bio

Hall grew up near Binghamton, NY. His interest in structures originated with the bridges and industrial architecture surrounding that region. Once a major source for manufacturing along the railway that fed New York City and Chicago, Binghamton has suffered a lingering economic decline. Attempts toward urban renewal and revitalization saw much of the cities industrial identity erased. The partially demolished structures that remained along with the vacant shells of abandoned factories became subjects for his investigation and inquiry.

 

His work is an ongoing exploration into the spaces and identity of structures within the built environment.

 

In 1997 he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from the State University of New York at New Paltz. He moved to Seattle in 1998.  He was awarded Artist Trust GAP grants in 2004 and 2001, and his work is in the collections of the City of Seattle and King County.

 


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EDUCATION

State University of New York at New Paltz. BFA Painting, 1997. Summa Cum Laude

 

 

SOLO-EXHIBITIONS

2007    Residual. Collins Pub, Seattle, WA (2004)

2005    Untitled. Priceless Works Gallery, Seattle, WA

2003    WARP. Tost, Seattle, WA

2001    Industrial Portrait Series. SAW Gallery, Seattle, WA

1997    Theory of Knowledge. Sojourner Truth Library, SUNY, New Paltz, NY

1996    History and Accident. BFA show. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY

 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009    CVG Annual WA State Juried Exhibition. Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton, WA

            (juror: Gary Faigin, Cofounder and Director of the Gage Academy of Art)

2008    Untitled. AREA 51, Seattle, WA

            Artist Trust Auction. Seattle Center, Seattle, WA (2006, 2004, 2002)

2005    NW Fine Arts Competition. Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA

            (jurors: Deborah Paine and Dionne Haroutunian)

2004    Urban Dwellers 2. Priceless Works Gallery, Seattle, WA

            Window Dressing. Woolworth Building, Tacoma WA

            Urban Dwellers. Priceless Works Gallery, Seattle, WA

2002    Consequence. Bemis Building, Seattle WA

2001    NW Annual. Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

            (juror: Michael Sweney, Director of Charles Cowles Gallery, NYC, NY)

            Seclusion. SAW Gallery, Seattle, WA

            Community Art Show. South Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA

1995    Works on Paper. Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

 

 

AWARDS

2009    CVG Annual WA State Juried Art Exhibition: (First Place 2-D Art - “Demolition #6”)

2005    King County Portable Works Collection: “Purchase Award”

2004    GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA

2001    Seattle Collects: “Purchase Award”

            GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA

1996    Alumni Scholarship, SUNY, New Paltz

 

 

COLLECTIONS

City of Seattle, Portable Works

King County, Portable Works

 

 

PUBLIC ART

2005    The Machine. Collaborative Project for Burning Man. Black Rock City, NV

            (Two-Story Interactive Kinetic Sculpture:www.themach12e.org)

2001    Iron Pig. Pike Place Market Foundation, Benefit Event, Seattle, WA

 

 

HONORARIUMS

2005    Panelist. Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Project Awards, AK