Hollis Brown Thornton :::::::::: Information
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Transfer Process :::::::::: A step by step guide of the pigment transfer process with photos.

Gallery Representation

Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC
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Solo Exhibitions
2009   Hollis Brown Thornton: The Geography of Space, Sumter County Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC
2008   The Earth on the Back of the Giant Turtle, preview exhibition, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC
           The Earth on the Back of the Giant Turtle
, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007   Great Sea Creatures & the Earth on the Back of the Giant Turtle , if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC
2006   Mary Pauline Gallery, Augusta, GA
2005   Great Sea Creatures & Punica Granatum, City Art, Columbia, SC
           Great Sea Creatures & Punica Granatum, Jackson Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Aiken, SC
2004   The Great Fish & Every Kind of Plant that Bears Seed, Jackson Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Aiken, SC
2002   Verdir, Chicago, IL
2001   80808 Vista Studios, Columbia, SC
           Aiken Center for the Arts, Aiken, SC
2000   Gallery 701, Columbia, SC

Group Exhibitions
2009   Salon III: The Print Exhibition, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC
           PHOTO-BASED, Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, GA
           Gallery Artists Group Show, Linda Warren Gallery (Project Space), Chicago, IL
           100 Under 1000, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC
2008   The Inventory, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC
           20th Anniversary Juried Art Exhibition, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC
           Cultural Council’s Founders’ Dinner, The Summit Club, Columbia, SC
           Internationales Künstlersymposium 10, Volksbank, Kaiserslautern, Germany
           The Salon I & II, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC
2007   Art Miami, Miami, FL
           The Warming Landscape, www.thebruise.com
           Project Space, Linda Warren Gallery (Project Space), Chicago, IL
           Kleinformat / Small Format, The Columbia - Kaiserslautern Exchange, if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC
           A Holiday Exhibition, Mary Pauline Gallery, Augusta, GA
2006   South Carolina Birds: A Fine Arts Exhibition, The City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC
           Take The Field, Winfield Studio & Wilmington Street Gallery, Winfield, KS
           South Carolina Birds: A Fine Arts Exhibition, Pickens County Museum of Art & History, Pickens, SC
           A Holiday Exhibition, Mary Pauline Gallery, Augusta, GA
2004   Aberration/Pollination, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
           South Carolina Birds: A Fine Arts Exhibition, Sumter Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC
           South Carolina Birds: A Fine Arts Exhibition, Franklin G. Burroughs - Simon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
2003   The Felt Moment, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
2001   Procession, Fresh Pastabilities, Columbia, SC
           Phobia 2001, Thirteenth Floor Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000   The Muse, Gallery 701, Columbia, SC
           Aritsta Vista 2000, Columbia, SC
1999   USC Student Art Show, McKissick Museum, Columbia, SC
           Foundation, Gallery 701, Columbia, SC
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Artist Statement
The phrase “The Earth on the Back of the Giant Turtle” originates in Native American myth. In the story, the world is covered in water and an animal is asked to dive to the bottom of the primordial ocean to collect mud to form the dry land on the back of a huge turtle. Although this earth origin may seem silly today, the story is one in countless explanations cultures throughout history have formed defining the origins of Earth and the nature of the universe. We constantly question events happening around us and our answers are always dictated by our limited perspective, by what we know or don’t know, by being born into a culture with a dominant religious or mythological or scientific belief, and by living in a constant state of flux and, eventually, death. And it is our perspective, beliefs, culture, religion that make this turtle story seem a bit unrealistic, just as future generations will likely dismiss certain beliefs of our time. The story of the earth on the back of the giant turtle is another step in the continuously developing understanding of an ever-changing reality through science and experience, from explaining how and why the sun sets to predicting the path of a hurricane to trying to understand the growing impact of virtual reality to the potential future realities.

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Articles, Interviews, Lectures & Publications
Forth Thread Interview :::::::::: March 7, 2010
Say Mayday Interview :::::::::: March 5, 2010
File Magazine Interview :::::::::: March 1, 2010
Morris Museum of Art :::::::::: February 11, 2010, Terra Cognita Lecture Series
A5 Magazine :::::::::: January 2010, No. 9 The Remix Issue
Vice Magazine :::::::::: December 2009, The Fiction Issue
Ape on the Moon :::::::::: September 20, 2009
A5 Magazine :::::::::: July 2009, No. 8 The Hero Issue
Café Royal 5 :::::::::: June 2009, 17 artists, 180 pages, numbered edition of 200
Diskursdisko Interview :::::::::: June 6, 2009
A5 Magazine :::::::::: February 2009, No.7 The Childhood Issue
Die Rheinpfalz :::::::::: October 18, 2008, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Not Paper Interview :::::::::: September 14, 2008
Chicago Tribune :::::::::: July 4, 2008, Chicago, IL
New City :::::::::: July 3, 2008, Chicago, IL
Undefined :::::::::: June 30, 2008, Columbia, SC
Artist Interviewing Artist :::::::::: December 7, 2007 interview with Tim Lane
The State :::::::::: September 24, 2005, Columbia, SC
Free Times :::::::::: February 2-8, 2005, Columbia, SC
Aiken Standard :::::::::: January 20, 2005, Aiken, SC
New City :::::::::: June 17, 2004, Chicago, IL
The Augusta Chronicle :::::::::: February 22, 2004, Augusta, GA
Aiken Standard :::::::::: July 10, 2003, Aiken, SC
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Album Artwork
Lucky Soul - A Coming of Age :::::::::: Ruffa Lane, 2010
Helios - Live at the Triple Door :::::::::: Unseen Records, 2010 (inside & back cover artwork)
Lucky Soul - White Russian Doll :::::::::: Ruffa Lane, 2010
Primary 1 - Mess Detective :::::::::: Grow Up Records, 2009
Redpoint - Sense of Summer :::::::::: HIdden Music, 2009
Redpoint - Nostalgia For Now :::::::::: Hidden Music, 2008
Our Sleepless Forest - Our Sleepless Forest :::::::::: Resonant Records, 2008
The Narwhal Invasion - If We Were Constellations :::::::::: Corps-Morts Records & Ethedrone Muzac, 2007
Thomas Denver Jonsson - The Lake Acts Like An Ocean :::::::::: Kite Recordings, 2007
Goldmund - Corduroy Road :::::::::: Type Records, 2005
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