D A R I U S    H I L L
B I O G R A P H Y

Darius Hill is an Alabama School of Fine Arts Visual Arts graduate (class of 1985) and has taught at ASFA since 1998. In 2002, Hill was named Chair of the Visual Arts Department. He graduated in 1992 from the Atlanta College of Art with a BFA in printmaking. He is an exhibiting artist, participating in shows throughout the southeast including New Vision Gallery, Atlanta, GA; the University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL; and the Cross Roads Initiative, New Orleans, LA.

   Hill's work is represented in many corporate and private collections

throughout the U.S. He has earned several honors and awards including the Frances Hook Scholarship Award 1992 and the Best in Show Award at the Magic City Art Connection 1991. He was recently awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Alabama Council on the Arts. Upcoming exhibitions include Alabama Big Prints, at the Alabama School of Fine Arts (March 2004) and Alabama Masters, in Montgomery, Alabama.
A R T I S T   S T A T E M E N T
  For the most part, I work in a very spontaneous manner; rarely mapping out my compositions ahead of time. Although I do draw extensively in sketch book
ideas. Through the years, certain images and forms appear over and over again in these sketch books and in my actual work. These forms, which are a series of "personal symbols", have become the focus of my recent drawings. Like much of my work, these drawings are based on my strong interest in medieval and gothic architecture. Working in such a large scale allowed me to push the monumental feel of the forms, emphasizing the power and beauty in the architecture that is my original inspiration.
E X P E R I E N C E   A N D    C R E D E N T I A L S

Chair, Visual Art Department
The Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, Alabama
August 2002 - present

Art Instructor
The Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, Alabama
September 1998 - present

 
E D U C A T I ON
The Atlanta College of Art, B.F.A., Atlanta, Georgia, May 1992
Concentration: Printmaking
Graduate of the Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, Alabama, May 1985
Concentration: Visual Arts
H O N O R S   A N D   A W A R D S
Individual Artist Fellowship, Alabama State Council on the Arts, 2002
Magic City Art Connection, Birmingham, Alabama
M.C.A.C. Award on Merit - 1994
City of Birmingham Award of Merit - 1993
Best of Show Award - 1991
S E LE C T E D   E X H I B I T I O N S

Featured Artist at Monty Stabler Galleries, Birmingham, Alabama, May 2004

"Recent Work by Darius and Bethanne Hill", Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama, November 2003

"Printsouth 2003", Art Walk, Birmingham, Alabama, September 2003

"Behind the Yellow Door", Twenty-First Street Studios, Birmingham, Alabama, June 2003

"Recent Work by Jim Neel and Darius Hill", Troy State University, Troy, Alabama, March 2003

"Big Prints Symposium", Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, Alabama, January 2003

"Printmakers", Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama, November 2002

"Red Clay Survey", Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, September 2002

Solo Exhibition, "Recent Work on Paper", University of Montevallo, Montevallo, Alabama, September 2001

Juried Exhibition, University of Alabama in Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, April 2000

"Crossroads Initiative", Crossroads Art Collective, New Orleans, Louisianna, April 1997

"Sudden Disappearances: St

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