College of the Arts
2004 – 2006, BFA, California College of the Arts
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Paths Crossed, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Warmly, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
2021 Stairs, Halsey Mckay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Art in Focus, Art Production Fund, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
Piecemeal Rhythm, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK
2020 Come Along With Me, Crisp Ellert Mueum of Art, Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL
Come Along With Me, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
Delivered by the Foehn Winds, SPURS, Beijing, China
2019 Adios Verano, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
From a Place in the Light, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
2018 On View, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Familiar View, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 Desert Paintings, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
New Works, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY
2016 El Verona, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 In Accordance, Halsey Mckay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Consensus, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 Hilary Pecis, Galleria Glance, Turin, Italy
Half Truths and Outright Lies, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Nostos, Gagosian, Athens, Greece
The Interior Life: Recent Acquisitions, The National Gallery, Washington D.C.
Imperfect Paradise, Barbati Gallery, Venice, Italy
Labor of Love, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Life is Still Life, curated by Naomi Polonsky, The Women’s Art Collection at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, England
13 Women, curated by Heidi Zuckerman, Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, CA
I’m stepping high, I’m drifting, and there I go leaping, curated by Weng Xiaoyu, Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizhao, China
Hot Concrete: Hong Kong Edition, curated by Sow & Tailor, K11 Musea, Hong Kong
Greener Grass, curated by David Kennedy Cutler, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, NY
Common Ground: UCCA 15th Anniversary Patrons Collection Exhibition, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
*Artists Inspired by Music: Interscope Reimagined, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Present Generations: Creating the Scantland Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art
The Beatitudes of Malibu, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Feedback curated by Helen Molesworth, The School, Kinderhook, NY
Ten Years, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Dear John, Adams & Ollman, Portland, OR
2020 REFLECTIONS, GANA Art Center, Seoul, Korea
James English Leary, Milena Muzquiz, Hilary Pecis, Ryan Steadman, Johannes Vanderbeek,Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
NADA MIAMI,Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Nothing (But Flowers), Karma, New York, NY
Dwelling Is The Light, Timothy Taylor, London, UK
Make Me One With Everything, Grifter Space, New York, NY
2019 I<3 Paint, curated by Kim Dorland, Patel Gallery, Toronto, CA
2018 Glade Hits, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
How They Ran, Over the Influence, Los Angeles, CA
Good Poke/Good Smoke, 0.0 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Vanity Of Earthly Achievements, curated by Gallery 16, Orth Contemporary, Tulsa, OK
Ten Year Anniversary, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Does it Make a Sound, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Southland, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Works on Paper, Hunted Projects, Tilburg, Netherlands
2014 Ghost Current, curated by Ryan Wallace, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ducks, curated by Ryan Travis Christian, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012 End of Days, Mixed Greens Gallery, NY, NY
2011 Domestic Goods, curated by Ryan Wallace, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
The Lab, San Francisco, CA
2010 Default State Network, curated by Ryan Wallace, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Boom!, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Shadow Shop, Project by Stephanie Sujuko, SF MoMA, San Francisco, CA
Juried BAC, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Hello Sweden, Krets Gallery, Malmo, Sweden
Album, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark,
2009 This is Your, This is My, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX
Super Fine, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Remix, Catherine Clark, San Francisco, CA
Sports, Synchronicity, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Bobby Hutton, Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
Allegory of the Mountain, Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH
Murphy & Cadogan Fellowship, SF Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
New Landscapes, Dominican University of San Rafael, San Rafael, CA
2007 Grounded, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA November,
Domestic, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
Albedo, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 The Marfa Salon, Marfa, TX
West Coast Windows, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2011 Heroes and Hearts, San Francisco General Hospital
2009 Aurobora Press Residency
2008 Murphy and Cadogan Fellowship, SF Arts Commission
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Teicholz, Tom, “My Top Art Exhibits of 2022,” Forbes.com, December 30, 2022
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Jenkins, Chris, “Magritte Painting Sets New European Record at Sotheby’s,” ArtsAndCollections.com, March 2022
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“In Pictures: See How LACMA’s New Interscope Records Show Pairs Artists with the Musicians That Inspire Them, from Lana Del Rey to Dr. Dre,” Artnet.com, February 4, 2022
“Rockefeller Center Kicks Off 2022 Public Art Program With a 125-Foot Mural, New Line-Up of Artists,” ArtfixDaily.com, January 28, 2022 Rugoff, Lazlo, “Classic Interscope albums reimagined by artists in 47xLP limited vinyl series,” TheVinylFactory.com, January 25, 2022
Eggersten, Chris, “Interscope to Re-Release Iconic Albums on Limited- Edition Vinyl for 30th Anniversary,” Billboard.com, January 24, 2022 Petriti, Natalia, “Interscope Records Lands at the Los Angeles Museum of Art for the 30th Anniversary of its Founding,” AllYou.gr, January 20, 2022
Rahman, Abid, “KAWS, Takashi Murakami, Lauren Halsey Among Artists to Feature in LACMA Exhibition Inspired by Music of Interscope Records,” HollywoodReporter.com, January 13, 2022
“Interscope Records Kicks off 30th Anniversary Celebration,” Finance.Yahoo.com, January 13, 2022
Gonzales, Erica, “These Artists Are Reinterpreting Music by Billie Eilish, Blackpink, Olivia Rodrigo, and More as Original Works,” Elle.com, January 13, 2022
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Quinlan, Adriane, “Still Lifes and Landscapes that Capture Sunny Los Angeles”, T Magazine, 3.10.2022
2021 Art in Focus: Hilary Pecis, featuring a conversation between Hilary Pecis and Julie Smith Schneider, New York: Art Production Fund & Rockefeller
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Gamboa, Nancy, “Hilary Pecis Captures the Layers of Los Angeles’s Landscapes,” CulturedMag.com, June 23, 2021
Gilson, Nancy, “Scantland Family Donates Art as Well as a $2 Million Endowment to Columbus Museum of Art,” Dispatch.com, June 22, 2021 Alleyne, Allyssia, “What to See in Central London During Gallery Weekend,” Frieze.com, June 21, 2021
Chiotakis, Steve, “Landscapes, Human Body, And Crafts: Themes of Summer LA Group Exhibits Highlighting New Artists,” KCRW.com, June 16, 2021
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2020 Rosenberg, Karen. “Artist Hilary Pecis on Traveling Remotely Through Painting,” Artful Jaunts, June 3, 2020
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Dasilva, José. Gareth Harris and Gabriella Angeliti. “Three artist studios to visit from home this weekend,” The Art Newspaper, April 24, 2020
Cowan, Katy. “Paintings by Hilary Pecis that invite us into her private world in Southern California,” Creative Boom, March 30, 2020
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Cascone, Sarah. “Stir Crazy Already? Feast Your Eyes on 20 Works of Art That Celebrate the Joys of Being at Home,” Artnet News, March 13, 2020
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2019 Purvey, Lee. “Snap Review,” CARLA, May 22.
2019
Gerlis, Melanie. “Collecting,” Financial Times, January 25.
2019
Hilary Pecis at Halsey McKay, Contemporary Art Daily, September 14, 2019
Purvey, Lee, Contemporary Art Review LA, May 22, 2019
2018 Fateman, Joanna, Curtis Talwyst Santiago/Hilary Pecis, Uffner, The New Yorker, p. 8, June 25, 2018
Robinson, Leanna, Vison Valley, an Effortless Cool Factor, Artillery Magazine
2017 Puffier, Prudence, Reviews: Hilary Pecis at Joshua Liner, Artforum, Summer 2017
Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (CARLA), Fake News at CES Gallery, Aaron Horst, May 19, 2017
Wall Street International, Fake News, May 11, 2017
Blouin Art Info, Hilary Pecis at Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, April 21, 2017
2016 Artful Dodger: Jump Joyfully into July Art Happenings, KQED, Sarah Hotchkiss, June 30, 2016
From SF to LA, Hilary Pecis fFinds Her Place in the Sun, SF Gate, Kimberly Chun, June 28, 2016
2012 Hamptons Magazine, Collage and Effect, Stacy Goergen, p154-156, June 29, 2012
2011 Foam Magazine, Fish Bowl, pg. 35, Meighan O’toole, September, 2011
Juxtapoz Magazine, Hilary Pecis, p.52-65 &140-141, Austin McManus, May, 2011.
ArtTribune, Mezze Verita e Autentiche Menzogne, Stefano Riba, April, 2011-Huffington Post, SF Galleries: Collages of Calculated Chaos, Cherie Louise Turner, Feb 25, 2011
Hi Fructose, An Interview with Hilary Pecis, Ken Harman, Feb. 16, 2011.-Art Practicle, Omega,and Half Truths & Outright Lies, Brian Andrews Feb. 12, 2011
2009 Dazed and Confused Magazine, Hilary Pecis, Francesca Gavin, Issue 179, Oct., 2009
San Francisco Chronicle, What You Are, I Once Was, Michelle Broder Van Dyke, October 29, 2009.
7×7, Hard-Boiled Wonderland: The Candy-Colored Kaleidoscopes Of Hilary Pecis, Kimberly Chun, June, 05, 2009.
NY Arts Magazine, Traversing Wilderness, Jan/Feb 2009
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, NY
The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
The Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, Flagler College, FL
Berezdivin Collection, Puerto Rico
Budi Tek Yuz Museum, Shanghai
Zhuzhong Museum, Beijing
Li Lin JNBY Museum, Hangzhou
Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing
New Century Art Foundation, Shanghai