Suppositions
2003, 1 min. (video, color, sound)

MARY MAGSAMEN & STEPHEN HILLERBRAND

www.maryandstephan.com

The collaborative husband/wife team of Mary Magsamen and Stephan Hillerbrand have been working together over the past several years after meeting at the Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Magsamen and Hillerbrand had a solo exhibition of their "air-hunger" series at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio. Their work has been included in group exhibitions and screenings nationally and internationally. They recently had work in exhibitions at The Center for Photography at Woodstock and the Toledo Museum. They were awarded the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council 1s Residency in New York City at The Woolworth Building in 2003, a residency at the Experimental Television Center in 2004 and 2005 and an Ohio Arts Council Individual Creativity Award in 2005.

Mary Magsamen's past exhibitions include shows at Momenta Art, Anna Kustera Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, and White Columns. In addition, she has been awarded a residency from the Longwood Cyber Residency Program and a Finishing Fund from the Experimental Television Center.

Stephan Hillerbrand1s exhibitions include Nexus Contemporary Art in Atlanta, Artspace in New Haven and the Mississippi Museum of Art. Hillerbrand is a National Endowment for the Arts and Art Matters Grant recipient and a MacDowell Colony Fellow. He was a Fulbright Fellow for the German Technology and Education 2004 seminar and has been awarded a second Fulbright Fellowship to study at ZKM artist space in Karlsruhe, Germany during the spring and summer of 2006.