K R I S T I N H O U G H
  • paintings
    • Believe. Achieve.
    • Hot $lot$
    • It's All Coming Up
    • Curtain-up
    • Fantasies of Triumph
    • microcosmic gods
    • lagoon dance
    • how to: a paradise
    • it churns
    • different fish different lifestyles
  • works on paper
    • the flood
    • the mechanisms of bliss
    • dudes & ducks
  • objects
    • a car will be waiting to take you home (book)
    • will you accept this rose? (scarves)
    • self-improvement blankets
    • pious beach towels
  • exhibitions
    • documentation
    • External Links >
      • It's All Coming Up
      • Fantasies of Triumph
      • Almost Paradise
  • curatorial + collaborations
    • outback projects
    • Pinewood Vortex
    • Thunderstruck Collective
    • on the tip of my tongue
    • WHERE WE WERE WHEN WE WERE NOT WHO WE ONCE WERE
  • CV + Contact
K R I S T I N  H O U G H
kristinhough@gmail.com
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​b. 1989

EDUCATION
2016   MFA, Studio Art, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
2011    BA, Studio Art & English, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

EXHIBITIONS
Solo 
2022  Believe. Achieve., Burb Contemporary, Sacramento, CA
2022  Time Out For Tears, Windmill Library Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2022   
HOT! l o o s e $tinkin’ WICKED wild P O W E R, HP Billboard Gallery, Reno, NV
2022   Time Out For Tears, Laughlin Library Gallery, Laughlin, NV
2021   Time Out For Tears, Whitney Library Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2021   The Last Resort, Tahoe Gallery, Sierra Nevada University, Incline Village, NV

2021    It’s All Coming Up, Stone House Art Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina 
2020  Fantasies of Triumph, Holland Project Gallery, Reno, NV
2011    Frontiers | Paintings, Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT
Group
2023   Infinite Life (forthcoming), Stone House Art Gallery, Virtual Exhibition
2023   ALL IN, Holland Project Gallery, Reno, NV
2022   Alkali Syllabi, Sheppard Contemporary, Reno, NV
2022  Biggest Little Kisses, window mine, Baitball, Bari, Italy

2021    Pinewood Vortex, (w/ Faith Sponsler), Windmill Library Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2021   ALL IN, Holland Project Gallery, Reno, NV   
2021    Thunderstruck 2.0: black hole sun, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR 

2021    Emotional Weather, Winchester-Dondero Cultural Center, Las Vegas, NV
2021    Almost Paradise, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
2021    The Pen Pal Art Show, Leiminspace, Los Angeles, CA
2020    RAL Year One Retrospective, Rogers Studio Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2020    New Monuments for a Future Las Vegas, Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2020    Pen Pal, Stone House Art Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
2020    Love and Isolation, AML Space, Virtual Exhibition
2020    While Supplies Last, Spring/Break, Los Angeles, CA
2019    Hot Fun, Jay Jay Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2019    Stuck in Heaven, Leiminspace, Los Angeles, CA
2019    Placed, Also Gallery, Virtual Exhibition
2019    Gone Sunday, Spring/Break, Los Angeles, CA 
2019    Great Hope, Annex Gallery at Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA
2018    Welcome to Miami, The Neon Heater Gallery, Findlay, OH 
2018    Faculty / Student Show, Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
2018    Great Hope, Tiny Town Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2018    Friends with Benefits, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Columbia, MO
2018    Great Hope, Union Gallery, Amherst, MA
2017    GIFC, 0.0 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016    Southern California / Baja Biennial, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
2016    Altered States of Collage, San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2016    Having Happened,Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA
2016    The Cocktail Party Effect, Embark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015    Mental Throes, Third Space, Davis, CA
2015    Subject to Change, Beatnik Studios, Sacramento, CA
2015    White Line Fever, Third Space, Davis, CA
2014    Synesthesia, The Davis Art Salon, The Nelson Gallery, Davis, CA
2014    The Invitation, Silicon Valley Art Fair, San Mateo, CA
2013    Raw Artists Showcase, Kaleidoscope, Ventura, CA
2011    Thesis Art Exhibition, Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT

CURATORIAL

2022    I WANT TO BE A JOYFUL BOTTOMLESS BIT, Other Places Art Fair, Santa Rosa, CA
2021    SEEDED, Test Site Projects, Las Vegas, NV
2021    WHERE WE WERE WHEN WE WERE NOT WHO WE ONCE WERE, Holland Project Gallery, Reno, NV
2021    Whiptail, Outback Projects, Virtual Exhibition
2020    Built to Fail, Outback Arthouse, Las Vegas, NV

2020    Soft Reflex, Other Places Art Fair, Virtual Exhibition
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2020    Producing Space, National Monument Press & Outback Arthouse, Virtual Exhibition

2019    On the Tip of My Tongue, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
2019    Fresh Air, Outback Arthouse, Los Angeles, CA
2019    Artsea, Marina del Rey, CA
2019    Out of the Sun, Outback Arthouse, Los Angeles, CA
2018    Hot Rolled, Outback Arthouse, Los Angeles, CA
2018    Dispersed Transmissions, Co-curator, Another Year in LA, Virtual Exhibition
2018    Something From Something Else, Outback Arthouse, Los Angeles, CA
2018    Bloom In, Outback Arthouse, Los Angeles, CA
        
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2022   Nevada Arts Council Project Grant For Artists
2021   Honorable Mention, Emotional Weather Exhibition, Curated by Alisha Kerlin
2018    Exceptional Children’s Foundation’s Downtown Art Center Artist-in-Residence

2018    Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant Nominee
2017    Vermont Studio Center Residency & Artist Grant
2016    UC Davis Department of Art Studio Graduate Fellowship
2015    Margrit Mondavi Summer Research Fellowship, UC Davis
2016    Freemon Gadberry Award in Art, UC Davis
2015    Provost Fellowship, UC Davis
2011    Departmental Honors in Studio Art, Wesleyan University
2010    Jamie A. Hulley Arts Foundation Award

COLLECTIONS
2020    Special Collections, UC Davis Library

PUBLICATIONS 
2020    Art Music Lit Space Issue #1
2020    Mountains Aren’t Just Funny, by Kristin Hough and Faith Sponsler (self-published)
2019    Friend of the Artist Volume 8 
2018    A Car Will Be Waiting To Take You Home,  National Monument Press
2018    Mailbox #2, Mail Room Press
2017     Mailbox #1, Mail Room Press
2014    Composite Arts Magazine #18, Youth
2014    Studio Visit Magazine #23
2013    New American Paintings #103
2010    Ostranenie Magazine 5.2
2007    Ostranenie Magazine 2.1 

PRESS 
2022   Kristin Hough: No Time For Tears, by D.K. Sole, Settlers + Nomads
2021   10 art attractions in Las Vegas to experience in the new year,  KTNV
2021   Alum in Group Show Inspired by Land Art in the American West, UC Davis Arts
​2021   Facing the Sun (Tunnels), Thunderstruck Collective Responds to Nancy Holt's Iconic Land Art Installation, Oregon ArtsWatch
2021   Alum in Group Show Inspired by Land Art in the American West, UC Davis Arts
2021
  Juried Winchester Show 'Emotional Weather' Puts Pandemic Art on Display, Las Vegas Weekly
2021   Windmill Library’s ‘Pinewood Vortex’ Takes Playful Aim at the Male-Dominated Realm of Land Art,” Las Vegas Weekly
2021    Kristin Hough and Faith Sponsler: Pinewood Vortex, by D.K. Sole, Settlers + Nomads
2021    Alum Exhibit Earthwork Collaboration, UC Davis Arts
2021    How an old stone garage in a west Charlotte backyard became an art gallery, The Charlotte Observer
2021    Alum in Solo Exhibition at Stone House Art Gallery, UC Davis Arts
2021    New year, new art, Oregon Artswatch
2020    Hungarian Pickling and Coconut Juicing Are Just Two Perks of This Art Fair, Hyperallergic
2020     5Q’s with Outback Arthouse, Holland Project Blog
2020     Alumni Create Outback Arthouse in L.A., UC Davis Arts
2020    Looking Into the Lightbox, by Arielle Hardy, Holland Project Blog
2019    Appreciating the past, showing up for the present, Oregon Artswatch
2019    What Makes LA Special, The Coastal Post
2019    LA's First Spring/Break Art Show Had Plenty of Creative Spirit, Hyperallergic
2019   Highlights From the Debut of Spring/Break Art Show in Los Angeles, Autre
2018    A Concise Guide to LA’s Outdoor Art Spaces, from a Pool to a Garage, Hyperallergic
2016    UC Davis artists will make a mark in two Sacramento shows, The Davis Enterprise
2016    The American Narrative Reevaluated, Having Happened Catalog, Britt Royer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 
2021 - present: Adjunct Instructor, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada
Courses: Drawing 1, Painting 1, Intermediate Life Drawing, Drawing 3, Interdisciplinary Drawing
2020 - present: Adjunct Instructor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada                    
Courses: Drawing 1, Design Fundamentals, Drawing 2

2018 - present: Co-founder and Curator, Outback Arthouse, Los Angeles, CA
2022: Program Assistant, Sierra Nevada University Low-Residency MFA, Interdisciplinary Arts
2017 - 2018: Invigilator, Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles, CA
2015 - 2016: Visiting Artist Lecture Series Coordinator, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
2015-2016: Associate Instructor (Graduate Teaching Appointment), Drawing 1, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
2016: Teacher’s Assistant, Painting 1, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA 
2011: Teacher’s Assistant, Drawing 1, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
2009: Curatorial Internship, Davidson Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
2008: Teacher’s Assistant, Green Street Arts Center, Middletown, CT

INTERVIEWS & TALKS :

2023   The Blurb Interview, Kristin Hough: Believe. Achieve.
2021.  Virtual Realism #2: Interview with Artist & Curator Kristin Hough (Podcast - The Art History Babes)
2021   The Last Resort, Artist Talk, Sierra Nevada University


  • paintings
    • Believe. Achieve.
    • Hot $lot$
    • It's All Coming Up
    • Curtain-up
    • Fantasies of Triumph
    • microcosmic gods
    • lagoon dance
    • how to: a paradise
    • it churns
    • different fish different lifestyles
  • works on paper
    • the flood
    • the mechanisms of bliss
    • dudes & ducks
  • objects
    • a car will be waiting to take you home (book)
    • will you accept this rose? (scarves)
    • self-improvement blankets
    • pious beach towels
  • exhibitions
    • documentation
    • External Links >
      • It's All Coming Up
      • Fantasies of Triumph
      • Almost Paradise
  • curatorial + collaborations
    • outback projects
    • Pinewood Vortex
    • Thunderstruck Collective
    • on the tip of my tongue
    • WHERE WE WERE WHEN WE WERE NOT WHO WE ONCE WERE
  • CV + Contact