BORN

1963 Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies

EDUCATION

1993 M.A., Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, Texas
1987 B.F.A., S.F.A.S.U., Nacogdoches, Texas

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2008 O'Kane Gallery, UH-Downtown, Houston, TX (scheduled)
2007 2-person show with Steve Wiman, d berman gallery, Austin, TX (scheduled)
Pushing the Envelope, Williams Tower, Houston, TX
2006 Out of the Box, Berkshire Museum, Massachusetts
2005 Rock, Paper, Scissors, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
Hillevi Baar at Kinzelman Art, Houston, TX
Here and Now, College of the Mainland, Texas City, TX
2004 d berman gallery, Austin, Texas, Hillevi Baar & Beverly Penn
DCKT Contemporary, New York, New York, Hillevi Baar
space125gallery of The Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County, Houston, Texas, Tracings: Fellowship Series IV: Hillevi Baar, Teresa O’Connor, and Laura Lark
Griffith Gallery, Stephen F. Austin University Gallery, Nacogdoches, Texas, Material Possibilities, curated by Mary McCleary
Redbud Gallery, Houston, Texas, Hillevi Baar: Big and Small
Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas, Rock, Scissors, Paper
2003 d berman gallery, Austin, Texas, Summer Light
Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, Beyond the Image
Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas, Hillevi Baar: Elegance
2002 Galerie Olivier Houg, Lyon, France, Anticyclone: Hillevi Baar
Hooks-Epstien Gallery, Houston, Texas, Round One
2000 Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, Texas; Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas; Abraham Gallery; Weyland Baptist University, Plainview, Texas; TFAA Invitational
d berman gallery, Austin, Texas, Two Pair: Significant Others
Purse Building Gallery, In Conjunction with Sculpture Houston 2000 and the International Sculpture Center, Houston, Texas, Downtown: Hillevi Baar & J Hill
Artful Garden, Houston, Texas, For the Birds
Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas, Miniatures
1999 Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas, Menagerie
Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas, Transcending Limits
Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas, Transcending Limits
Houston Arboretum, Houston, Texas, Abstraction of Nature
1998 Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas, Moving Beyond Mainstream and Margin, Curated by Don Bacigalupi and Michael Ray Charles
MSC Visual Arts Gallery, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, P.B.S.
The Art League of Houston, Houston, Texas, Hillevi Baar: A New Look at Nature
Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas, The Figure and the Chair
1997 Purse Building Gallery, Houston, Texas, Hillevi Baar: New Drawings
The Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas, Regional Artists
Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas, Flora Bella
1996 Erie City Iron Works Gallery, Houston, Texas, New Works on Paper
1995 Purse Building Gallery, Houston, Texas, Deck the Halls: A Collective Exhibition
Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, Hillevi Baar: Drawings American Center in Yakateringburg, Russia, Houston Small Works for Yakateringburg, Traveling Exhibition
1994 McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, Texas, Hillevi Baar, Solo Exhibition
INNOVA, Houston, Texas, Group Exhibition
Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, Group Exhibition
Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas, Looking West/Glancing East: New Texas Art
Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas, Miniatures
The C.G. Jung Center of Houston, Houston, Texas, Necessary Tension, Solo Exhibition
1993 Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas, Fur, Fins, Feathers and More
Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas, Personal Attachments: The Art of Collage-Assemblage
NationsBank, Houston, Texas, Making Their Mark, Curated by Clint Willour
Southwestern Bell, Dallas, Texas, 14 (2) Artists, Curated by Victoria Montelongo
1992 McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, Texas, Introductions ’92
Iron Works Gallery, Houston, Texas, Erie City Iron Works Annual Exhibition
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, Glassell School Invitational Exhibition
Villa De Matel Convent, Houston, Texas, A Capella at the Villa
1991 Lynn Goode Gallery, Houston, Texas, Cross Show
Lawndale Art Space, Houston, Texas, Group Exhibition
Iron Works Gallery, Houston, Texas, Erie City Iron Works Exhibition
1990 Dishman Gallery, Beaumont, Texas, Dishman Competition, Curated by Betty Moody
Nacogdoches, Texas, Art Alliance Competition, Curated by Betty Moody
1989 Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston City Hall, Dallas, Texas, Common Ground, Curated by Marilyn Zeitlin, Director
Village Art Gallery, Nacogdoches, Texas, Group Exhibition
1988 SFASU, Nacogdoches, Texas, Art Alliance Competition, Curated by James Surls
Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, Texas, Invitational Exhibition

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2007 Cron.com, Houston Chronicle
2005 Kelly Klaasmeyer, "Composite Constructions" Houston Press
Jaqueline May, "Top 9 Group Exhibitions of 2004" Austin Chronicle
Retha Oliver, " Hillevi and Beverly Penn" Artlies, no 45, winter issue
Janet Kutner, "Sculptures That Surprise" Dallas Morning News
2004 E. Keever, "DBerman Fills Seasonal Gap" Austin American-Statesman 2004 Catherine Walworth "Hillevi Baar: Confections" Voices of art vol. 12, issue 2
2003 Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin, Don’t Hate This Exhibit Because It’s Beautiful, Austin American-Statesman, 24 July.
Jacqueline May, Summer Light, Austin Chronicle, 1 August.
Rachel Koper, Summer Light, Glasstire, July & August.
Donna Tenant, "Beyond the Image" Artl!es summer issue
2002 “Realite”Mutante, Lyons Capital, 22 May.
H. Bethemonte, Quande Les Galeries Jouent la Curiosite!, Petites Afficehs Lyonais, 25 May.
Melanie Moreau, Anticyclone, Le Progres Lyon, 26 May.
Carte Blanche our Cinq Jeunes Artistes, Metro Lyons, 13 May.
Splendide “Anticyclone”, Lyon Poche, 15 May.
2000 Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin, d berman Shows Playful Side of ‘Significant Others’, Austin American-Statesman, 30 September.
Rebecca Cohen, James Orellana & Pat Johnson; J Hill & Hillevi Baar: Two Pair, ArtLies, Fall.
1992 Introductions ’92, Museum and Arts Magazine, July.
Susan Chadwick, Annual Summer Gallery Hop Features Diverse Artists, The Houston Post, 15 July.
Ellen Rosenbush Methner, The Hottest Month of the Year: Introductions 1992, Jewish Herald Voice, 24 July.
Bonnie Gangelhoff, Turning to Art, The Houston Post, 22 July.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS