Joseph Hillier

In 2001 Joseph traveled to New Orleans to study an MFA at Tulane University. There Joseph won a scholarship and teaching role at the University, where he made the group of works Being Human. The entire group of 5 large works were hired then sold to a single corporate collection whilst being shipped back to the UK. This funded Joseph's first studio in London, where he completed the installation Generation, and also held a solo show at APT Gallery, London.

Elected associate member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors in 2004, Joseph's work has been widely exhibited in galleries and sculpture parks. He has eleven large-scale permanent public works installed around the UK and Europe. The largest of these, In Our Image (2009), stands at 16.7m tall, and has received considerable international interest. In Our Image took eighteen months to complete, with the assistance of six companies and civil engineers Arup.

Joseph lives in a rural village on the outskirts of Newcastle in the UK, with his wife and three young children, where he has purpose built a studio to enable the creation of large-scale works.

Education:
2003 MFA Sculpture. Tulane University, New Orleans
2000 Cyprus College of Art, Summer School
1997 Newcastle University, BA (Hons) Fine Art
1993 Falmouth School of Art, Foundation Course Art and Design

Selected Exhibitions:
2012 Myles Meehan Gallery, it’s not true, but it might be beautiful, solo exhibition
2011 Globe Gallery, Fast Forward, group exhibition
2008 DLI Durham, solo exhibition
2008 Burghley Sculpture Garden, Stamford. Two pieces in group show
2007 Art Gene, Barrow in Furness. Exhibition curated by Workplace Gallery
2007 Newby Hall, North Yorkshire. Group Exhibition
2007 Contemporary Art Society, Economist Plaza, London. Solo exhibition, May-July.
2006-7 Install, Saltwell Park, Gateshead. Group Exhibition.
2006 Newby Hall, North Yorkshire. Three works in the grounds of Adam House.
2006 Glasgow International, Showed Dumb, with Workplace Gallery.
2006 Great Eastern Hotel, London. Sited installation, supported by Rollo Contemporary.
2005 Lure, solo exhibition at APT gallery London, supported by Rollo Contemporary.
2005 Exhibited at Burghley Sculpture Garden as part of ‘Sculptors Drawing”
2005 Royal British Sculptors Society show at the Botanic Gardens in Leicester.
2003 Being Human, became part of the permanent collection at ONE North East, Newcastle.
2003 Magazine Street Gallery, New Orleans. Recent works in gallery collection.
2003 Carroll Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans.
2000 VANE. Hors...