EDITH HILLINGER
1711 9TH STREET
BERKELEY, CA 94710
TEL: 510 526-1879
E-MAIL: EDITHHILLINGER@GMAIL.COM
WEBSITE: WWW.EDITHHILLINGERSTUDIO.COM
Edith Hillinger was born in Berlin, Germany, and spent her formative years in Turkey. She came to the United States as a young adult.
Education
1964 Four-year certificate in painting, Cooper Union School of Art,
New York
1964 Painting scholarship, Provincetown Workshop, Provincetown,
Massachusetts
1965-66 Textile Design, New School for Social Research, NY
1976 B.A., New York University, New York
Grants and Awards
2016 Nominated for the SECA ART AWARD, SFMOMA
2015 First Prize, Viridian Artists 26th Annual International, NY
2005 Artist-in-residence, New Pacific Studio, Mt. Bruce, New Zealand
2004 Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Award in painting/photography
1976 International Women’s Year Award, The Women Artists Historical
Archives, New York
Artist-in-residence, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough,
New Hampshire
Artist-in-residence, Montalvo Center for the Arts, Saratoga, California
1975 Painting award, Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, Connecticut
Painting award, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017 Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, California
2013 A Collision of Cultures, Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, California
2010 Natural Perspective, Larson Gallery, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis and St. Paul
2009 Togonon Gallery, San Francisco
2008 Togonon Gallery, San Francisco
2006 Togonon Gallery, San Francisco
2005 Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, California
2005 Aratoi Museum, Masterton, New Zealand
2004 Museo Café Gallery, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1986 Amerika Haus Gallery, Munich, Germany
1983 Bluxome Gallery, San Francisco
1981 Works on Paper, Shirley Cerf Gallery, San Francisco
Electro Arts Gallery, San Francisco
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 HUD Gallery, Discernible Effects, Ventura California
2015 Viridian Artists 26th Juried International, NY
Abstract Sanctuary, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, Or
2014 Prime Time: Curated by Patricia Watts, MCF, California
SFMOMA ARTISTS Gallery, San Francisco 3 person exhibition
Carl cherry Center for the arts, Carmel, California
Abstracting from Nature, Sturt Haaga Gallery, California
2013 Gratwanderung, Waren, Muritz, Germany
2013 26th Annual Juried exhibition, Viridian Gallery, NY, NY
2013 Patterns, Symbols & Codes, Platt Borstein Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
2011 Les Femmes Artistes Vernissage/Armory Art Center, during Art Basel,
West Palm Beach, Florida
2011 Black, White and Shades of Gray, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts,
Mill Valley, California
2011 Art of the Line, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California
Green, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
Juried at BAC: Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
2010 Process & Place, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
2009 Dualities, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California
Collections
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley CA
Sherwood Museum of Botanical Art, London
Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul
Jewish Museum, Berlin, Germany
Leo Beack Institute, New York
De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University
Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
Rutgers University
City Hall, City of Berkeley, California
2011 Alameda County Art Collection, Alameda County, California
Fong and Chan Architects, San Francisco
Shehan Hotel, San Francisco
Raleigh Enterprises, Los Angeles
Genentech Art Collection, San Francisco
Monterey Peninsula Hospital, Monterey
Greens Restaurant, San Francisco
Reviews
San Mateo, The Daily Journal, January 20, 2017
“Fusion: A collision of Cultures”, Christopher Michno, Art Ltd Sept/Oct 2013
"Genius Loci," DeWitt Cheng, East Bay Express, March 17, 2010
"Our Planet Our Home," (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery)
Frank Cebulski, Artweek February 2007
"Edith Hillinger: Building a Life, San Francisco, California, June 2006,"
Interview by Richard Whittaker, Works & Conversations, June 24, 2006
"Symbols and Surfaces," (Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery) Charles Shere,
Oakland Tribune, August 1983
