JUSTINE HILL Pick-and-Place
JUSTINE HILL: Pick-and-Place June 26th – August 29th 2014 529 W. 20th St, Ste. 6W New York, NY 10011
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts is pleased to present
Pick-and-Place a collection of new painting by New York-based abstract painter
Justine Hill
Assistance Required Acrylic and pastel on canvas, 50 x 58 in.
Consisting of several large-scale canvases, Hill’s newest efforts combine historical abstraction tenets with a decisively contemporary hand. Referencing the gestural and abstract expressionists before her, H i l l ’ s w o r k j u x t a p o s e s p a s s a g e s o f s m o o t h , n e a r l y fl a t c o l o r with energetic and frenzied scribbles. Abstract forms and shapes collide, intersect, and overlap within the picture plane. Swaths of color are alternately opaque and transparent, and help to create a visual dialogue between implied and explicit forms. T h e p a l e t t e v a r i e s w i d e l y, a n d s e r v e s p r i m a r i l y to express the variations of the relationship between form and line.
What Decibel is Background Acrylic and pastel on canvas, 66 x 80 in.
Perhaps most important for Hill is each individual’s experience of the work, s h e e x p l a i n s t h a t “ [ s h e ] a l w a y s s t r i v e s t o m a t c h t h e f o r m a l a t t r i b u t e s t o the conceptual ones so that everyone can walk away with a piece of [her] process and personal way of viewing the work.” Rather than inform the viewer directly of the way they are supposed to feel and understand the work, Hill encourages each unique interpretation.
Leaning Towards Self-Sufficiency Acrylic and pastel on canvas, 44 x 52 in.
Justine Hill was born and raised in Massachusetts. S h e r e c e i v e d h e r M FA f r o m t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Pennsylvania and her BA from the College of the Holy Cross.
Her most recent exhibition, Boxed in Plastics, was shown at Galerie Protégé, i n N e w Yo r k C i t y.
Self-Governed Acrylic and pastel on canvas, 50 x 40 in.
JUSTINE HILL SELECTED EXHIIBITIONS 2014 Pick-and-Place, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY Boxed in Plastics, Galerie Protégé, New York, NY 2013 Currently Untitled, Galerie Protégé, New York, NY Everything Has Its Place, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Bridgehampton, NY Spark: Selected Alumnae Artists from Holy Cross, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA No More Rock-Stars, Galerie Protégé, New York, NY 2011 MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Icebox Project Space, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA Fire and Smoke, Project Space 240 Church, Philadelphia, PA 2010 Inaugural Exhibit, Project Space 240 Church, Philadelphia, PA Paradiso, Morgan Gallery, Philadelphia, PA You Wish You Were Here, Meyerson Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2009 AEIOU, Sometimes Y, and Maybe W, Charles Adams Gallery, Philadelphia, PA The Second Annual Joseph Frasca Memorial Works on Paper Show, Around the Coyote Gallery, Chicago, IL 2008 Wego: Works from the Senior Concentration Seminar, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 2007 The Creative Process, Fenwick Hall, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 2006 The Third Annual College Art Show, Artsworcester, Worcester, MA 2004 The Second Annual Arches Student Print Show, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
Vanity Placement Acrylic and pastel on canvas, 60 x 48 in.
Pling Acrylic and pastel on canvas, 50 x 48 in.
Crescive Acrylic and pastel on canvas, 58 x 46 in.
SELECTED HONORS 2008 John Paul Reardon Award, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA BIBLIOGRAPHY “04.13 Cantor Art Gallery to present ‘Spark: A Celebration of Alumnae Artists’ from Holy Cross”, The Pulse Magazine. April 13, 2013. Frank, Priscilla. “4 Contemporary Female Artists Who Are Shaping The Future Of Painting”, The Huffington Post. December, 19, 2013. Heinrich, Will. “‘No More Rock Stars’ at Galerie Protégé”, The Gallerist NY. January 8, 2013. Laluyan, Oscar A. “Rocking it out at Galerie Protégé”, Arte Fuse. January 7, 2013. Martinez, Jamie. “Boxed in Plastics by Justine Hill at Galerie Protégé”, Arte Fuse. May 1, 2014. Martinez, Jamie. “Interview with Artist Justine Hill”, Arte Fuse. April 23, 2014. Rogers, Pat. “‘Everything Has Its Place’ at Kathryn Markel Fine Arts”, Hamptons Art Hub. June 13, 2013.
529 W. 20th St, Ste. 6W New York, NY 10011