Patrick Hill (born 1972) is an artist based in Los Angeles.
Hill was born in Michigan. His abstract sculptures juxtapose hard and soft materials and references to Minimalism and the human body. Common materials are wood , stone, steel , fabric dye and glass . Hill also makes paintings on un-primed canvas with oil paint and various organic pigments . He studied with controversial Los Angeles artist, Larry Johnson.
Hill is represented by David Kordansky in Los Angeles; Bortolami Gallery in New York City; The Approach in London; and Almine Rech in Paris and Brussels.
He participated in the 2008 Whitney Biennial .
2000 MFA, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA. 1996 BFA, University of Michigan School of Art and Design, Ann Arbor, MI.
2012
Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France (upcoming) 2011
Clumsy Angels Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Ferndale, MI 2009
David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2008
Patrick Hill, The Approach, London 2007
Forming, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY 2006
Golden Syrup, The Approach (The Reliance), London, England 2005
Shane Campbell, Chicago, IL 2004
David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2011
Indeterminate Activity, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY Powders, a Phial, and a Paper Book, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY California Dreamin' - Myths and Legends of Los Angeles, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France 2010
Re-Dressing, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY The Secret (Still) Knows, LAND, Los Angeles, CA Held Up by Columns, Renwick Gallery, New York, NY Leopards in the Temple, Sculpture Center, Long Island, NY The Mass Ornament, curated by John Rassmussen, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY* The Story of O, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA The Secret Knows, 508 House, Austin, TX Mostly Sculpture Show, Sea and Space Explorations, Los Angeles, CA Light Breaks Where No Sun Shines, Bortolami Gallery at the Webster, Miami 2009
Leopards in the Temple, curated by Fionn Meade, Sculpture Center, New York Play With Your Marbles (Walead Beshty, Karl Haendel & Partick Hill) Noma Gallery, San Francisco, CA Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture from the U.S., Saatchi Gallery, London Geoplay (Part II), Pilar Parra & Romero, Madrid, Spain 2008
Base: Object, curated by Cory Nomura, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY Pruesspress@Rental, Rental, New York, NY Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY 2007
Uneasy Angel, Imagine Los Angeles, curated by Johannes Fricke-Waldthausen, Galerie Sprüth Magers, Munich, Germany Sculptors’ Drawings: Ideas, Studies, Sketches, Proposals, And More, Angles Gallery,
Santa Monica CA.
Exit Music (for a film), Grimm/Rosenfeld, Munich, Germany 2006
L.A. Trash & Treasure, Milliken Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden Pure Land, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA. Cloudbreak, Organized by David Kordansky, Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo, Japan Patrick Hill, Eileen Quinlan, Florian Schmidt, Galerie Kosak Hall, Vienna, Austria Matthew Brannon, Wade Guyton, Patrick Hill, United Artists Ltd., Marfa, TX. Symmetry, Curated by Nizan Shaked and Kimberli Meyer, MAK Center at the Schindler House, Los Angeles, CA. 2005
Shape Shifters, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA. Split, The Approach, London, England Ask the Dust, D’Amelio Terras, New York, NY. Alpha Flight II, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY. L.A., Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York, NY. 2004
Tapestry From An Asteroid, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. lumpen decadents (the lack of money is the root of all evil), curated by Gean Moreno, Ingalls and Associates, Miami, FL. 2003
Inaugural Exhibition, Golinko Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Post It, Floating Ip Gallery, Manchester, England Ishtar, Curated by Bruce Hainley, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN. The Distance Between My Apartment And The Beach, Curated by Nizan Shaked, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA.
2002
Grey Gardens, Curated by Bruce Hainley, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. 2001
Boomerang: Collectors Curate, Curated by Kenneth L. Freed, Exit Art, New York, NY. Selections, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA. Weak Architecture, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN. Mink Jazz, Curated by Bruce Hainley, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA. 2000
Democracy, Bradbury Building, Los Angeles, CA. 