Rick Hill

A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o
C o n t e m p o r a r y N a t i v e A r t i s t s i n C a n a d a

R i c k H i l l

b. 1950, Buffalo, New York
First Nations Affiliation: Tuscarora

A painter, photographer, carver, beadworker, and basketweaver, Rick Hill attended the Art Institute of Chicago from 1968-70, and the State University of New York, where he obtained an M.A. in 1980. Through his work as a writer, curator, and advocate Hill has contributed inestimably to the critical discourse and advancement of First Nations art and artists across North America. He has held numerous museum positions, including the directorship of the American Indian Arts Museum in Santa Fe (where he curated the notable 1992 exhibition Creativity is Our Tradition), and is a consultant for the National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. Hill is also assistant professor of American Studies at State University in New York.

R E C E N T E X H I B I T I O N S

1997	American Indian Contemporary Arts. San Francisco, California
1996	Visions + Voices. Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1992	Natural History Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
1990	Tower Fine Arts Gallery, State University of New York, Brockport, New York
1986-89	Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, Ontario
1986	Portraits: Paintings and Photographs by Rick Hill. Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Ontario
1985	Visions. Photo Union Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

S E L E C T E D C O L L E C T I O N S

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, Ontario

S E L E C T E D B I B L I O G R A P H Y

Abbott, Lawrence, ed. I Stand in the Center of the Good. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1994.

Cohn, Terri. "A conversation with Rick Hill." Artweek 23 (8 October 1992): 24.

Harlan, Theresa. "A curator's perspective: Native photographers creating a visual Native American history." Exposure 29, no. 1 (Fall 1993): 12-21.

Hill, Rick. Creativity Is Our Tradition. Sante Fe, New Mexico: Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, 1992.

Hill, Rick. Gifts of the Spirit. Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Essex Museum, 1997.

Joiner, Dorothy. "Richard Hill: The material of time." Art Papers 18 (September/October 1994): 53-54.

Jordan, Betty Ann. "Fast forward." Canadian Art 13. no. 1 (1996): 21.

Marra, Ben. Powwow: Images Along the Red Road. Preface by Horace Axtell; foreword by Richard Hill. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996.

Matuz, Robert, ed. St. James Guide to Native North American Artists. Detroit, Michigan: St. James Press, 1998.

Pontello, Jacqueline M. "Museum directions: Reclaiming authority." Southwest Art 22, no. 1 (June 1992): 54, 56, 58-59.

Review: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Chronicle Herald, 23 September 1989, p. E2.

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