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Maddie Rose Hills (b.1993, UK) currently lives and works in Amsterdam. She has a Masters in Art and Material Histories, and her practice moves between painting, sculpture, writing and curating, always with a fascination for materials. Hills' work has been exhibited in London, Barcelona, St Moritz and Paris, and is in the collections of the British Airways, Freshfields Lawfirm and NLC Venture Builder as well as further private collections. Her current digital project explores materials through the eyes of artists and writers.
Current project: Mater
2022- Current: Mater is a research platform exploring materials through the eyes of artists, researchers, writers, philosophers, gardeners, biodesigners and more
Education
2020- 2021 Masters in Art & Material Histories, City & Guilds London
2012-2015 BA Drawing and Applied Arts, UWE, First Class Honours
2011-2012 Art Foundation, Bournemouth Arts University
Public Collections
Future Materials Bank, Maastricht
NLC European Healthcare Venture Builder, Amsterdam
Freshfields Lawfirm, London
British Airways, Aberdeen
Curating
- Where You Are Not, Copeland Gallery, London. Artists: Tess Williams, Florence Sweeney, Tom Pope, Alexander Mourant, Simone Mudde, Katrina Russell Adams, Matilda Little
- The Christmas Show, London. Artists: Chica Seal, Fujiko Rose, Ines Fernandes de Cordova, Sophie Nicoll, Rose Electra Harris, Beth Rodway, Georgia Grinter
- The Flying Dutchman, A collaborative painting project, 2017
Exhibitions
2023
Open Studios, Amsterdam
2021
MA Degree Show, City & Guilds London
21, Superglue Collective, London
Metis, Purselane
Becoming Habits, Studi0, St Moritz
2020
Finkernackle X YAP, London
Sprout End of Residency Show, London
2019
The Christmas Show, London
Young Artist Partnership, Buriton
Where You Are Not, Copeland Gallery, London
The Summer Show, Cadogan Contemporary, London
2018
(Solo) The Long Winding Shore, Blue Shop Cottage, London
Young Artist Partnership, London
Emerging Artists, 45 Park Lane, London
The Flying Dutchman x Art Peckham, London
2017
(Solo) Boundaries, Farmacy x Loughran Gallery, London
Female Founders Present, London
Science of Design, Chelsea Harbour, London
2016
(Solo) Maddie Rose Hills x Kit and Ace, London
ReGenerate, YAP, London
Nothing to See Here, Square Gallery, London
Porta Romana x Paris Deco Off, Helene Bailey Gallery, Paris
ONE, Untitled BCN, Barcelona
Artist in Residence
2020 Sprout Artist Residency
2018 Beckenham Place Park Artist in Residence
2016 Wildfjords Artist in Residence
Talks
2023 Book launch of Elena Khurtova's Displace. Looiersgracht 60, NL
2022 Mater.Live, launch of Mater
2020 Blue Shop Cottage Instagram live
2019 Panel Talk, Chelsea College of Arts.
2019 Panel Talk, The Christmas Show
Selected Interviews
Ocki Magil x Maddie Rose Hills
Art Attack: Out of the Wilderness
Selected Published Writing
Material Conversations, regular FAD segment
Robin James Sullivan, Assemblage
Press
House and Garden
The Resident
Evening Standard