K R I S T I N H O U G H
kristinhough@gmail.com
kristinhough@gmail.com
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 Friend of a Friend, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
2023 Infinite Life, 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
2023 TWIN WIN, The Outpost, Reno, NV
2023 OS∞, The Outpost, Reno, NV
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
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
2023 Boundary Issues, Double Scoop, Arts in Nevada
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
2023 - present: Coordinator, MFA Low Residency Programs (Interdisciplinary Arts and Creative Writing), University of Nevada, Reno
2021 - present: Adjunct Instructor, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada
Courses: Drawing 1, Painting 1, Intermediate Life Drawing, Drawing 3, Interdisciplinary Drawing
2020 - 2023: Adjunct Instructor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
Courses: Drawing 1, Design Fundamentals
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
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 Friend of a Friend, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
2023 Infinite Life, 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
2023 TWIN WIN, The Outpost, Reno, NV
2023 OS∞, The Outpost, Reno, NV
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
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
2023 Boundary Issues, Double Scoop, Arts in Nevada
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
2023 - present: Coordinator, MFA Low Residency Programs (Interdisciplinary Arts and Creative Writing), University of Nevada, Reno
2021 - present: Adjunct Instructor, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada
Courses: Drawing 1, Painting 1, Intermediate Life Drawing, Drawing 3, Interdisciplinary Drawing
2020 - 2023: Adjunct Instructor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
Courses: Drawing 1, Design Fundamentals
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