paintings in wax, oil by Molly Cliff-Hilts

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Current / Upcoming Exhibitions

2008  March / Summer - Paradoxical Undressing, live spoken-word, musical and visual project.  Collaboration with Throwing Muses' Kristin Hersh.  Paintings are the basis for the visual presentation.  London, Glasgow in March and tour in US to be announced
2008  June - studio opening W 530 27th Street, NYC, NY by appoitment
     
         

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007   Recent Paintings, Borrego Art Institute, Borrego Springs, CA
2006   Encaustic Paintings from the NW, Synchronicity Fine Arts, New York, NY
2003   Recent Paintings, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA
Molly Cliff-Hilts, Modern Media Gallery, Portland, OR
New Encaustic Paintings, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
Encaustic Paintings from Portland, Broken Top Club, Bend, OR
2001
   Molly Cliff-Hilts, Recent Paintings, Office of State Treasurer Randall Edwards, State Capitol, Salem, OR
     

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008   Annual Art Evening, Honorable Mention (catalog inclusion), Cascade Aids Project benefit auction, Portland Oregon (juried)
2008 - 2005  

Spring Exhibition, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR (juried)
Fall Exhibition, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR (juried)
2007  

Renewal, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA (juried)
Griffith Park Benefit Show, LittleBird Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Summer Exhibition, Borrego Art Institute, Borrego Springs, CA
Group Exhibition, Borrego Art Institute, Borrego Springs, CA
2006   Waxworks, West Coast Encaustics Artists Group Show, O'Hanlon Center fro the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
Impulse, Portland Art Center, Portland, Oregon (juried)
Synchronicity's Collection, Synchronicity Fine Arts, New York, New York
between texture & light (four artists, two cities, NYC & Portland) Sheila Berger, Robert Chambers, Molly Cliff Hilts, Sarah Wolf Newlands, essay by Michael Rips, Autzen Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR
2005   James Opie Private Collection Exhibition, James Opie Oriental Rugs, Portland OR
2003   Art For Life, Cascade Aids Project, Portland Oregon (juried)
Buckman Arts Show & Sell, Portland, Oregon (juried) 
2002   Fall Opening, Ellis & Samuels, Borrego Springs, CA
Buckman Arts Show & Sell, Portland, Oregon (juried)
1981  

Senior Show, Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

 

Salons
2008 - 2000   Salon and Painting Exhibition, annual event at various locations including warehouses, desert oasis, NYC nightclub and Studio 55 - collaboration with poets, essayists, musicians (guests include ’05 Oregon Book Award winner and New York Times Editor’s Choice Marc Acito, ’03 Oregon Book Award winner Cai Emmons, poet Scott Poole, author Michael Rips and essayist Stacy Bolt, NW band Amelia, cellist Gideon Freudmann)
2008   Literary Salon, with Kurt Andersen, host of public radio's Studio 360 and author of Heyday
2006   Salon Series, between texture & light, (Oregon Public Broadcasting salon series), preview exhibition, curated by Linda Tesner, director of Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art, Lewis & Clark College, with artists Sheila Berger, Robert Chambers, and Sarah Wolf Newlands, Studio 55, Portland, OR
     
Press

2008   Graves, Ginny, "Living a More Creative Life", SELF magazine / May
Shepherd, Fiona, "Music Review: Kristin Hersh", The Scotsman, Glasgow / 27 March
2006   Acito, Marc, P-Town Diary, Portland Monthly Magazine / November
Row. D.K., "Shows of Note", Between Texture & Light, The Oregonian, A&E / 21 July
Row, D.K., "Shows of Note", The Oregonian, A&E / 7 July
Nicholas, Jonathan, “Heavy Luggage”, The Oregonian, Living / 27 February
2005   Oregon Public Broadcasting television / 15 September
Portland Monthly magazine, "Regarding Henry" / July
2004   Solen, Cat, Red76 Arts Group, “Portland Art Diary” / October (featured in documentary video, Memorial Coliseum)
2002   Oregon Public Broadcasting television, Oregon Art Beat / June
     

Selected Private, Corporate and Public Commissions
Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR
Gerding Edlen Development Company, Portland, OR
Henry's 12th Street Tavern, Portland, OR
L’auberge du Lac Hotel & Casino, Le Beaucoup Buffet, Lake Charles, LA
Manzana Rotisserie Grill, Bellevue, WA, Lake Oswego OR, and Pearl District, Portland, OR
Mastros Ocean Club, Newport Beach, CA
     

Selected Corporate Collections

Care Oregon, Portland, OR
Corral de Tierra Country Club, Salinas, CA
Central City Concern, 8 NW 8th Building, Portland, OR
Cmedia, Portland, OR
Gerding Edlen Development Company, The Meriwether, Portland, OR
Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
Marriott Hotel, Portland, OR
Mayor's Office, Portland, OR
Pendleton Woolen Mills Corporate Offices, Portland, OR
Shiels Obletz Johnsen, Belmont Dairy, Portland, OR

And numerous private collections, including Bill and Melinda Gates, Redmond, WA
Selected Licenses    
Contemporary Artist Series limited edition tapestries, Pendleton Woolen Mills, Portland, OR
Representation    

Summit Gallery of Fine Art, Banff, Alberta, Canada 
Synchronicity Fine Arts, New York, New York

Education

1992/02       Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
1991/92       Museum School, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1981            B.F.A. Fine Arts, Porter College, University of California Santa Cruz, CA
1976/79      University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
   

Affiliations

Artists For the Arts, board member
Live Wire!, Radio Theatre, Oregon Public Broadcasting Radio, board member