Hilary Kline Hutchison

Statement

Hilary Hutchison uses natural forms for the inspiration for her work. In gouache drawings, cement reliefs, and mixed media animal sculptures she explores gesture, movement, and the growth of organic life.

Natural subjects have always been of interest to Hutchison. In observation of natural life, be it what exists under the water, beneath the earth, or under the skin, the artist is fascinated with the repetition and connectedness that exists between nature’s forms.

The “Suspended Growth Series” focuses on the expressive potential of subjects such as overlapping roots, branches, seaweed, muscles over bone, as the source of animation and gesture. In the sculpture Hutchison uses cement as the medium. As a cast or direct sculpture material, cement is manipulated, combined with gauze, string, and cement fragments, to mimic vessels, roots, and the bulging intricacies of the landscape.

In creating the animal sculptures, Hutchison assembled natural materials with plaster fragments and modeled forms. The anatomy of bones mimics the anatomy of the twigs, just as each sculpture’s plaster fragments reflect the landscape. Drawing from imagined and representational form, Hutchison is interested in creating an architecture influenced by the layers of life, landscape, and memory.

Biography

Hilary Hutchison grew up in Southern New Jersey. Her professional experience has included membership with the Kingston Gallery in Boston, commissioned works for Tufts University and the Fessenden School, various solo and group exhibitions, as well as, several New England based grants and art awards. She received her BFA and MFA degrees in sculpture from Boston University. Hutchison currently resides outside of Philadelphia with her husband, painter, David Sigel.

Resume

Education

1994
Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture, Boston University

1991
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture, Boston University

Exhibitions

2006
“Sampler: Annual Members Show”, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA

Solo Exhibition, “Paper and Cement”, Kingston Gallery, Boston

2005
“Inviting: A Kingston Galley Invitational”, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA

“Site Lines: Annual Members Show”, Kingston Gallery, Boston

Faculty Exhibition, 808 Gallery at Boston University, Boston, MA

2004
Solo Exhibition, “Recent Work”, Center Gallery, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA

“Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2004: Reflections of Nature”, Stockbridge, MA

“Down and In: 2004 Members Show”, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA

2003
“Natural Forces: Three Artists Experience the Landscape”, ArtSpace, Maynard, MA

“Annual Winter Juried Exhibition”, Duxbury Art Complex, Duxbury, MA

2002
“Recent Work”, Landau Gallery, Belmont Hill School, Belmont, MA

Newton Open Studios, Newton, MA

2000
Group Show, Acacia Gallery, Gloucester, MA

1999
Group Show, Acacia Gallery, Gloucester, MA

1998
Eli Marsh Gallery, Amherst College, Amherst, MA

Acacia Gallery, Gloucester, MA

1997
“Common Ground: A Dialogue Between Art and Nature”, Acton Arboretum, Acton, MA

1996
“Going to the Dogs”, Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Boston, MA

Professional Experience

2004 – 07
Member, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA

2002 – 07
Coordinator, Summer Art, The Fessenden School, West Newton, MA

2003
Juror, Duxbury Art Association Summer Exhibition, Duxbury, MA

1997
Visiting Artist, Acton-Boxborough Public Schools, Acton, MA

1994 – 95
Mold Maker, New England Sculpture Service Art Foundry, Chelsea, MA

1992 – 93
Exhibits Specialist and Model Maker, National Historic Women’s Rights Museum, Seneca Falls, NY

1991 – present
Artist Assistant and Mold Maker

Awards

2003
Best in Show, Duxbury Art Association Winter Juried Show

2002
Newton Cultural Council Grant for Personal Study

1996
Blanche E. Colman Foundation Award

1994
St. Botolph Club Foundation Grant Award

1994
Friedman Brothers Travel Fellowship

Bibliography

2005
Clossey, Allyssa Krimsley. “New Sculpture Unveiled in Tisch Library”, Tufts Magazine, Spring

2002
Zic, Valentina. “Crossing the Threshold of Art”, Newton TAB

1998
Carlock, Marty. “Art in the Landscape”, Art New England, December/January

1996
Daniel, Diane. Review, The Patriot Ledger, December 14/15

1994
Temin, Christine. Review, The Boston Globe, September 27

1994
Carlock, Marty. “3 Artists, 3 Paths to Expression”, The Boston Globe, September 14

Commissions

2007
The Pencil Project, Emma Hart Fessenden Library Courtyard, West Newton, MA

2004
Sophia, Tisch Library, Tufts University, Somerville, MA

2000
The Running Boy, The Fessenden School, West Newton, MA

1999
Fessenden Bear, Jeffrey Parker Playground, West Newton, MA

Teaching Experience

2007
Instructor, Foundations of Art: Sculpture, The Episcopal Academy, Lower Merion, PA

2002 – 07
Adjunct Teaching Associate, Sculpture 1, 3-D Design, Sculpture Techniques, College of Fine Arts, Boston University, Boston, MA

2003 – 07
Instructor, Figure and Portrait Sculpture, Brookline Adult Community Education, Brookline, MA

2002 – 07
Instructor, Sculpture and Drawing, Summer Art at Fessenden, West Newton, MA

2000
Instructor, Sculpture, Drawing 1, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley College, Boston, MA

1999
Instructor, Sculpture, The Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, MA

1998
Visiting Lecturer, Sculpture, Amherst College, Amherst, MA