EXHIBITIONS (*Solo Shows)
2009
"Wine About It", Evan Lurie Gallery, Carmel, IN
2009*
Chaos On The Canvas, West Valley Art Museum, Surprise Arizona.
2009*
The Boundary Was Water, Handsel Gallery, Santa Fe New Mexico.
2009*
Keys To The Center, Larsen Gallery, Scottsdale Arizona.
2008*
Edge Of Natural, Ogilvie/Pertl Gallery, Chicago Illinois.
2008
FOCUS Group Exhibition, Larsen Gallery, Scottsdale Arizona.
2007
FOCUS Group Exhibition, Larsen Gallery, Scottsdale Arizona.
2006*
Earthline, Ogilvie/Pertl Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
2006
FOCUS Group Exhibition, Larsen Gallery, Scottsdale Arizona.
2005*
Emotional Fusion, Ogilvie/Pertl Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
2004
Small Wonders Group Exhibition, Ogilvie/Pertl Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
2001*
Emotional Arsenal, Art One Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona.
2000
Artlink 4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Phoenix City Hall Atrium, Phoenix, Arizona.
Juried by Beverly Adams, Phoenix Art Museum; Glen Lineberry, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale;
Julie Sasse, Tucson Museum of Art.
1998*
Deep Into A Memory, Art One Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona.
1995
First sale of work.
COLLECTIONS
Ronald McDonald House, University of Chicago, Chicago Illinois.
AllianceBernstein LP, New York City.
DMB, Inc. Scottsdale Arizona.
Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa, Arizona.
Fountainhead Corporation, Phoenix Arizona.
Highland Park Building, Scottsdale Arizona.
McDonalds Corporation, Western Regional Office, San Diego California.
UBS AG, Dallas Texas.
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2006
Blackstone Country Club, Vistancia Arizona.
2005
Ocean Club, Laguna Beach California.
2005
Shell Commercial, Scottsdale Arizona.
2005
Shepherd of the Desert Lutheran Church, Scottsdale Arizona.
2004
Sassi Restaurant, Scottsdale Arizona
As an Arizona native, I possess an innate awareness of the quiet struggle and fragile balance of the Sonoran Desert. My abstract style expresses the harmony in the desert’s chaotic emotion of line, color and form. Emotion is the soul of my work inspired by the natural and man-made architecture of the landscape of Arizona.
I use a diversity of subjective and non-subjective images combined with distinctive surfaces and shapes to explore the internal life of my art. My explorations draw you in and allow you to wonder, remember, and awaken.
I believe the eye can touch an image and reveal sensation. I create conjoined colors; so, like a prism, there is no separation of one color to the next. Thus, my work evokes a different emotion depending on one’s nearness to the canvas.
BIBLIOGRAPHY (*Reviews)
Hilario Gutierrez, Chaos On The Canvas - The Art of Hilario, 62 pages with 35 full color images, HilBarAnt Publishing, April 2009.
Kevin Nance, “Two Abstract Painters Play With A Net At River East”, Chicago Sun-Times, August 10, 2006.
Phoenix Home&Garden Magazine, April 2003.
*John Carlos Villani, "Valley Hairstylist Enjoys Shortcut To Art Success",
The Arizona Republic, September 30, 2001.
Phoenix Downtown Magazine, February 2001.
Edward Lebow, "Art:Pupil Pros", Phoenix New Times, June 1-7, 2000.
Scottsdale Magazine, Winter 1999.
The Tribune's Get Out Weekly Magazine, June 11, 1998.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
2008-Present Exhibit and sell work through Handsel Gallery, Santa Fe New Mexico.
2007-Present Exhibit and sell work through Select Art, Dallas Texas.
2006-Present Exhibit and sell work through Third & Wall Art Group, Seattle Washington.
2006-2007 Exhibited and sold work through Gallery Sam, Berkeley California.
2005-Present Exhibit and sell work through Larsen Gallery, Scottsdale Arizona.
2004-Present Exhibit and sell work through Ogilvie/Pertl Gallery, Chicago Illinois.
1997-2005 Exhibited and sold work through Art One Gallery, Scottsdale Arizona.
1996 Exhibited and sold work through CeTerra Gardens&Interiors, Scottsdale Arizona.
1995-96 Exhibited and sold work through Scottsdale Art, Scottsdale Arizona.
EDUCATION
1994
Began serious pursuit of painting.
1977-95
Various classes in the art and science of hair color.
1976-77
United Academy of Beauty, Phoenix Arizona; obtained cosmetology license 1977.
1973-76
Professional photographer.
1972-74
Phoenix College; various classes in photography and art, taught by well known photographer, Allen Dutton.
1969-1972
US Navy; veteran of the Vietnam War.
1968
Graduated Sunnyslope High School, Phoenix Arizona.
PERSONAL
1950 Born, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Phoenix Arizona.