Bio
A Pittsburgh native, Hall honed his artistic skills at the High School for
the Creative and Performing Arts, the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and the
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. In 1999, he relocated to
Seattle, becoming an artist-member of a Seattle based gallery called
Gallery 110 and showcasing his work at prominent Northwestern
institutions like The Tacoma Museum, The Seattle Art Museum, and
The Wing Luke Asian Museum. Hall has been honored with numerous
prestigious awards and grants, including the Helen Frankenthaler Studio
Residency, a Macdowell Artist Fellowship, a Gottlieb Foundation Grant,
the Pollock-Krasner Grant, Headlands Center For The Arts Residency,
a 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Painting, The Sharpe-Walentas
Studio Program, and The Bronx Museum of the Arts AIM Residency
Program.
In his practice, Hall seamlessly blends fiction and nonfiction in his
narrative paintings, crafting otherworldly spaces where figures
contemplate and navigate the complexities of the past, present, and
future. Hall's creative process heavily relies on digital tools, particularly
the computer, which he uses for experimenting with color, composition
and scale. His work draws from a rich tapestry of influences, including
his personal experiences growing up in the challenging environments of
Pittsburgh, PA. Hall's distinctive style transforms domestic interiors,
plantations, and various environmental structures into surreal dreamscapes
that evoke historical and contemporary issues related to race and social
constructionism.
Hall often incorporates media references such as video game imagery,
Hall often incorporates media references such as video game imagery,
Civil Rights protest photographs, and racial stereotypes, exposing the
intricate biases woven into the fabric of everyday life. His work is also
deeply influenced by the Surrealist art movement of the early 20th
century, echoing its historical practices while exploring modern day
themes.
CV
Selected Group Exhibitions: Art Fairs:
James Harris Gallery Seattle Art Fair - 2024
“Ghost Stories" Expo Chicago - 2024
Dallas, TX - April 28th - June 27th 2026 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair - New York, NY - May, 2023
West Bund Art Fair - Shanghai, China - Nov, 2021
Marrow Gallery 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair - New York, NY - May, 2021
“Small Works” Portal Art Fair - New York, NY - May, 2016
San Francisco, CA - Dec 8th - Jan 13th 2026 Spring/Break Art Fair - New York, NY - March, 2016
McBride/Dillman Selected Reviews and or Publications:
“Interior Worlds/Exterior Myths”
Smack Mellon Hot Picks - 2017 Top Artists List
Center for Performance Research Smack Mellon Hot Picks program, 2015 Top Artists List
“When The Eye Speaks” Art Voices Magazine: - 2013 - 25 Artists to Watch & Collect
Brooklyn, NY - July 25th 2024 The Stranger, “Slog” - 2013
The Stranger, “Slog” - 2012
Art Cake Exhibition Space Art In America - 2007
“Residents Exhibition”
Brooklyn, NY - July 14th - October 13th 2023 Residencies, Grants & Awards:
University of Washington, Jacob Lawrence Gallery ISCP Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Residency, Brooklyn, NY - 2025 - 26
“Black Surrealism” MacDowell Artist Fellowship Residency, Peterborough, NH - June/July 2025
Seattle, WA - June 27th - July 11th 2023 Headlands Center For The Arts Residency, Sausalito, CA - 2024
Triangle Arts Residency, Brooklyn, NY - 2024
Art Cake Exhibition Space Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program - Brooklyn, NY - 2021 - 2022
“Anniversary Resident Showcase" Elizabeth Foundation For the Arts - New York, NY - 2018 - 2019
Brooklyn, NY - July 14th - March 11th 2023 Skowhegan School of Painting And Sculpture, Skowhegan, MN - 2016
The Bronx Museum of the Arts (AIM program) - Bronx, NY - 2015
Hesse Flatow NARS; Studio Residency Fellowship - Brooklyn, NY - 2014
“Augurhythms” 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Painting
New York, NY - July 14th - August 26th 2022 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Individual Grant Recipient - 2023
Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant - 2018
VillageOne Art Pollock-Krasner Grant - 2016
“Revealing The Beauty Within” 2013 Artist Fellowship Award - The Artist Trust of Washington State
New York, NY - May 24th - June 25th 2022
Aout Gallery Selected Institutional & Private Collections:
“Young Dreams”
Gemmayzeh, Beirut - February 24th - April 1st 2021 Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, AR
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Wa
Wa Na Wari Arts Space Green River College, Auburn, Wa
Seattle, WA. - January 2nd 2020 - March 8th 2020 Michael Xufu Huang
Beth Rudin DeWoody
Provincetown Art Association and Museum
"The 2018 Grant Recipients"
Provincetown, MA September 27th - Nov 10th, 2019
Center On Contemporary Art
"Painters Who Know How To Paint"
Seattle, WA June 7th - July 14th, 2018
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
James Harris Gallery - "Remnants", Dallas, TX - 2024
Duane Thomas Gallery - “New Paintings”, NYC - 2020
Ground Floor Gallery - "Undisclosed: Visual Conversations"
Brooklyn, NY - 2019
Basile Gallery of Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN - 2018
Education:
Skowhegan School of Painting And Sculpture, Skowhegan, MN 2016
Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa
High school for the Creative and Performing Arts, Pittsburgh, Pa
Born in Pittsburgh, Pa
Lives in Brooklyn, NY
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