Hilary Tolan takes viewers into a world where nature is re-presented. She references both suburban gardens and the "wild" nature of the forest and field. Tolan exploits images of fragmented nature and its possible meanings. She explores the fact that nature which was once alive and embedded in an environment, that existed as a part of a system, is now extracted and defunct of its original purpose. Tolan asks the viewer to consider the nature of time. In her work, she reflects the desire to keep and save things. Thoughts of memory, imagined landscapes, and longing pervade much of its quiet beauty.

Artist Bio

Hilary Tolan is a Boston area artist. She was born in Port Jefferson, New York. She completed her Master's in Art Education in the Artist/Teacher program at Massachusetts College of Art and she received her BFA from Purchase College, New York. Tolan’s work has been reviewed by The Boston Globe, The Boston Phoenix, Art New England and Artscope. She has been a resident at the Brydcliff Artist colony at the Woodstock Guild in New York and was an artist in residence at the Hambidge Center, GA. Hilary creates her work using a range of materials including photography, drawing, sculpture and installation. She has gallery affiliations the Kingston Gallery in Boston and DRIVE-BY/bk projects gallery in Watertown, MA.