Born in Los Angeles, 1975
Lives and works in New Orleans
ONE AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2012 “Hotel California,” Muse Center of Photography and the Moving Image, New York
(catalogue)
2010 “Lost Ground,” with Katherine Wolkoff, UNO St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans
2003 “Leefahsalung 10: Home Edition,” New Chinatown Barbershop, Los Angeles
2001 “New Photographs,” Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles
GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND FILM SCREENINGS
2011 “Tulane Contemporary.2,” Carroll Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans
“NOLA NOW, Part I: Swagger for a Lost Magnificence,” (curated by Amy Mackie)
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans (online catalogue)
“Pannaroma-Miami,” Miami-Dade College Gallery, Miami
“The Open Daybook,” Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions,
Los Angeles (catalogue)
2010 “Pannaroma,” UNO St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans
“Arts League,” Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York
“Sources of Inspiration,” Carroll Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans
2009 “Secret ArtWorks,” ArtWorks, Cincinnati
“All City,” St. Claude Collective/Universal Furniture, New Orleans
“Everything Must Go,” Good Children Gallery, New Orleans
2008 “Foundation for Contemporary Art,” Cohan and Leslie, New York (catalogue)
“Originals,” Carroll Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans
“Goose Up!,” East Coast Aliens, New York
2007 “Bunch Alliance and Dissolve,” (curated by Public Holiday Projects),
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH (catalogue)
“Seen and Imagined,” Pace University, New York
2006 “Mind the Gap,” (curated by Eva Diaz and Beth Stryker), Smack Mellon,
New York (catalogue)
“Art Party,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
“Faculty Exhibition,” Pace University, New York
2005 “Cul-de-Sac,” Nelson Hancock Gallery, New York
“Video Salon 3,” (curated by Jacob Dyrenforth and Eva Respini), New York
“Get as Much Noon as You Can Take,” (curated by Mary Billyou),
Robert-a Beck Memorial Cinema, at Participant Inc., New York
2004 “Nomads + Residents: Traveling Magazine Table,” Art in General, New York
“Itineraries,” (with Albert Ortega/curated by Chris Balaschak), Gallery Luisotti,
Santa Monica, CA (catalogue)
“Whitney Program Exhibition/Film Screening,” New York
2003 “MFA Thesis Exhibition,” (curated by Lia Gangitano), Studebaker Building,
Columbia University, New York (catalogue)
“Rundgang,” Kunsthochschule Kassel, Germany
2002 “Process/ion: An Exhibition in Three Locations,” (curated by Eva Respini),
Columbia University, New York (catalogue)
“First Year MFA Exhibition,” (curated by Eungie Joo), Wallach Gallery,
Columbia University, New York
“Life of the City,” Museum of Modern Art, New York
“Leefahsalung 8: Landmark Photo Salon,” New Chinatown Barbershop,
Los Angeles
“Staged/Unstaged,” (curated by Lauri Firstenberg), Riva Gallery, New York
2001 “Mondo Cane II,” (curated by Elvis Richardson and Sally-Ann Rowland),
Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York
2000 “Storefront,” (with Lauren Becker), Laboratory, Los Angeles
1999 “Photo Derby,” George’s, Los Angeles
1998 “El Mundo Romantico,” Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York
CURATED EXHIBITIONS AND COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2011 “Jazz People: New Orleans Portraits by Lee Friedlander,” Newcomb Art Gallery,
Tulane University, New Orleans (online catalogue): http://jazzpeople.tulane.edu
“Pop Shots: Polaroid Portraits by Andy Warhol,” Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane
University, New Orleans (online catalogue): http://popshots.tulane.edu
“Pannaroma: Photographs Made with Thomas Roma’s Pannaroma 1x3 Camera,”
(with Tony Chirinos), Miami-Dade College Art Gallery, Miami
2010 “Pannaroma: Photographs Made with Thomas Roma’s Pannaroma 1x3 Camera”
(with Tony Chirinos), UNO St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans:
http://pannaroma.wordpress.com/
“Muse: Tanyth Berkeley, Eve Fowler, Katy Grannan, Dana Hoey,” Carroll Gallery, Tulane
University, New Orleans: http://muse.tulane.edu
2005 “Ambassador Archive,” (with Annie Shaw): http://www.ambassadorarchive.net
2004 “East West Trading Post,” (with Annie Shaw), Los Angeles to New York
2003 “Faking Real,” Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York
EDUCATION
Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York, 2004
Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, MFA, 2003
Columbia University, New York, BA, Visual Arts and Art History, 1998
TEACHING POSITIONS
Tulane University, New Orleans, Assistant Professor & Dir. of Photography, 2008 – Currently
Columbia University, New York, Adjunct Professor, 2003, 2007 – 2008
Pace University, New York, Adjunct Professor, 2004 – 2008
New York University, Steinhardt School, Adjunct Professor, Summer 2005
ARTIST LECTURES AND PANELS
2012 Tulane University, New Orleans
Pratt Institute, New York
Columbia University, New York
2011 “Making Books Symposium,” (moderator) with Susan Kismaric, Phillip Lopate, and
Thomas Roma, Tulane University, New Orleans
Tulane University, New Orleans
Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
2010 “Pannaroma: Artists’ Talk,” (participant and moderator), UNO-St. Claude
Gallery, University of New Orleans
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
“Muse Symposium,” (moderator), with Tanyth Berkeley, Eve Fowler, Katy Grannan,
and Dana Hoey, Tulane University, New Orleans
2009 “Photography: The Index,” (moderator), with Jerry Spagnoli, Deborah Luster, Keith
Calhoun, Chandra McCormick, and Eva Diaz, Louisiana Artworks, New Orleans
2008 City College, New York
School of Visual Arts, New York
2005 Columbia University, New York
2004 Miami-Dade College, Miami
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REVIEWS
2012 Judith Schwarzbart, (editor), Multiple Choices (forthcoming), Oslo: Torpedo Press
Carl Gunhouse, “Stephen Hilger, Hotel California,” Searching for the Light, February 17
http://carlgunhouse.blogspot.com/2012/02/stephen-hilger-hotel-california-muse.html
Michael Newton, “Stephen Hilger at MUSECPMI,” Harp & Altar Nine, Winter 2012
http://harpandaltar.com/interior.php?t=r&i=9&p=47&e=77
Norman M. Klein, “Ambassador Hotel,” in Hotel California catalogue, The Muse Center of
Photography and the Moving Image, New York
Rewind Crank, “Stephen Hilger’s Hotel California,” January 13,
http://www.rewindcrank.com/post/15755680563/stephen-hilger-show-stephen-hilgers-hotel
Carl Gunhouse, “Good Pictures from Stephen Hilger,” Searching for the Light, January 12,
http://carlgunhouse.blogspot.com/2012/01/good-pictures-from-stephen-hilger.html
Pelican Bomb, Pic(k) of the Week, “Cocoanut Grove (RFK Community Schools),” Jan. 11
http://pelicanbomb.com/home/post/197
2011 Amy Mackie, “Only the Best,” NOLA NOW. Contemporary Arts Center, November 28,
New Orleans, http://nolanow.cacno.org/essays
Jennifer Volland, “Stephen Hilger,” Grand Hotel Blog, December 9, Vancouver Art Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada: http://projects.vanartgallery.bc.ca/publications/Hotel/stephen-hilger/
Jennifer Volland, “Documenting History: Ambassador Hotel,” Grand Hotel Blog, August 30,
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada:
http://projects.vanartgallery.bc.ca/publications/Hotel/documenting-history-ambassador-hotel/
D. Eric Bookhardt, “Polaroids and Jazz,” Gambit, New Orleans
Doug MacCash, “Instant Artwork,” Times-Picayune, New Orleans
DJ Olivia Greene, Radio appearance with Ben Jaffe, “Fresh Fig Jam,” September 14,
WWOZ, 90.7 FM, New Orleans
Brad Rhines, “Clicks and Pop,” NOLA Defender, New Orleans
Pelican Bomb, Pic(k) of the Week, “Pennants,” January 11
http://pelicanbomb.com/home/post/128
Mary Ann Travis, “Artists Gain Notice of New CAC Curator,” New Wave, December 1,
New Orleans
Mary Ann Travis, “Neighborhood Ain’t There No More,” Tulanian, New Orleans
Nick Marinello, “‘Jazz People’ Documents a Generation of Musicians,” New Wave, August 24,
New Orleans
Stephen Hilger, “Back of Town,” (portfolio), New Wave, April 1, New Orleans
Stephen Hilger, Photography portfolio, The Newcomb-Tulane Collegian & Review, Fall,
New Orleans
Sarah Wesseler, “The Death of Lower Mid-City,” Satellite, Issue One, New York and Toronto
2010 David Earle, The Open Daybook, New York: Random House
Larissa Leclair, Nostalgia, Middlebury, Vermont: Photo Place Gallery
Brad Vogel, Inside the Footprint: http://www.insidethefootprint.blogspot.com
The Amateur Art Critic, “Tanyth Berkeley, Katy Grannan, Eve Fowler and Dana Hoey in MUSE at
Tulane,” January 10,
http://theamateurartcritic.blogspot.com/2010/01/tanyth-berkeley-katy-grannan-eve-fowler.html
2008 Keith Newton, Harp & Altar Issue 4: http://www.harpandaltar.com/index.php?i=4
2006 Eva Diaz, “The New Public Art: Private Encounters in Privatized Space,”Mind
the Gap, Brooklyn: Smack Mellon
Catherine Krudy, “Mind the Gap,” Flavorpill
Public Holiday Projects, Bunch Alliance and Dissolve, Cincinnati:
Contemporary Arts Center
2004 Holly Myers, “The City of L.A., Gauzy but Familiar,” The Los Angeles Times
Stephen Hilger, Max Kuo and Sadie Murdoch, (editors), The Whitney ISP Zine,
New York: The Whitney Independent Study Program
2003 Catherine Krudy, “Scopic Perspectives,” Rhapsody in Blue 1
Lia Gangitano, Columbia MFA Thesis Exhibition catalogue, Columbia University: New York
2002 Eva Respini, Process/ion: An Exhibition in Three Locations catalogue
Crowd, Issue 2
2001 508 North Palm Drive, limited edition artist book
2000 9130 Sunset Boulevard, portfolio commissioned by Geffen Records
1999 Nine Dots, Issue 4
St. Paul’s, limited edition artist book
1998 Nine Dots, Issue 3
PUBLISHED WRITING
2012 “Ambassador Archive,” (with Annie Shaw), article for Grand Hotel, January 18,
http://projects.vanartgallery.bc.ca/publications/Hotel/ambassador-archive/
2011 “Jazz People: New Orleans Portraits by Lee Friedlander,” article for Louisiana Cultural
Vistas, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, Winter 2011-12
“Staging History: Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel,” article for Grand Hotel,
December 9, http://projects.vanartgallery.bc.ca/publications/Hotel/?s=hilger
“Making Books” introduction for Pelican Bomb, October 7:
December 9, http://pelicanbomb.com/home/post/173
“Back of Town,” Satellite, Number One
2010 “Dear Knights and Dark Horses,” review for Amazon.com, November 13
2009 “Alec Soth: Sleeping by the Mississippi,” Art Voices, December
“David Goldblatt: Intersections, Intersected,” Art Voices, October
2006 “Dave Muller,” tema celeste, July/August
“RIP, Tony Chirinos,” exhibition catalogue, Miami Dade College Art Gallery: Miami
2005 “Ian Burns,” tema celeste, November/December
“Frances Stark,” tema celeste, Summer
“Tanyth Berkeley,” tema celeste, March/April
“David Altmejd,” tema celeste, January/February
2004 “Social Cultivation: Tanyth Berkeley’s Orchidaceae,” Columbia University
School of the Arts M.F.A. exhibition catalogue
“Jane & Louise Wilson,” tema celeste, November/December
2003 “A Look at Hans und Grete,” Hans und Grete, Sue de Beer. American
Academy in Berlin/Kunstlerhaus Bethanian: Berlin, Germany
2002 “David Amico,” tema celeste, September/October
“Sharon Lockhart,” Art issues, September/October
“Sue de Beer,” tema celeste, Summer
“Dean Sameshima,” Art issues, Summer
“Junge Kunst,” Artnet magazine, June 23
“L.A. Confidential,” Artnet magazine, April 30
“Sue de Beer and Laura Parnes,” Art issues, January/February
2000 “Liza Ryan,” Art issues, November/December
“Roger Herman,” Art issues, September/October