David Hilliard (b. 1964) lives and works in Boston. He received his BFA from Massachusetts College of Art in 1992, and his MFA from Yale University in 1994. His work has been exhibited in numerous institutions including Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Kemper Art Museum, St Louis; Miami Art Museum; Addison Museum of American Art, Andover; Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa; and DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA. Hilliard’s work is represented in many public collections including Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Hilliard was the recipient of a Fulbright Grant and a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, and he was awarded the Bok Center Award for Excellence in Teaching by Harvard University in 2012. He has been a visiting lecturer at numerous schools, including Harvard University; Dartmouth College; Art Institute of Boston; and the Massachusetts College of Art & Design. 

SELECT Exhibitions

• The Stillness of Things: Photographs from the Lane Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 2022

• The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today, National Portrait Gallery/Smithsonian Institution, 2022

• Just So, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY, 2019*

• Sage Sohier & David Hilliard: Our Parents: Ourselves, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA, 2019

• Chosen Family, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, 2018*

• Bodies in Water, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA, 2017

• Sum of Our Affections, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA, 2016*

• Tall Tales & Short Stories, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, FL, 2014*

• The Kids Are All Right, Addison Museum of American Art, Andover, MA, 2013

*indicates a solo exhibition