Hollis Brown Thornton :::::::::: Information
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 Earth on the Back of the Giant Turtle" is a Native American myth that has been a central theme behind the artwork of Hollis Brown Thornton. This myth served as an explanation of how Earth was created and how humankind came to its present form. Although the perception of the world being carried on the back of a giant turtle seems entirely illogical in today's context, the myth still exists in our modern repertoire. The main drive of HBT's work is an exploration into the convergence of past ideas and modern sensibilities.

"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...

"Who are we? Where do we come from?  What happens when we and the people we know die? We live in a constant state of flux and there is a prevailing sense of uncertainty about what happens next.

"The VHS, like the turtle story, represent outdated things that continue to exist, bound to us by their initial value, and now wound up in habit, nostalgia, or loyalty."

-Hollis Brown Thornton

HBT uses modern cultural artifacts ranging from family photos to pop culture imagery in order to illustrate the modern relevance of these ideas from the past. In the acrylic paintings, pigment transfers, and marker drawings, the use of "erase face" and "limbo lines" all play key roles in uniting the fleeting present to a lingering past.

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Gallery Representation

Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
if ART Gallery, Columbia, SC
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Articles, Interviews, Lectures & Publications
Notastereotype Interview :::::::::: May 5, 2010
Sycamore Street Press Interview :::::::::: April 8, 2010
Designious Times Interview :::::::::: April 7, 2010
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
Goldmund - Famous Places :::::::::: Unseen Records, 2010
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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Links

Transfer Process:::::::::: A step by step guide of the pigment transfer process with photos.
Roberto Calbucci :::::::::: Artist
April Gertler :::::::::: Collage, Drawing
Café Royal :::::::::: Painting, Drawing, Zines
Cake :::::::::: Drawing & Painitng
Clare Grill :::::::::: Painting
Eva Nielsen :::::::::: Painting
France Valliccioni :::::::::: Artist, Writer
Kristian Goddard :::::::::: Designer
Monika Bielskyte
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Paper Whistle :::::::::: Drawing, Painting & Collage
Pesce Khete :::::::::: Painting
Vrno :::::::::: Drawing & Painitng