BRIAN HITSELBERGER
Artist / Writer / Publisher
Education
2010 MFA University of Georgia
2005 BFA Tulane University
Solo
2023 Postcards from Iceland, The Weather Station, Lafayette, Indiana
2022 More World, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2021
Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You*, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, Georgia
2019 Witch Dance, North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
2019
Healer, {Poem88}, Atlanta, Georgia
2018
Other Ways of Telling, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, Maryland
2017
Counterspell, {Poem88}, Atlanta, Georgia
2017 Delays and Interruptions*, Central Collective, Knoxville, Tennessee
2016
Seeing in the Dark, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
2015
Forgetting the Self, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, Georgia
2012
Many Times But Then, Greenville Tech, Greenville, South Carolina
*two-person show with Julie Wills
*two-person show with Jessie van Der Laan
Selected Group
2025 Fold, Stop-Gap Projects, Columbia, Missouri
2025 BasketCat, Basketshop Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2025 Cultivate EXPR., Slipvillan, Stockholm, Sweden
2024 Faculty Biennial, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
2024
Journalism of the Line, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
2024
Totality, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, Indiana
2022
Faculty Biennial, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
2022 OH+4, Dairy Barn Art Center, Athens, Ohio
2021 Turn the Page, Catapult Gallery, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
2020 Tiny Universe III, Hotel Indigo, Athens, Georgia
2019
Faculty Exhibition, Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art, Demorest, Georgia
2018 Summer Swan Invitational, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2018 Transpositions, Linda Matney Gallery, Williamsburg, Virginia
2017
Locus, Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art, Demorest, Georgia
2017
Art Fields, Lake City, South Carolina
2017
BURNAWAY Art Crush, Gallery 874, Atlanta, Georgia
2016 Tiny Universe II, Hotel Indigo, Athens, Georgia
2016
Faculty Exhibition, Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art, Demorest, Georgia
2016
Proximity, Malone Gallery, Troy University, Troy, Alabama
2015
Transitory Identifications, Linda Matney Gallery LLC, Williamsburg, Virginia
2015
Tease, ATHICA, Athens, Georgia
2015
Annual Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, Georgia
2015
To-Do List Project, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens
2014 Arcana, ATHICA, Athens, Georgia
2014
True Colors, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2014
Faculty Exhibition, Piedmont College, Demorest, Georgia
2014
Mailbox, Hambidge Center for the Arts, Rabun Gap, Georgia
2014
Tiny Universe, Hotel Indigo, Athens, Georgia
2014
Crossfire, Latticeworks Collective, Athens, Georgia
2014
A Tribute to Sandy Chism, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
2013
Silver and Exact, Piedmont College, Demorest, Georgia
2013
6 Emerging Artists, Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia
2013
MAKE, Hotel Indigo, Athens, Georgia
2013
Content, ATHICA, Athens, Georgia
2012 Groundstory, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia
2012
The Synthetic Mind, ATHICA, Athens, Georgia
2011
Atlanta Print Biennial, Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2011
Postcolonials, Linda Matney Gallery LLC, Williamsburg, Virginia
2011
Taking Part, ATHICA, Athens, Georgia
2011
An Exchange w Sol LeWitt, Cabinet, Brooklyn, New York
2010
Babylon Lexicon, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2010
Mondohomo, Eyedrum, Atlanta, Georgia
2010
6x6: Play, Cine Lab, Athens, Georgia
2010
From Point A to Point B, Museum of Contemporary Art-Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia
2009
Lingering Sights, North Georgia State University, Dahlonega, Georgia
2009
Fireworks, 18 Rabbit Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2009
Crafting Romance, ATHICA, Athens, GA
Residencies
2023 NES,
Skagaströnd, Iceland
2018
Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, Georgia
2016
Hambidge Center for the Arts, Rabun Gap, Georgia
2013 Hambidge Center for the Arts, Rabun Gap, Georgia
2012 Hambidge Center for the Arts, Rabun Gap, Georgia
2008 Elsewhere Artist Collaborative, Greensboro South Carolina
2006 Hub City Arts Initiative, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Book Fairs (as Two Steps Press)
2024 MdW Summit, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri
2024 Pittsburgh Art Book Fair, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2024 Athens Art Book Fair, The Athenaeum, Athens, Georgia
2023 Detroit Art Book Fair, Trinosophes, Detroit, Michigan
2023 Cinncinati Art Book Fair, The Carnegie, Covington, Kentucky
Curatorial
2023- The Weather Station
2019 Monologue, Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art, Demorest, Georgia (co-curator)
2018- Two Steps Press
2012 Silver and Exact, Piedmont College, Demorest, Georgia
2011
6 x 6: Time, Cine Lab, Athens, Georgia
2010 Marco Polo Quarterly (online)
Visiting Artist Presentations/Lectures
2024 Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
2024 University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana
2023 Wabash College, Carfordsville, Indiana
2019 North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
2018 Montgomory College, Takoma Park, Maryland
2013 University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
2012 Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia
2012 Greenville Tech, Greenville, South Carolina
2010 The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
2010 University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
2009 University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, Georgia
2009 ATHICA, Athens, Georgia
2008 Gainesville State College, Gainesville, Georgia
2007 USC-Upstate, Spartanburg, South Carolina
2007 Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Academic Appointments
2020- Senior Lecturer in Art, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
2018-2020 Associate Professor of Art, Piedmont Univiersity, Demorest, Georgia
2013-2017 Assistant Professor of Art, Piedmont University, Demorest, Georgia
2012 Teaching Fellow, Piedmont University, Demorest, Georgia
2011-2012 Part-Time Faculty, Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
2011-2012 Adjunct Faculty, Gainesville State College, Gainesville, Georgia
2011 Adjunct Faculty, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Workshops
2025 Introduction to Risograph Printing, Purdue Knowledge Lab, West Lafayette, Indiana
2025 Lost + Bound: Artist Book Workshop, Basketshop Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2025 2- and 3-color Risograph Printing, Purdue Knowledge Lab, West Lafayette, Indiana
2025 One-Page Zine Workshop, Delphi Community School, Delphi, Indiana
2019 Japanese Bookbinding, KA Artist Shop, Athens, Georgia
2015-2020 Studio Series Workshops, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia
2013 Governor’s Honors Program, Valdosta State Univeristy, Valdosta, Georgia
2013 Zine Workshop, Double Dutch Press, Athens, Georgia
2010 Summer Art Adventures, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia
2010 Inside/Out: Bookbinding Workshop, Quinlan Arts Center, Gainesville, Georgia
2008 Visual Arts Workshop, Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Selected Press Press + Bibliography
2024 Public Media Institute, Lumpen Radio Broadcast (with John Englebrecht)
2018 Metro Weekly, Other Ways of Telling
2017 The Flagpole, Artists Often Struggle
2015 Linda Matney Gallery Blog, Interview
2014 365 Days 365 Artists, November 4th
2013 The Red + Black - Double Dutch Joins Forces
2012 Hambidge Center Blog, Interview
2012 Art Notes (August) - The Synthetic Mind, The Flagpole, Athens, Georgia
2010 Art Papers, Jan/Feb - Elsewhere Collaborative: Community, Dispersal and Reciprocity
2008 Art Notes (November) - Vamping It Up, The Flagpole, Athens, Georgia
2008 Athens Banner-Herald (October 15) - So Much to Say, So Little Time
2007 The Wooster Collective (March 7) - Scarecrow Wedding
Selected Collections
Hargrett Library, University of Georgia
Hub City Arts Initiative
John Hay Library, Brown University
McHenry Library, University of California, Santa Cruz
NES Artist Residency
New York Public Library
Purdue Knowledge Lab
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of Design
Special Collections, University of Iowa
Special Collections, University of Wisconsin
Special Collections, University of Nebraska
Special Collections, Cleveland Institute of Art
Special Collections, Yale University
Special Collections, Columbia College, Chicago
Special Collections, University of Alabama
Special Collections, Cornell University
Tulane University Rare Book Archives
The University of the South
University of Georgia Art Library
University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Wells Book Arts Center Collection, Wells College
Awards + Grants
2024 Excellence in Teaching Award, Rueff School of Art + Design, Purdue University
2023 Suzie Coles Memorial Award, The Arts Federation
2022 NEA Individual Arts Grant, The Arts Federation
2021 On-Ramp Grant, Indiana Arts Commission
2019 Faculty Development Grant, Piedmont University
2018 Faculty Development Grant, Piedmont University
2017 Faculty Development Grant, Piedmont University
2015 Faculty Development Grant, Piedmont University
2012 Georgia Council for the Arts Grant
2009 Graduate Research Grant, Willson Center for the Humantities
2005 Marjorie C. Clark Award, Tulane University
2005 Georges Lurcy Grant, Tulane University
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