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Kit Hiller

SELECTED WORKS

 
1948Born, Hobart, Tasmania
  
1953-65Education at the Friends School, TAS 
1966-69 Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart 
1970-72 Art Teacher at Burnie High School, TAS 
  
 Lives and works at Lower Mt. Hicks near Burnie, TAS

Solo Exhibitions

2011'Linocuts', Australian Galleries, Glenmore Road, Sydney
'Linocuts', Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
2010‘Christine (Kit) Hiller Survey Show’, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, TAS
2008‘Kit Hiller – Mexico’, Long Gallery, Hobart
2006‘Christine Hiller’, Long Gallery, Hobart
2004‘Christine Hiller’, Long Gallery, Hobart
2003‘Christine Hiller Printmaker’, Sidewalk Gallery, Hobart
2002‘Christine Hiller’, Long Gallery, Hobart
2000‘Christine Hiller’, Long Gallery, Hobart
1998‘Seabrook Road’, Sidewalk Gallery, Hobart
1997‘Post cards from France’, Sidewalk Gallery, Hobart
1995‘Watercolour Portraits’, Artspace, Hellyer College, Burnie, TAS
‘Linocuts’, Sidewalk Gallery, Hobart
‘Linocuts’, Seasons Gallery, Sydney
1994‘Tasmanian Bird Linocuts’, Sidewalk Gallery, Hobart
‘David Paul Vases’, Watson's Fine Art, Launceston, TAS
1993‘Portraits and Prints’, Freeman Gallery, Hobart
1992‘Portraits’, Artspace, Burnie, TAS
1991-92 ‘Mexico, por que se rie?’, Devonport Art Gallery, Devonport, TAS
‘Linocuts’, Cradle Mt. Visitors Centre, TAS
‘Portraits and Prints’, Freeman Gallery, Hobart
1990‘Portraits and Prints’, Salamanca Place Gallery, Hobart
1989‘Portraits and Prints’, Gallery Two, Launceston, TAS
1988‘Portraits and Prints’, Freeman Gallery, Hobart
1987‘Linocuts’, Joyce’s Gallery, Burnie, TAS
‘Christine Hiller - Portraits & Linocuts’, Devonport Art Gallery, Devonport, TAS
1986‘Christine Hiller’, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, TAS
1985‘Portraits’, Masterpiece Fine Arts Gallery, Hobart
1983‘Joint Exhibition with Jim Marwood’, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Tasmania, TAS
1982‘Rialto Restaurant Gallery’, Burnie, TAS

Group Exhibitions

2011'Linocuts', Australian Galleries, Sydney
'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
2006‘Tasmanian Art Exhibition’, Burnie, TAS
2005‘Tasmanian Art Exhibition’, Burnie, TAS
2004‘John Glover Art Prize’, Evandale, TAS
2003‘Island Art Prize’, Stanley, TAS
‘Tasmanian Landscape Painters’, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
‘Visy Board Exhibition’, Launceston Church Grammar, TAS
2002‘Tasmanian Art Exhibition’, Burnie, TAS
‘Portia Geach Memorial Art Award’, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2000‘Wrest Point 2000 Art Award’, Hobart
1999‘Trust Bank Exhibition’, Launceston Show, TAS
‘Tasmanian Art Exhibition’, Burnie Art Gallery, TAS
1998‘Grieve, Hawley, Hiller, Muruste’, Long Gallery, Hobart
‘G4 Exhibition’, University of Tasmania, Burnie, TAS
‘Portia Geach Memorial Art Award’, SH Irvin Gallery, Sydney
‘Trust Bank Exhibition’, Launceston Show, TAS
1997‘Nisart - Launceston Print Show’, Launceston, TAS
‘Prints and Paintings’, Seasons Gallery, Sydney
‘Portrait Show’, Castlemaine Regional Art Gallery, Castlemaine VIC
‘Highland Life’, Expressions Gallery, Bothwell, TAS
‘Trust Bank Exhibition’, Launceston, TAS
‘Coastal Art Group’, Guest artist, Burnie, TAS
1996‘City of Hobart Art Prize Exhibition’, Hobart
1994‘ACAF’, Exhibition Building, Melbourne
‘Launceston Show Invitation Art Award’, Launceston, TAS
‘The Alternate Show’, Sidewalk Gallery, Hobart
‘ACAF Artists’, Gallery Two, Launceston, TAS
‘Art, Gender, Identity’, Art Gallery, Devonport, TAS
‘Tasmanian Women's Art’, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart
‘International Print Fair’, Sydney
‘David Paul Vases’, Sidewalk Gallery, Hobart
1993‘Island Exhibition’, Salamanca Long Gallery, Hobart
‘City of Hobart Invitation Art Prize’, Town Hall, TAS
‘Tasmanian Art Exhibition’, Highly commended, Burnie, TAS
‘Launceston Show Invitation Exhibition’, Launceston, TAS
1992‘Eskleigh Art Award’, Perth, TAS
‘Prints with B.Gamble, B.Kjar, L.Burrows’, Gallery 2, Launceston, TAS
‘Summer Exhibition’, Gallery Two, Launceston, TAS
‘Christmas Exhibition’, Freeman Gallery, Hobart
‘The Flower’, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart and State Tour
1991‘Figurative Art’, Gallery Two, Launceston, TAS
‘International Print Fair’, Hotel Intercontinental, Sydney
1990‘Amnesty International Exhibition’, Painter's Gallery, Sydney
‘Artists on Artists’, Sullivan's Cove Gallery, Hobart
‘Tasmanian Contemporary Printmakers’, Cimitere Gallery, Launceston, TAS
‘The Big Men Fly’, Salamanca Gallery, Hobart
‘Robert Holmes a Court Collection’ exhibition, Sydney
1989‘Salamanca Poster Exhibition’, Long Gallery, Hobart
‘The Tasmanian Collection – linocuts’, Ikeda, Japan
‘Tasmanian Art’, Napa Valley, California, USA
1988‘Postcard to Salamanca’, Long Gallery, Hobart
‘The Self Portrait’, David Jones Gallery, Sydney
‘Australian Watercolour Institute’, Guest artist, SH Erwin, Sydney
‘October Show’, QV Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
1987Freeman Gallery – exhibited, Hobart
1982-86_‘Archibald Prize’ – exhibited, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
1980-2005_‘Portia Geach Memorial Art Award’, SH Erwin Gallery, Sydney
1979-2009_‘Annual Tasmanian Art Exhibition’, Coastal Art Group Civic Centre, TAS

Bibliography

Art and Australia Magazine, Joyce Gallery advertisement 1987
Art and Australia Magazine, Freeman Gallery advertisement 1991
Basics Magazine, (linocuts), Covers
Burnie High School 75th Anniversary Book, Cover
Department of Women's Affairs (Self Portrait with Pansies)
'Electric Beach' by James McQueen, Cover
Island Magazine No. 41, (Self Portrait - Autumn), Cover
Good Housekeeping - June 1989 - article
Leatherwood Magazine No. 3 Winter 1992
Mercury, Examiner and Advocate newspapers
Office of the Status of Women - Covers for pamphlets
TDA Annual Report 1998
'The Phantom Boy' by Barney Roberts, Illustrations and cover
'The School by the sea' ed. By Greg Wilson, Burnie High School, Cover
'The View From the Non-Members Bar' by Peter Hay, Cover
'Wilder Shores', Queensland University Press (Self Portrait with Honesty), Cover

Awards

2009 Portia Geach Memorial Art Award, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2001Island Art Prize ($10,000), Stanly, TAS 
1999 Open Award ($3000), Tasmanian Art Exhibition, Burnie, TAS 
1996 T.A.A.B Grant, McCulloch Studio, Paris 
1992Advocate Award ($1000), Tasmanian Art Exhibition, Burnie, TAS 
1987 Portia Geach Memorial Art Award, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney 
 Tasmanian of the Year 
1986Portia Geach Memorial Art Award, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney 
1985-86 T.A.A.B. Grant 
1983 Watercolour Award, Tasmanian Art Exhibition, Burnie, TAS 
1979Tasmanian Resident Artist Award, Tasmanian Art Exhibition, Burnie, TAS 

Collections

Artbank, Sydney
Burnie Art Gallery, Burnie, TAS
College of Physicians, Sydney
Devonport Gallery and Arts Centre, Devenport, TAS
Devenport Technical College Collection, TAS
North West General Hospital, Burnie, TAS
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
Robert Holmes a Court Collection , Perth
Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
Telecom, Collins Street, Hobart
University of Tasmania, Hobart
Warmley Collection, University of Tasmania, Hobart
Private Collection - Australia, New Zealand, U.K, U.S.A, Chile, Japan, Norway, Netherlands, Italy, Canada