CINDY HILL


1993, Born in Montreal, Canada

Lives and works in Montreal, Canada




EDUCATION


2025                   MFA, Studio Arts, University of Guelph, Guelph, CA

2018                    BFA, Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, CA

2015                    International Exchange, University of South Australia, Adelaide, AU



SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS


2025                   Mirror-Reverse, Pumice Raft, Toronto, CA (solo) 
                             
2024                   A bell I never hear, Centre Clark, Montreal, CA (solo)

2019                   Veils of Myth (with Claudia Kaatziza Cortinez), co-curated by Raphaëlle Cormier, Wick Gallery, New York, US

                            Assemble, Quarter 3 (with Aaron Jones), curated by Chris Andrews, Lois Projects (online)



GROUP EXHIBITIONS    


2025                PAST RUN BACK AND FORTH, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto, CA

2025                Aujourd’hui je pleure parce que, curated by Jézabel Plamondon, Pangée, Montreal, CA

2025                Entanglements, MAMA Projects, New York, US

2023                Please be gentle, The plumb, Toronto, CA

2023                Deuxième Tour, Espace Loulou, Montreal, CA

2023                FLOORPLAN, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph, CA

2022                Stages of Becoming, Projet Casa, Montreal, CA

2021                The Gernsback Continuum, Prometheus Projects, Montreal, CA

2020               This is Not Our World, Prometheus Projects, Parc Frédéric-Back, Montreal, CA

2019                LSI Showcase, Camden Art Centre, London, UK

2018               Hopping the Twig, Calaboose, Montreal, CA



RESIDENCIES


2026               Wiels, Brussels, BE 

2025               Cité internationale des arts, Paris, FR 

2022               International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, US

2021                Momus Emerging Critics Residency, Momus, Montreal, CA

2019                London Summer Intensive, Camden Art Centre, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK

2018                BAiR Emerging, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, CA



AWARDS AND GRANTS


2026                International Residency Grant, Canada Council for the Arts

2025                Finalist, CIBC C2 Art Award

2025                Research, Creation and Exploration Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec

2024                Explore and Create - Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts

2023-25          Master’s Training Scholarship, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC)

2023                Explore and Create - Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts

2022                Studio Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec

2019                Research, Creation and Exploration Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec

2018                Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Artist Award, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity



PRESS


2026               Sophia Lapres, Notes on Emotionalism, Public Parking 

2025               Kathy Cho, Temporary Constellations: “Entanglements” at MAMA Projects, Topical Cream 

2025               Amélie Revert, «Aujourd’hui je pleure parce que»: à distance de larmes, Le Devoir

2024               Talia Veneruz, “A bell I never hear” - Cindy Hill, C Magazine 



SELECTED WRITING    


2023            “Mathilde Jobin - Psst Psst!” Exhibition Text, Espace Loulou, Montreal, CA

2022            “Doug Dumais and Simon Petepiece - Intangible Materials” Exhibition Text, City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, CA 

2022            “Trevor Bourke - Distant-Mirror” Exhibition Text, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal, CA          

2021             “Painting in a Transitory Realm: Vincent Larouche and the Effects of Digital Culture” Esse, Vol. 102 (print) 

2017             “Vincent Larouche - Back-Talk” Exhibition Text, Calaboose, Montreal, CA

2017             “Dispatches from La Place Publique”, Institute for Urban Futures,  Concordia University