Lecturer, Painting and Drawing
MFA, Interdisciplinary Studio Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, Mount Royal
School of Art, 2005
BFA, Painting University of North Carolina, Asheville, 2002 (Magna Cum Laude, Distinction
in Art, University Research Scholar)
Drawing and painting
Lillian Hoover’s paintings begin as encounters in landscapes. She is interested in the variety of ways in which our experience of nature has been mediated by others — from wilderness preserves marked by geological “deep time” to city centers. Her paintings reflect a landscape that is an active, living participant in the events of our time, as well as a record of time itself.
Hoover’s paintings are included in several public collections including Baltimore Museum of Art, Weatherspoon Art Museum and DC Commission on Arts and Humanities. In 2020, Hoover received a Pollock-Krasner Grant. Other honors include the Bethesda Urban Partnership’s Trawick Award, three Individual Artist Awards from MD State Arts Council, numerous selections as semifinalist for Baltimore’s Sondheim Prize and a travel grant from Philadelphia’s Center for Emerging Visual Artists. She has been awarded fellowships to attend residencies at I-Park, Vermont Studio Center, Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program for Artists, Monson Arts Center, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Recent solo exhibitions include Presence In Absence at Goya Contemporary (2021) and a solo exhibition is scheduled for this winter at MoCA Arlington. Her work has appeared twice in New American Paintings and was selected for the cover of the 69th issue.