ALLISON A. HILL-EDGAR  View in PDF
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| EDUCATION | |
| 2017 | MFA, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY |
| 2003 | MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY |
| 1997 | Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Certificate, Columbia University, New York, NY |
| 1994 | BA, Magna Cum Laude, Department of Fine Arts, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA |
| WORK EXPERIENCE | |
| 2004- | Artist, New York, NY (works in private collections in New York City, Washington, D.C., Charleston, SC, Upstate NY, Philadelphia, Chicago, Connecticut, Maine, California, Florida, and Holland) |
| 2017- | Teacher/Lecturer/Teaching Assistant, New YorkAcademy of Art, Fenimore Art Museum, Basset Hospital Residency, St. George’s School Program |
| 2003-04 | Doctor, Department of Medicine Residency Program, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY |
| 1996-98 | Research Assistant, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Department of Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY |
Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY |
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| 1992 | Intern, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. |
| 1991 | Intern, Art Education for the Blind, New York, NY |
EXHIBITIONS |
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Solo Exhibitions: |
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| 2015 | Allison A. Hill-Edgar: Recent Work, Smithy Center for the Arts, Cooperstown, NY |
| 2013 | Refigured: Form and Fracture in the Paintings of Allison Hill-Edgar, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY |
Group Exhibitions: |
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| 2023 | Metal, Paper, Smithy Center for the Arts, Cooperstown, NY |
| 2022 | Chroma, Pneuma, Illustration, Smithy Center for the Arts, Cooperstown, NY |
| 2021 | Air, Fire, Water, Smithy Center for the Arts, Cooperstown, NY |
Cuttyhunk Small Works Show, Kilburn Mill, New Bedford, NY |
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| 2019 | Body Beautiful, The Untitled Space, New York, NY |
| 2018 | The Drawing Center 2018 Benefit Auction, Participating Artist, New York, NY |
Emerging, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts and Orangenius, New York, NY |
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Cuttyhunk Artists' Residency Exhibition, Cuttyhunk Island, MA |
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Allison Hill-Edgar and Lisbet McCoy: Pop-Up Show at Hade Hollow Barn, Cooperstown, NY |
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Little But Fierce, The Alumni Association of the New York Academy of Art, ChaShaMa Union Square, New York, NY |
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2018 National Juried Exhibition of the Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, New York, NY |
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Future Stories, InterContinental New York Barclay and The Alumni Association of the New York Academy of Art, New York, NY |
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| 2017 | Ways Through It, Connect4Curators, New York, NY |
Take Home a Nude, Sotheby’s, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY |
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MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY |
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Tribeca Ball Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY |
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Uprise/Angry Women, The Untitled Space, New York, NY |
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| 2016 | Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY |
Shelter, National Association of Women in the Arts, Harlem School of the Arts, and Violence Transformed, New York, NY |
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Russia Residency Exhibition, Tribeca Art Night, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY |
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Take Home a Nude, Sotheby’s, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY |
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Interior Spaces, Smithy Center for the Arts, Cooperstown, NY |
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The Art of the Model, Smithy Center for the Arts, Cooperstown, NY |
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Tribeca Ball Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY |
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Forensic Sculpture Workshop, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY |
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Independent Spirit, SUNY Martin-Mullen Gallery, Oneonta, NY |
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NYAA Winter Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY |
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| 2015 | Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY |
Conversation Pieces, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY |
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Contemporary Portraits: The Many Faces of Our Time, Smithy Center for the Arts, Cooperstown, NY |
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Black and White, Smithy Center for the Arts, Cooperstown, NY |
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Curatorial Experience: |
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| 2017 | Hyde Hall 200th Anniversary Art Exhibition, Hyde Hall, Cooperstown, NY, July 24-October 6 |
LECTURES |
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| 2022 | “The Female Body, Revealed and Concealed,” New York Academy of Art, August 22 |
“Death Inspires Life,” New York Academy of Art, June 27 |
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“Drawing Life from Death,” Fenimore Art Museum, June 2 |
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“Leonardo da Vinci and the Human Body, Earthly and Divine,” New York Academy of Art, February 26 |
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| 2021 | “Dissecting Gender: Reframing Anatomical History Through the Female Body,” National Library of Medicine, NIH, June 3 |
| 2019 | “Vanitas Dissected: Anatomy in Art,” Utica Medical Club Annual Meeting, Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute, June 13 |
| 2018 | “Vanitas Dissected: Anatomy in Art,” New York Academy of Art, November 6 |
“Leonardo da Vinci and the Human Body, Earthly and Divine,” Fenimore Art Museum, August 19 |
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| 2017 | “Vanitas Dissected: Anatomy in Art,” Fenimore Art Museum, August 11 |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
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| 2023 | St. George’s School, “Gender in Medicine and Humanities,” Spring, 2023, RI |
| 2022 | Bassett Hospital Residency Humanism in Medicine Program, “Observation, Interpretation, and Bias I,” Summer, 2022 |
Fenimore Art Museum, “Drawing the Figure from Life,” Summer, 2022 |
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Fenimore Art Museum, “Drawing Busts Cast from Life,” Summer, 2022 |
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New York Academy of Art, “The Genius of Leonardo da Vinci,” Summer, 2022 |
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| 2019 | Fenimore Art Museum, “Learning from the Masters: Reproducing a Painting at the Fenimore,” Fall, 2019 |
| 2018 | Fenimore Art Museum, “The Portrait,” Fall, 2018 |
New York Academy of Art, Teaching Assistant, “History and Theory of Composition,” Fall, 2018 |
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| 2017 | New York Academy of Art, Teaching Assistant, “Painting, I,” Fall, 2017 |
New York Academy of Art, Teaching Assistant, “History and Theory of Composition,” Fall, 2017 |
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New York Academy of Art, Teaching Assistant, Vincent Desiderio Painting Workshop, Winter, 2017 |
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Fenimore Art Museum, “Introduction to Still Life Painting,” Fall, 2017 |
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AWARDS/GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS |
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| 2020 | Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine, National Library of Medicine |
| 2018 | Dorothy Bostwick Campbell Memorial Prize, 2018 National Juried Exhibition of the CAA |
| 2016-17 | New York Academy of Art Portrait Scholars Award |
New York Academy of Art Academy Scholar Merit Award |
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| 2015-16 | New York Academy of Art Academy Scholar Merit Award |
| 1991-94 | Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Scholarship Certificate of Merit, Harvard College |
Harvard College Scholar |
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| 1993 | Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. Grant, Harvard College |
RESIDENCIES |
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| 2018 | Cuttyhunk Island Artists' Residency, Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts, September 4-12, 2018 |
| 2016 | New York Academy of Art Russia Residency, St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia |
BIBLIOGRAPHY/PRESS |
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| 2021 | “Dissecting Gender: Reframing Anatomical History Through the Female Body,” Circulating Now, NLM/NIH, May 27, 2021 |
| 2019 | “NYC Gallery Promoting Body Positivity with New Contemporary Art Exhibit ‘Body Beautiful,’” GIRLTALKHQ, December 2, 2019 |
Dirk Petzold, “‘Body Beautiful’ — Group Show at The Untitled Space,” Weandthecolor.com, December 2019 |
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“‘Body Beautiful’ — Group Show at The Untitled Space,” AWorkstation.com, November 17, 2019 |
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Hall Rockefeller, “Milk and Bones: ‘Face to Face’ with Painter Allison Hill-Edgar,” Less Than Half, January 16, 2019 |
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| 2018 | Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. 41, 2018 |
| 2017 | Hyunjee Lee, “See Contemporary Art by Graduating New York Art Students,” New York Magazine: The Cut, May 18, 2017 |
Sarah Cascone, “Meet the Inspiring Animals That Infiltrated a New York City Art School,” artnet News, April 3, 2017 |
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Stav Ziv, “Protesting With Paint: The Growing Movement of Anti-Trump Art,” Newsweek, January 21, 2017 |
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Samantha Mercado, “11 Artworks That Celebrate Angry Women and Fight for the ERA,” Bust, January 2017 |
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Charline Jao, “TMS Visits Uprise/Angry Women to See How 80 Female Artists Are Fighting Back,” The Mary Sue, January 19, 2017 |
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Hannah Ongley, “The Feminist Art Show Challenging Trump with Voodoo and Porcelain Pussy Sculpture,” Vice, January 17, 2017 |
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Roderick Stanley, “Angry Women: Female Artists Rise Up Against Trump,” Good Trouble Magazine, January 9, 2017 |
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| 2016 | Brent Bambury, “How art school students are helping solve cold cases,” CBC Radio, April 22, 2016 |
Sophia Rosenbaum, “’Busts’ for Cold Cases,” The New York Post, March 15, 2016 |
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Stephanie Simon, “Students Sculpt and Help Solve Crimes at New York Academy of Art Workshop,” NY1, March 14, 2016 |
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Angy Altamirano, “NYC art students reconstruct faces using skulls from real cold cases,” Metro, March 14, 2016 |
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Jim Kevlin, “Minds of Their Own,” The Freeman’s Journal, February 4, 2016 |
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“'Independent Spirit' to highlight area artists' diversity,” The Daily Star, January 22, 2016 |
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Chris Harris, “New York Art Students Create 3-D Renderings from Skulls to Help Identify Unknown Murder Victims,” People Magazine (People.com), February 1, 2016 |
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“From Cold Case To Positive ID: An Art Class Helps Uncover Victims,” CNN’s The Great Big Story (greatbigstory.com) |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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| 2003 | Elisabeth Salzhauer Axel and Nina Sobol Levent, ed., Art Beyond Sight: A Resource Guide to Art, Creativity, and Visual Impairment, AEB Inc. and AFB Press, 2003 |
| 2001 | Allison A. Hill-Edgar, BA, Samih H. Nasr, MD, Alain C. Borczuk, MD, Vivette D. D’Agati, MD, Jai Radhakrishnan, MD, and Glen S. Markowitz, MD. A Rare Infectious Cause of Renal Allograft Dysfunction. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2002; Vol 40, No 5: 1103-1107 |
| 2000 | The Villager, Summer 2000. Photographs from Tibet and Mongolia published in magazine, including cover |
| 1998 | Hart JP, Cabreriza SE, Jia C-X, Umana JP, Goldstein DJ, Hill-Edgar A, Weinberg AD, Galantowicz ME, Dickstein ML, Burkhoff D, Rose EA, Spotnitz HM. Left ventricular function in a porcine model of dilated cardiomyopathy during left ventricular reduction surgery. Surg Forum 1998; 49:246-48 |
BOARD AND PUBLIC SERVICE EXPERIENCE |
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| 2023- | Board of Trustees, New York Academy of Art |
| 2023- | Board of Trustees, Family Planning of South Central New York |
| 2021- | Board of Trustees, Glimmerglass Festival |
| 2021- | Alumni Parent Chairs, St. Hilda’s and St. Hugh’s School, New York, NY |
| 2021- | Parents’ Committee, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY |
| 2020- | Harvard College Alumni Interviewer |
| 2013- | Board of Trustees, Cameron and Hayden Lord Foundation |
| 2018- | Chair of Parents’ Committee of the St. George’s School |
| 2007-18 | Board of Trustees, Hyde Hall, Inc. |
| 2009-10 | Chair of Capital Campaign, St. Hilda’s and St. Hugh’s School, New York, NY |
| 2008-11 | Board of Trustees, Otsego 2000 |