KIT HILLER

1948 Born (Alexander) Hobart, Tasmania
1953-65 Education at the Friends School
1966-69 Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart
1970-72 Art teacher at Burnie High School

Lives and works at Lower Mt. Hicks near Burnie

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
1982 Rialto Restaurant Gallery, Burnie
1983 Joint Exhibition with Jim Marwood, Fine Arts Gallery, Tas. University
1985 Portraits - Masterpiece Fine Arts Gallery, Hobart
1986 Christine Hiller, Burnie Art Gallery
1987 Christine Hiller - Portraits & Linocuts, Devonport Art Gallery
1987 Lino-cuts – Joyce’s Gallery, Burnie
1988 Portraits and Prints - Freeman Gallery, Hobart
1989 Portraits and Prints - Gallery Two, Launceston
1990 Portraits and Prints - Salamanca Place Gallery, Hobart
1991 Portraits and Prints - Freeman Gallery, Hobart
1991/92 Linocuts, Cradle Mt. Visitors Centre
1991/92 Mexico, por que se rie? Devonport Art Gallery
1992 Portraits - Artspace, Burnie
1993 Portraits and Prints - Freeman Gallery, Hobart
1994 David Paul Vases - Watson's Fine Art, Launceston
1994 Tasmanian Bird Linocuts - Sidewalk Gallery, Hobart
1995 Lino-cuts - Seasons Gallery, Sydney
1995 Lino-cuts - Sidewalk Gallery, Hobart
1995 Watercolour Portraits - Artspace, Hellyer College. Burnie
1997 Post cards from France - Sidewalk Gallery, Hobart
1998 Seabrook Road - Sidewalk Gallery, Hobart
2000 Christine Hiller - Long Gallery, Hobart
2002 Christine Hiller - Long Gallery, Hobart
2003 Christine Hiller Printmaker – Sidewalk Gallery, Hobart
2004 Christine Hiller - Long Gallery, Hobart
2006 Christine Hiller – Long Gallery, Hobart

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1979-2002 Annual Tas. Art Exhibition - Coastal Art Group, Civic Centre
1980-2005 Exhibited - Portia Geach Memorial Art Award, Sydney
1982-86 Exhibited - Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of N.S.W., Sydney
1987 Exhibited - Freeman Gallery, Hobart
1988 Postcard to Salamanca - Long Gallery Hobart
The Self Portrait - David Jones Gallery, Sydney
Guest artist of Aust, Watercolour Institute, S.H.Erwin, Sydney
October Show, Q.V.Musem & Art Gallery, Launceston
1989 Salamanca Poster Exhibition - Long Gallery, Hobart
The Tasmanian Collection - linocuts - Ikeda, Japan
Tasmanian Art - Napa Valley, California, U.S,A.
1990 Amnesty International Exhibition - Painter's Gallery, Sydney
Artists on Artists - Sullivan's Cove Gallery, Hobart
Tas. Contemporary Printmakers - Cimitere Gallery, Launceston
The Big Men Fly - Salamanca Gallery, Hobart
Robert Holmes a Court Collection, Sydney
1991 Figurative Art - Gallery Two, Launceston
International Print Fair - Hotel Intercontinental, Sydney
1992 Eskleigh Art Award, Perth, Tasmania
Prints with B,Gamble, B.Kjar, L.Burrows - Gallery 2, Launceston
Summer Exhibition - Gallery Two, Launceston
Christmas Exhibition - Freeman Gallery, Hobart
The Flower - Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart and State tour
1993 Island Exhibition - Salamanca Long Gallery, Hobart
City of Hobart Invitation Art Prize - Town Hall
Tasmanian Art Exhibition - Burnie - Highly commended
Launceston Show Invitation Exhibition
1994 ACAF - Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Launceston Show Invitation Art Award
The Alternate Show - Sidewalk Gallery, Hobart
ACAF Artists - Gallery Two, Launceston
Art, Gender, Identity - Art Gallery, Devonport
Tasmanian Women's Art - Tas. Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart
International Print Fair - Sydney
David Paul Vases - Sidewalk Gallery, Hobart
1996 City of Hobart Art Prize Exhibition
1997 Nisart - Launceston Print Show
Prints and Paintings - Seasons Gallery, Sydney
Portrait Show - Castlemaine Gallery, Victoria
Highland Life - Expressions Gallery, Bothwell
Trust Bank Exhibition - Launceston Show
Coastal Art Group, Burnie - Guest artist
1998 Grieve, Hawley, Hiller, Muruste - Long Gallery, Hobart
G4 Exhibition - Uni.of Tasmania, Burnie
Portia Geach Exhibition - S.H.Irving Gallery, Sydney
Trust Bank Exhibition, Launceston Show
1999 Trust Bank Exhibition, Launceston Show
Tas. Art Exhibition - Burnie Art Gallery
2000 Wrest Point 2000 Art Award - Hobart
2002 Portia Geach Exhibition – Sydney
2002 Tasmanian Art Exhibition – Burnie
2003 Island Art Prize, Stanley
2003 Tasmanian Landscape Painters, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
2003 Visy Board Exhibition, Launceston Church Grammar
2004 John Glover Art Prize, Evandale
2005 Tasmanian Art Exhibition – Burnie
2006 Tasmanian Art Exhibition - Burnie

GRANTS AND AWARDS
1979 Tas. Resident Artist Award - Tas Art Exhibition, Burnie
1983 Watercolour Award - Tas. Art Exhibition, Burnie
1985-86 T.A.A.B. Grant
1986 Portia Geach Memorial Prize
1987 Portia Geach Memorial Prize
Tasmanian of the Year
1992 Advocate Award ($1000) - Tas. Art Exhibition, Burnie
1996 T.A.A.B. Grant - McCulloch Studio, Paris
1999 Open Award ($3000) Tas. Art Exhibition, Burnie
2001 Island Art Prize ($10,000)- Stanley

COLLECTIONS
Artbank, Sydney
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
Burnie Art Gallery, Burnie
Devonport Gallery and Arts Centre, Devonport
Devonport Technical College Collection
Robert Holmes a Court Collection - Perth
College of Physicians, Sydney
University of Tasmania, Hobart
Telecom, Collins St. , Hobart
Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart
North West General Hospital, Burnie
Warmley Collection - University of Tasmania
Private Collections - Australia, New Zealand, U.K., U.S.A., Chile, Japan,
Norway, Netherlands, Italy, Canada

PUBLICATIONS
Cover for Island Magazine No 41 (Self Portrait - Autumn)
Covers for Basics Magazine (Linocuts)
Good Housekeepng - June 1989 - article
Office of the Status of Women - covers for pamphlets
TDA Annual Report 1988
Art and Australia magazine - Joyce Gallery advertisement 1987
Art and Australia magazine - Freeman Gallery advertisement 1991
Mercury, Examiner and Advocate newspapers
Cover for poetry book 'The View from the Non-Members Bar' by Peter Hay
Illustrations and cover for 'The Phantom Boy' by Barney Roberts
Cover for 'Electric Beach' by James McQueen
Cover for Burnie High School 75th Anniversary Book
Leatherwood Magazine No.3 Winter 1992
Dept. of Womens Affairs (Self Portrait with Pansies)
Cover for 'Wilder Shores'- Queens. University Press (Self Portrait with Honesty)
Cover for 'The School by the Sea' ed. by Greg Wilson, Burnie High School