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Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008 Intersection, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Encaustic Paintings from the NW, Synchronicity Fine Arts, New York, NY
New Paintings, Borrego Art Institute, Borrego Springs, CA
2003 MollyCliff-Hilts, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA
MollyCliff-Hilts, Modern Media Gallery, Portland, OR
New Encaustic Paintings, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
2001 NW Artist Molly Cliff-Hilts, State Capitol, Salem, OR
Collaboration  
2008 Paradoxical Undressing, live spoken-word, music and visual installation with American indie band, Throwing Muses', Kristin HershThe paintings are the basis for the visual presentation.  Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England / St. Andrews in the Square, Glasgow, Scotland / DIA, Detroit, MI / Festival of the Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland / Crossing Borders Festival, The Hague     
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 17th Annual Sitka Art Invitational, "Drawn from Nature: A Celebration of Sitka and NW Artists", World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
2010 Lake Oswego Arts Chronicle, "Luminous Layers" Exhibition, Lake Oswego, OR (invitational)
Spring Exhibition, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR (juried)
5th Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ (juried)
 
2009 225ºF Encaustic Encounters, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC (Nov 2009 - Feb 2010, invitational)
2009 Lake Oswego Arts Chronicle, Lake Oswego, OR (invitational)
Group Show, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
Beaverton Visual Arts Showcase,
Beaverton Library, Beaverton, OR (juried, "Best of Show" award)
Annual Art Evening, Cascade Aids Project benefit auction, Portland, OR
 
2008

Art in the Round Barn Exhibition, Waitsfield Vermont (juried) 
Annual Art Evening, Honorable Mention, Cascade Aids Project benefit auction, Portland OR (catalog inclusion juried)
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 Ensemble, Borrego Art Institute, Borrego Springs, CA
Group Exhibition, Rebecca V Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Spring Exhibition, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR (juried)
Fall Exhibition, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR (juried)
2006 West Coast Encaustics Artists Group Show, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
Impulse, Portland Art Center, Portland, OR (juried)
Synchronicity's Collection, Synchronicity Fine Arts, New York, NY
between texture & light - four artists, two cities, NYC & PDX, Autzen Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR, with Sheila Berger, Robert Chambers, Molly Cliff-Hilts, Sarah Wolf Newlands, essay by Michael Rips
Spring Exhibition, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR (juried)
Fall Exhibition, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR (juried)
2005 James Opie Private Collection Exhibition, Portland OR
Spring Exhibition, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR (juried)
Fall Exhibition, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR (juried)
2003 Art For Life, Cascade Aids Project, Portland, OR (juried)
Buckman Arts Show & Sell, Portland, OR (juried) 
2002 Fall Opening, Ellis & Samuels, Borrego Springs, CA
Buckman Arts Show & Sell, Portland, OR (juried)
1981 Senior Show, Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, Porter College, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
Honors/
Awards
     
2009 "Best in Show", Beaverton Arts Commission, Visual Showcase, Beaverton, OR    
2008 "Honorable Mention", Cascade Aids Project benefit auction, Juror, Linda Tesner, Director, Hoffman Gallery, Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR    

Salon Exhibitions

2008 - 2000 Salon and Solo Painting Exhibitions, annual, differing venues including Palms Hotel, Borrego Springs, CA / Gradisca Vino e Cucina, NYC / Double Nickel Studios*, Portland, OR / James Opie warehouse, Portland, OR - collaboration with poets, essayists, musicians (’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, essayist Stacy Bolt)
2008 Literary Salon, with Kurt Andersen, host of public radio's Studio 360 and author of Heyday, Double Nickel Studios*, Portland, OR
2006 Artists Salon, 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, Molly Cliff-Hilts and Sarah Wolf Newlands, Double Nickel Studios*, Portland, OR

* Double Nickel Studios - located in a tree house on artist's property in Portland.  Music studios on lower level, gallery above
Selected Press
2009 Campbell, Brett, "Artist on the Rise", Oregon Quarterly magazine / Winter 2009
Lewis, David C., "Molly Cliff Hilts", All the Art Out There blog / 10 March
McCabe, Jim, ”Gallery Visit, Molly Cliff-Hilts”, All Nite Diner & Two Leaf Gallery blog / 10 January
 


2008 Graves, Ginny, "Living a More Creative Life", SELF magazine / October
Beland, Peter, The Mudroom, Portland Monthly Magazine / May
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, interview / 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
Reviews:

 "Paradoxical Undressing"

2008   Pollack, David, “Kristin Hersh, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh Festival”, The Independent, London / 18 August

Neil Cooper, “Kristin Hersh, The Edge at Cabaret Voltaire”, The Herald, London / 18 August

Laura Witkowski, “Laura on Kristin”, Metro Times, Detroit, Michigan / 23 July
Moron, Rosa, “Kristin Hersh Interview,”  Big City Redneck, London / 13 July
Paljusevic, Steve,"Inside the Detroit Institute of Arts", It Came From Culture City blog, Detroit MI / 6 June
Shepherd, Fiona, "Music Review: Kristin Hersh", The Scotsman, Glasgow / 27 March
 

Selected Private, Corporate and Public Commissions

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

Selected Corporate and Public Collections

Care Oregon corporate offices, Portland, OR
Corral de Tierra Country Club, Salinas, CA
Central City Concern, lobby, 8 NW 8th Building, Portland, OR
Cmedia, Portland, OR
Gerding Edlen Development Company, The Meriwether, Portland, OR
Marriott Hotel, lobby, Portland, OR
ODS corporate offices, Portland, OR
City of Portland, Mayor's Office, Portland, OR
Pendleton Woolen Mills, Portland, OR
Shiels Obletz Johnsen, Belmont Dairy lobby, Portland, OR
Special Materials Company, Manhattan, NY

And numerous private collections, including Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
and Bill and Melinda Gates, Redmond, WA

Selected Licenses
Contemporary Artist Series limited edition tapestries, Pendleton Woolen Mills, Portland, OR
Representation
Allen Sheppard Gallery, 530 W 25th St, New York City, New York
Summit Fine Art, 1604 10th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 

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, Resource Council
Portland Brooklyn Project, co-founder