Christine Hill
1968
born in Binghamton, New York
1991
Bachelor of Fine Arts, The Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, USA
2004 - 2007
Guest Professor of Media, Trend and Public appearance at the Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany
since 2007
Professor, Art and Social Terrain, Faculty of Art and Design, Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar, Germany
lives and works in Berlin
Awards
Berlin Pool Fellowship Award, 1996
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York Artist Residency Award, 1997
Public Art Fund of New York Project Award, 1999
Bickford Teaching Award, Cleveland Institute of Art, 2002
AIGA "50 Books/50 Covers", 2005
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2019
Attention Economy, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig
2017
Assets, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria
2014
Sliding Scale, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, Germany
2012
Small Business, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, USA
2011
SHOP/LIKE, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, Germany
2009
The Armory Show: The Volksboutique Armory Apothecary, New York, USA
Ronald Feldmann Fine Arts, New York, USA
Do it Yourself Bauhaus, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
2008
Revolution Fleamarket, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, Germany
Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, USA
2007
Volksboutique Collected Templates 1998-2007, ifa-Galerie Berlin, Germany
2006
Christine Hill: Keep Shop, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, Germany
Welt der Weisheit, U2 Alexanderplatz,Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst e.V., Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2023
Things That Were Are Things Again, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, Germany
2022
Reclaiming Space, Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin
2019
Gifts for you, Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin
Bauhausfrauen, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Germany
2018
Another World, Deutsche Bank Collection, Frieze London, UK
Pass-Stücke, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, Germany
2017
Duett mit Künstler_in. Partizipation als künstlerisches Prinzip, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Revolte, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, Germany
2016
Take Me, I'm Yours, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2015
Take Me, I'm Yours, La Monnaie de Paris, France
offen, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, Germany
Acchrochage, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, Germany
Travestie für Fortgeschrittene Teil 1, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
2014
Labor intensive, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, USA
2013
on paper, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, Germany
Crossing Media - Der Kunst die Bühne, Villa Merkel, Internationale Kunst-, Medien und Foto-Triennale Esslingen, Esslingen, Germany
2011
Metrospective, Program Berlin, Germany
Social Economies, Portland State University, Littman & White Galleries, USA
Taking Shape, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, USA
2010
Le Grand Magasin, Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, Germany
Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin, Leipzig, Germany
Neue Heimat - Fremde Welten, Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany
2009
Carte Blanche VII: Prinzip Messe, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, Germany
Group Show: Artists of the Gallery, Galerie EIGEN+ART, Leipzig, Germany
New York/Basel/Berlin/London/Miami: Prinzip Messe, Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig, Germany
Black and White Works, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, USA
2008
Sommer bei EIGEN + ART, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, Germany
Cottage Industry, The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, USA
2007
Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind, Arsenale, Art in the Present Tnese, Venice Biennale, Italy
Transactions, Blanton Museum of Art/ The University of Texas, Austin, Texas
2006
Eye on Europe: Prints, Books & Multiples / 1960 to Now, MoMa, New York, USA
Legend Paik - Präfluxus 1958-61, Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Germany
Landschaft, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, Germany
Case Studies: Art in a Valise, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York, USA
Organizational Ventures/ Projects
2006
Keep Shop Vendor Archive (Berlin Edition)Compiled together with Catherine Griffiths. (Organizational Venture)
The Comprehensive Report. Publication and web archive commemorating the
10 Year Anniversary of Volksboutique (September 22, 1996 — September 22, 2006)
The Portable Office Archive (Weimar Edition), together with students at Bauhaus University, Weimar. (Organizational Venture)
Establishment of the Volksboutique Outpost Division.
Workspace in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin.
Collaboration with Saygel/Schreiber. www.saygelschreiber.de
2005
A Consumer’s Guide To Times Square, in collaboration with Creative Time and Giampetro + Smith, NYC. (Organizational Venture). Print Project. www.creativetime.orgCasino, together with students at Bauhaus University, Weimar. (Organizational Venture)
Everyday Inventory, together with Ursula Damm and students at Bauhaus Universität, Weimar. (Organizational Venture).
2004
Co-founding of the Interstitial Library, together with Shelley Jackson.www.interstitiallibrary.com
Debut presentation at the 5th International Summer Academy at Künstlerhaus Mousonturm in Frankfurt, Germany. (Organizational Venture)
Ongoing collaboration with David Levine and CiNE. www.cineiniatives.net
2003
Establishment of the Volksboutique Products Division. Work Space and Production Facility in Brooklyn, NY. [Organizational Venture]Website Launch. www.volksboutique.org [Organizational Venture]
2002
The Volksboutique Accounting Archive Prototype, Liverpool, UK. [Organizational Venture]Release of Test's CD Milk in my Language [Auditorium Records].
Ongoing Collaboration with Booklyn Artists Alliance. [www.booklyn.org]
2001
The Volksboutique Sales Pitch, Spielart Theaterbiennale, Munich, Germany. [Organizational Venture]The Volksboutique Training Video, produced by Kunstverein Wolfsburg in a 5-day residency collaboration with Lillevän. [Organizational Venture]
The Pilot Trailer. 7-minute video,
produced by MOCA Cleveland. Editor: Ross Brouse.
The Volksboutique Reference Library, a 10-volume, hand-bound reference manual, produced in collaboration with Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, Germany; migros museum Zürich, Switzerland and Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Germany.
Ongoing collaboration with the music group Test of Copenhagen.
[www.testpages.com]
2000
The Portable Office, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany.Stock Piece, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. [Organizational Venture]
Sales Pitch, Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany. [Organizational Venture]
The Volksboutique Handbag, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. [Organizational Venture]
1999
Soapbox Lecture Tour. [Organizational Venture]Tourguide? A New York City Walking Tour. [Organizational Venture]
Improv Studies with Upright Citizens Brigade of New York.
1998
Volksboutique Office of Foreign Affairs, artist-in-residence at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY.Ongoing collaboration with videographer Lillevän [www.lillevan.com].
Extroverse Demo, recorded in Berlin.
Ongoing Collaboration with Dave Herman [Dave Herman Laboratories].
1997
Volksboutique Franchise, documenta X, Kassel, Germany. [OrganizationalVenture]
Extroverse, formed the music collective with S. Büttrich and F. Rünzel, Berlin, Germany.
1996 - 97
Volksboutique, Invalidenstraße 118, Berlin, Germany. [Organizational Venture]1995
Group Meetings, Galerie EIGEN+ ART, Berlin, Germany. Monthly series of themed meetings. [Organizational Venture]1994 - 96
Member and founder of the music group Bindemittel. Self-titled CD on Warner Music Germany/ Königshaus, 1996, recorded at Black Box Studios, France, produced by Bindemittel and Peter Deimel. Various live performances, TV appearances, video works and concert tours.Lectures/ Teaching
The Americas Society. New York, NY
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Bonner Kunstverein, Germany
capc Musee d'art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City, Mexico
The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY
EXPO 2000, Hannover, Germany
Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Galerie EIGEN+ART, Berlin, Germany
Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Halle für Kunst Lüneburg, Luneburg, Germany
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Bauhaus Universität, Weimar, Germany
ICA Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, Germany
Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
Kunst-Raum, Vienna, Austria
Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
KUNST-WERKE, Berlin, Germany
Landesmuseum, Weimar, Germany
Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
MedienBiennale, Leipzig, Germany
migros museum, Zurich, Switzerland
The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
South London Gallery, London, England
Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste - Städelschule, Frankfurt, Germany
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
Public Collections
Collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York / The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection
Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Berlin
Sachsen LB, Leipzig
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem