Episode 516 / Hilary Harnischfeger
Hilary Harnischfeger (b. 1972, Melbourne, Australia) earned her MFA from Columbia University, New York (2003) and her BFA from the University of Houston, Houston, TX (2001). The artist has had work included in institutional exhibitions at the Fairfield University Art Museum, Fairfield, CT (2023); Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS (2016); State University of New York at Purchase, Purchase, NY (2016); the FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY (2014); MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland, OH (2013); American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC (2013); the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY (2013); Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX (2010); Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX (2005); Artists Space, New York, NY (2005); and the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX (2002); among others. Harnischfeger has had recent solo exhibitions at Clear Sky Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2021); Rachel Uffner Gallery, new York, NY (2021, 2015); Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY (2014); and Front Gallery, Houston, TX (2012). In 2007, Harnischfeger was the recipient of the Maria Walsh Sharpe Foundation Space Program Award. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; the Nerman Museum, Overland Park, KS; the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; and the Fairfield University Art Museum, Fairfield, CT. Harnischfeger lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.