Monroe Hodder

Monroe Hodder is an American artist best known for her abstract oil paintings.
Work
Associated with the Bay Area Painting Movements, Hodder’s work juxtaposes geometric forms with expressionism and color field painting, inspired by personal experience. Her work has been exhibited internationally in galleries, major art fairs and private collections. Her work is in museum collections, including the Denver Art Museum, San Jose Msueum of Art, Portland Museum of Art, Palo Alto Art Museum, and the Kasteev Art Museum in Almaty Kazakhstan.
Background
She has been featured in media outlets including Wall Street International, UK, ArtNews on PBS, San Francisco Chronicle, ArtWeek, The Art Voice, Culver City Times, San Jose Mercury News, Sacramento Union, Rocky Mountain News, Colorado Homes and Lifestyles and The Portland Mercury. She also serves as a speaker at seminars and events.
Hodder received an MFA in painting at San Francisco Art Institute under the instruction of Elizabeth Murray, Manuel Neri and Bob Collescott. She also holds an MBA from Stanford University, studied painting at the Art Students League of New York and has a BA from Vassar College.
She resides in New York City and Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Exhibitions
Select solo exhibitions include:
* Smoke and Mirrors, William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO (2015)
* Astroid Enigmas, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR (2014)
* Duane Reed Gallery, St Louis, MO (2014)
* Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ (2014)
* Head Banging on the Moon, Andre Zarre Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY (2013)
* Romancing Color, William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO (2013)
* George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2013)
* Incidence of the Black Swan, Belgravia Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK (2012)
* Recent Paintings, Arvada Arts Center, Denver, CO (2012)
Select group exhibitions include:
* Exhibition in honor of Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian Embassy (2015)
* San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA (2014)
* E/AB Art Fair, Oehme Graphics, New York, NY (2014)
* Abstraction, Belgravia Gallery (2013)
Awards and recognition
* Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome, 2010, 2014
* Paintings published in Colorado Abstract, 2009
* Listed in Who's Who in Art, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014
* Elected Art Academician, Kazakh Academy of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2007
* Film of Paintings shown at the Royal Festival Hall, London, November 2002 and March 2005
* Semi-Finalist, Jerwood Painting Prize, London, UK, March 2001
* Permanent Artists Visa granted by the British Government to work and live in Great Britain, 2000

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