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Artist Statement
I consider my artwork to be an ongoing investigation of the ordinary. Recurrent themes of aftermath and loss are derived from a larger fascination with the human experience of inhabiting Time. I view the contemporary landscape as a fragile, fabricated habitat – a place at once gorgeous and anxious with human longing and expectation. Displacement and juxtaposition are elemental characteristics of what I perceive to be a world in upheaval. My paintings use commonplace features of suburban living to signal both solace and indifference in a landscape undergoing and altered by calamities, both large and small.
Selected Exhibitions
- 2010 "Suburban Tempest", Recent Paintings by Miriam Hitchcock", Carl Cherry Art Center, Carmel CA
- 2009 “Herstory, Six Women Artists”, Napa Valley Museum, Yountville CA
- 2008 "Paradise and Other Habitats, New Paintings by Miriam Hitchcock", Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2007 "Pierogi Flatfiling", Artnews Projects, Berlin, Germany
- 2007 "Figuratively Speaking", Heritage Bank, Curated by Jane Salvin, San Jose CA
- 2007 "Unstable Landscape, Recent paintings by Miriam Hitchcock", Mohr Gallery, Mountain View, CA
- 2006 "The Displaced Past, Recent Works on Paper by Miriam Hitchcock", Cañada College, Redwood City, CA
- 2005 "Pierogi in Miami", Traveling Flat File Exhibit, Miami, Fl
- 2005 "Dar Lugar/Place", RKL Gallery, Curated by Lisa Lawley, Brooklyn, NY
- 2001 "Faculty Works", Sesnon Gallery, Porter College, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
- 1998 "Familiar Mysteries", One person show", Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
- 1998 "Recent Paintings, One person show", Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
- 1997 "Exemplary Contemporary, Painting", Curated by Peter Gordon, Smith Gallery Santa Cruz, CA
- 1995 "Heroic Influences", tribute to Van Morrison, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
- 1995 "Mysterium", Bay Area painters, Curated by Donna Larsen, Santa Rosa J.C., Santa Rosa California
- 1995 "Bias", Morphos Gallery (now Catherine Clark Gallery), San Francisco, CA
- 1995 "Paintings by Miriam Hitchcock & Sculpture by Paulie Reedhead", Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- 1994 "Small Works by Gallery Artists", d.p. Fong Gallery, San Jose, CA
- 1994 "Poets and Painters Collaborative Exhibition", Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA
- 1994 "New Work: Hanna Hannah & Miriam Hitchcock", Joan Roebuck Gallery, Lafayette, CA
- 1993 "New Work", One person show, Retro Gallery, Santa Cruz, California, CA
- 1993 "Images and Objects", ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
- 1991 "Diverse Vision, N.E.A. Award Exhibition", Delaware St. College Arts C. Gallery (traveling)
- 1990 "Department of Art Faculty Exhibition", Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y (1989, 1988)
- 1989 "Annual Exhibition; Artists Pick Artists ", Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, N.Y.
- 1989 "Upstate Artists", New Vision Gallery, Ithaca, New York
- 1987 "Group Exhibit", Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
- 1986 "Recent Paintings", One person show, Wallace Anderson Gallery, Bridgewater, MA
- 1984 "Ardent Gestures, Six Painters," The Rose Art Museum, curated by Carl Belz, Walthan, MA
- 1984 "Recent Paintings", One person show, Sarah Doyle Gallery, Providence, RI
Teaching
- 2011 University of California at Santa Cruz, Lecturer, Drawing and Painting (all levels, continuously, since 1992)
- 2003 American University of Rome, Italy, Visiting Professor, Studio Intensive in Drawing and Painting, summer
- 2003 San Jose State University, Lecturer, Advanced Painting, spring semester
- 2001 American University of Rome, Italy, Visiting Professor, Studio Intensive in Drawing and Painting, summer
- 2000 Monterey Peninsula College, Lecturer, Figure Drawing, Fall Semester
- 2000 American University of Rome, Italy, Visiting Professor, Studio Intensive in Drawing and Painting, summer
- 1999 Stanford University, Consulting Professor, Beginning Drawing
- 1998-99 University of California at Santa Cruz, Lecturer, Full Time
- 1998 Trinity College, Hartford Connecticut, Visiting Artist Lecture, "Pictorial Time, The Thrill of Transport in Painting"
- 1997 Stanford University, M.F.A.Tutor, New Genres, winter quarter
- 1993-96 Stanford University, Consulting Professor, Intermediate/Advanced Painting and Drawing
- 1988-92 Cornell University, Assistant Professor, Painting, Drawing, Graduate Studio
- 1990 Cornell University, Assistant Professor, Rome Studio, Rome, Italy, spring semester
- 1987 Brown University, Visiting Assistant Professor, Drawing, Art Foundations, spring semester
- 1986 Brown University, Visiting Assistant Professor, Drawing, Art Foundations, spring semester
- 1984 RISD, Instructor, Two Dimensional Design, Freshman Foundation Program, spring semester
- 1982-83 Brown University, Visiting Lecturer, Art Foundations, Full Time
Awards
- 2006 Julia and David White Artist's Colony Residency, Colon, Costa Rica
- 2006 Nomination, Eduardo Carrillo Prize in Painting
- 2004 Professional Development Fund Grant, University of California, Santa Cruz
- 1990 National Endowment for the Arts Foundation Grant, Mid Atlantic Region Award
- 1989 Dean's Fund for Excellence Grant Award, Cornell Department of Art and Architecture
- 1988 Dean's Fund for Excellence Grant Award, Cornell Department of Art and Architecture
- 1984 Prize Winner, Rhode Island Exhibition, Hera Education Foundation
- 1981 Ford Foundation Grant, Yale University
Education
- MFA, Painting, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut
- BFA, Painting, University of California, Santa Cruz
- BA, Art, University of California, Santa Cruz
Current Gallery Associations
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