Eddie Hall is an abstract artist in Berlin, Connecticut creating works using recycled windows which exhibit vibrant colors and geometric patterns drawing inspiration from architectural and design themes. Hall is self taught as an artist, an active member of the Kehler Liddell Gallery, been features in solo exhibitions throughout New England, and his works have been featured and won awards in shows far and wide, including at the Connecticut State Capitol building, Mattatuck Museum, New Britain Museum of American Art, Edward Hopper House & Museum, Scope Miami, the Greenwich Arts Society, Ursa Gallery, Viridian Artists, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, New Haven Paint & Clay Club, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Rowayton Arts Center, and West Hartford Art League. His work is in numerous private collections. Hall is a recipient of the Connecticut Office of the Arts Artists Respond Grant and you can find his work on www.eddiehallart.com and follow him at @eddiehallart on Instagram.
StatementIf you start looking, you would be surprised how many windows you find lying by the side of the road. Art and design elements have been applied to the discarded windows included in my work, transforming them into items of beauty.
After an experiment with an antique window hanging untouched in my kitchen for years, I found myself returning to the visuals I could achieve with acrylic paints on the reverse of recycled windows. In this medium, I saw an ideal presentation for bold colors and geometric patterns.
My process starts with selective removal of imperfections in the windows. Sanding, priming, removing hardware, turning the item into a canvas. Once prepared, detailed work begins taping lines, razoring edges, layering paints in reverse, color selection, meticulously scraping away mistakes, and often planning depth effect using multiple panes and maximizing the interplay between matte and glossy using the reverse and foreground of the glass.
Several themes have presented themselves in these works, some architectural, some representational, and some purely design. These works have allowed me to transform and reuse otherwise discarded items.
Exhibitions
Locust Grove Estate - Transparent * Solo Show (2023)
Gallery 66 New Britain - Open and Shut * Solo Show (2022); You are Enough (2023); Pursuit of Excellence (2023); Emerging Colors (2023)
Kershner Gallery - Geometric * Three Person Show (2023)
Art League of New Britain - Spring Members (2023); World of Color (2023); 32nd Annual Carriage House Members (2022) Honorable Mention; Winter Members (2021)
Arts Center East - Open & Shut (2021)
Artworks Gallery - Workshop 13 - Red (2023)
Community Renewal Team - National Arts Program (2021) Winner - Intermediate
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts - 112th Annual (2023); 111th Annual (2022); Transformation (2021); 110th Annual (2021)
Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut - Global Garden (2021)
Dragon’s Den Tattoo & Gallery - Regenerate (2023)
Ely Center for Contemporary Art - Hard Edge (2023)
Essex Art Association - The Heat is On (2023)
Five Points Arts - Small Works (2023)
Gallery 53 Meriden - 99th Annual Fall Show Beyond Reality (2023) Best in Show; Ebony & Ivory (2023); 98th Annual Fall Show (2022) Edward Bartlett Award; Twisted Visions (2022) Honorable Mention; 97th Annual Fall Show (2021)
Greenwich Art Society - 105th Annual Juried (2022)
Guilford Art Center - Featured Artist (2023)
Farmington Valley Art Center - Embracing the Elements (2023)
Hartford Art Space - Un+Art-5 (2022)
Hygienic Gallery - Salon des Independants XLIV (2023)
Kehler Liddell Gallery - KLG@20 (2023); New Members Spotlight (2023); Light (2023); Celebrate (2022); Lost/Found (2022)
Klekolo Coffee - Featured Artist Summer (2023)
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion - Hues of Freedom (2022); Envisioning Space (2021)
Madison Art Society - 47th Annual Juried (2022); 48th Annual Juried (2023)
Mark Twain Library - 49th Annual Art Show (2021)
Mattatuck Museum - MixMaster (2022)
Milford Arts Center - Lifting Restrictions (2021); Purple (2022)
New Britain Museum of American Art - 53rd Annual Nor’Easter (2023)
New Haven Paint and Clay Club - Active Members Exhibit (2022); 121st Annual (2022); 120th Annual (2021)
Noah Webster Library - A Way With Words (2022)
Open Studio Hartford (2023)
Pequot Library - 23rd Annual Juried (2023)
Ridgefield Guild of Artists - 46th Annual Juried (2023; 45th Annual Juried (2022) Honorable Mention; Festive Home (2021); Art Walk (2021)
Rowayton Arts Center - Community Sponsored Awards (2023); Spring Juried Show (2023); Spring Juried Show (2022); Autumn Juried Show (2021)
Scope International Contemporary Art Show - Miami (2022)
SoMa Deep River - Spreading Joy (2023)
Stamford Art Association - Faber Birren National Color Award - 43rd Annual (2023); Ferguson Library: Art of Community (2021); Faber Birren National Color Award - 41st Annual (2021); 50 Year Celebration (2021); Ferguson Library: Fragments of Memory (2021) Honorable Mention
Ursa Gallery - Circadian Rhythms @ Colorblends House (2023); Bringing It All Downtown (2022)
Viridian Artists - Art from Detritus (2023)
Warwick Center for the Arts - Constructed Prisms (2023)
West Hartford Art League - New Members (2023); Members Juried (2023) Winner; CT+6 (2022); Hand Crafted (2022); Members Juried (2022); Blue Back Pop-up (2021); Members Spring (2021); Members Juried (2021)Winner - Acrylic
Wickford Art Association - A is For… (2021)
Work_Space Manchester - Future (2023); Art of Recovery (2022
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