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Hugh Scott-Douglas

Born in Cambridge, UK, 1988

Education
BFA, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada, 2010
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 2005

Lives and works in Toronto, Canada 

One-Person Exhibitions

2019
Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you, Blum & Poe, Tokyo, Japan
Hard Rain, Gallery Baton, Seoul, South Korea
Spare the Wrench, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York, NY

2018
฿o€$, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

2016
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi, Japan
Trade Winds, Casey Kaplan, New York, NY 

2015
Blum & Poe, New York, NY
Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Consumables, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK
Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2014
Promises to Pay in Solid Substance, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
eyes without a face, Croy Nielsen, Berlin, Germany
A Broken Mule, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2013
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA (exh. cat.)

2012
A Place in the Sun, Clifton Benevento, New York, NY
A cashed cheque, a canceled stamp, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2011
Sitzprobe, Croy Nielsen, Berlin, Germany
Chinese Whispers, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2010
An Invitation to Lubberland, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Group Exhibitions

2021
We Are Here, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA

2020
The Digital Effect, Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Vienna, Austria

2019
Selections from the Marciano Collection, Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

2018
Kinship, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Horizon Lines, Jessica Silverman Gallery at 288 Pacific, San Francisco, CA

2017
A Sea Change, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA  

2016
The Sun Placed in the Abyss, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (exh. cat.)
The Campaign for Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Money, Good and Evil. A Visual History of Economics, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden,
Baden-Baden, Germany (ext cat.)
Cyanotypes: Photography's Blue Period, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA (exh. cat.)
Takashi Murakami’s Superflat Collection, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan
Winter 2015: Collected Works, Rennie Museum, Vancouver, Canada

2015
Faux Amis, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK
I am attracted none the less…, Casey Kaplan, New York, NY
Out of Office, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Open Source: Art at the Eclipse of Capitalism, curated by Lisa Schiff, Leslie Fritz, and Eugenio
Re Rebaudengo, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany Unfixed: New Painting, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ

2014
NEXT, Arsenal, Montreal, Canada
In ___ We Trust: Art and Money, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (exh. cat.)
In Transit: Between Image and Object, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North
Adams, MA
Bloomington: Mall of America, North Side of Food Court, Across from Burger King & The Bank of Payphones That Don't Take Incomings Calls, Bortolami, New York, NY
Walk the Line, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong
White is the Warmest Color, Hedge Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Altarations: Built, Blended, Processed, Florida Atlantic University Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
Stars + Stripes: American Art of the 21st Century from the Goldberg Collection, Museums & Galleries of New South Wales, Australia; traveled to Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst; Grafton Regional Art Gallery, Grafton; Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney; Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra; Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree; Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga; Latrobe Regional Art Gallery, Morewell; and Ipswich Art Gallery, Ipswich, Australia

2013
Phantom Sun, Bugada & Cargnel, Paris, France
Architecture Undigested, curated by Jessica Silverman, FUSED, San Francisco, CA
Pattern: Follow the Rules, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

2012
Trans/FORM-Matter as subject > New Perspectives, Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada
Greek, with Ben Schumacher, Croy Nielsen, Berlin, Germany
A Painting is a Painting is a Painting, Cul de Sac, London, UK
Like-Minded, curated by Micah Lexier, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Canada
Second Nature: Abstract Photography Then and Now, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum,
Boston, MA
Liminal Boundaries, Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
Phases, Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
Into the Surface, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy

2011
Electrum, with Ben Schumacher, Reference, Richmond, VA
Forms and Inflections, Silverman, San Francisco, CA

2010
Parts of a Hole, Xpace, Toronto, Canada
What Brings the Dust Together, New Gallery, London, UK
Absolutely, with Liam Crockard, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Bad Sculpture, Young Art, Los Angeles, CA

Bibliography

Catalogues

2016
Burns, Kristina and Nancy Kathryn, eds. Cyanotypes: Photography’s Blue Period. Worcester, MA: Worcester Art Museum, 2016.
Holten, Johan, Money, Good and Evil: A Visual History of the Economy. Bielefeld, Germany: Kerber Verlag, 2016.
Liptak, Nick, ed. The Sun Placed in the Abyss. Columbus: Columbus Museum of Art, 2016, 63.

2014
In ___ We Trust: Art and Money. Columbus: Columbus Museum of Art, 2014.

2013
Morrison, Kyle and Hugh Scott-Douglas. Chipped Bills, Torn Cheques, Bit Rot. San Francisco: Jessica Silverman Gallery, 2013.

2012
Scott-Douglas, Hugh. Hugh Scott-Douglas: Cyanotypes. Milan: Mousse, 2012.

Articles and Review

2020
Wetzler, Rachel. “Hugh Scott-Douglas at Casey Kaplan.” Art in America (February 2020): 86.

2018
"One Poem by Martín Gambarotta." Bomb Magazine, February 16, 2018 
Valinsky, Michael. "Making Art from Global Trade Routes." Hyperallergic, March 3, 2018. 

2017
Wilson, Michael. “Hugh Scott-Douglas: Casey Kaplan.” Artforum 55, no. 5 (January 2017): 217. 

2016
Loos, Ted. “Cyanotype, Photograph’s Blue Period, Is Making a Comeback.” New York Times, February 5, 2016.

2015
Black, Paul. "Barbara Kruger, Robert Fraser, and Hugh Scott-Douglas: London West End Exhibition Round-up." Artlyst.com, February 13, 2015.
Boyland, Stuart. "Hugh Scott-Douglas: Consumables at Simon Lee Gallery." Theupcoming.co.uk, February 5, 2015.
Rachlin, Natalia. “New Work by Hugh Scott-Douglas at Simon Lee Gallery.” Architecturaldigest.com, January 31, 2015.
Williams, Maxwell. “8 Emerging Artists to Watch Right Now.” Details (Art blog) July 9, 2015.

2014
Baker, Kenneth. “Hugh Scott-Douglas Mourns the Image.” San Francisco Chronicle, September 19, 2014.
Chu, Christie. "Wall Street Bankers Love Art about Money." Artnet.com, October 21, 2014.
Kondo, Ryosuke. "Hugh Scott-Douglas: Combining Everyday Materials to Visualize and Purify the Latent Images Within." Bijutsu Techo 66, no. 1002 (April 2014): 128-31.
Sonara, Francesca. "Hugh Scott-Douglas Takes on Amazon.com at Jessica Silverman Gallery." Blouinartinfo.com, October 25, 2014.
Thaddeus-Johns, Josie. “The Mechanics of Money: In Conversation with Hugh Scott-Douglas.” Sleek-mag.com, May 5, 2014.

2013
“Canada’s Top 30 under 30.” Artinfo.com, January 30, 2013.
Fox, Emily Ellis. “Hugh Scott-Douglas.” Modern Painters 25, no. 4 (April 2013): 84-85.
Goodden, Sky. "Canada's 2013 Artist to Watch: Hugh Scott-Douglas." Artinfo.com, January 9, 2013.
Mohseni, Yasmine. “10 Must-See L.A. Gallery Exhibitions Opening in January.” Artinfo.com, January 8, 2013. Prickett, Sarah Nicole. "Three's a Trend: Art That's All About the Money...Literally." T Magazine (blog), December 10, 2013.
Sandals, Leah. "Hugh Scott-Douglas on Toronto, Los Angeles & What's Next." Canadianart.com, January 18, 2013.
Shaw, Michael. “Hugh Scott-Douglas.” ArtScene 32, no. 6 (February 2013): 21.
William, Maxwell. “Discovery: Hugh Scott-Douglas.” Interviewmagazine.com, January 4, 2013.

2012
Aletti, Vince. “Hugh Scott-Douglas at Clifton Benevento.” New Yorker, January 27, 2012.
Katrib, Ruba. “Exposed Surfaces.” Mousse Magazine, no. 33 (April-May 2012): 138-41.

Museum and Public Collections

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Pinault Collection, Venice, Italy
Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

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