Merideth Hillbrand American, b. 1988

EDUCATION 

2019   

MFA Visual Art, University of California, Riverside

2010   

BFA Studio Art, School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University, Boston, MA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025   

F-Scale South, Gene’s Dispensary, Los Angeles, CA

F-Scale North, ESCOLAR, Santa Rosa, CA

2024   

Mirror-sized, SOLDES, Los Angeles, CA

2023   

TENDER, New Low, Los Angeles, CA

2021   

Horizontal window, ESCOLAR, Santa Rosa, CA

2020   

Some fields the track goes through, University of Texas, Austin, TX

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025   

Grand Buffet, Gene's Dispensary, Los Angeles, CA

1 TB Verbatim: Los Angeles Timing 2013-2025, Gene's Presents at Leroy’s, Los Angeles, CA

Reading Room, MAK Center for Art and Architecture via Fulcrum Press, Los Angeles, CA

2024   

Ha-ha place, Leroy’s, Los Angeles, CA

Roundabout Walkabout, Gene’s Dispensary, Los Angeles, CA

Sculptors Painting, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA

2022   

READ NO READ, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Lisa Williamson)

Mel Carter, Sara Coffin, Merideth Hillbrand, Ido Radon, Veronica, Seattle, WA

2020   

In Union, Remotely, Shaker Museum, Old Chatham, NY

A Pit Fire, Partial Shade, Austin, TX

2019   

Circadian Regions, curated by Sydney Acosta, Cherisse Gray, and Sam Richardson, UCLA New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

A Short Story, Chez Anonyme, Los Angeles, CA

2018   

New Works Salon, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Dicky Bahto)

2017   

Rose Arcade, curated by Genevra Shay, AZ West, Joshua Tree, CA

Crystal Flowers: LA Rose, Index, Los Angeles, CA

All the Small Things, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Brass Jingle/Brutalist Jungle, Et al. , San Francisco, CA (curated by Keith J. Varadi)

2016   

Mushrooms & Honey, metropcs, Los Angeles, CA

Hannah Boone, Aria Dean, and Merideth Hillbrand, Club Pro, Los Angeles, CA

2014   

A Meerkat’s Whistle, 3 Days Awake, Los Angeles, CA

2013   

By The Sea, Will Rogers State Park, Los Angeles, CA

2012   

NO DANCING, Favorite Goods, Los Angeles

2011   

Make You Do It Different, Bluxome Point, San Francisco

2010   

Videre, Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA

2009   

Simply the Best, The Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA

AWARDS & GRANTS

2025               

Concept to Realization Grant, Canada Council for the Arts

2019-2020     

St. Elmo Artist Residency and Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin

2018-2019     

Humanities Graduate Student Research Grant, University of California, Riverside

2017-2019     

Gluck Fellowship, University of California, Riverside

2016-2019     

Graduate Fellowship, University of California, Riverside

2010               

Edward Cinotti Prize in Video, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

2008               

Yosuf Karsh Photography Prize, 1st Place, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Travel Grant Dean’s Discretionary Fund, SMFA, Boston, MA

2006-2010     

SMFA Merit Scholarship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS

2020   

Artist Talk: Rice University, Department of Art, Houston, TX    

Lecture: Ladybird Wildflower Center, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Art and Art History, Austin, TX

Artist Talk: University of Texas at Austin, Department of Art and Art History, Austin, TX