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Published: Jan 29, 2010

ATLANTA, Ga.—The SCAD exhibitions department presents "Entwined," an exhibition showcasing the recent collaboration between artists William T. Hillman and Lia Chavez. "Entwined" presents large-scale photographs depicting choreographed, overlapping bodies that emerge and dissolve in stark silhouettes. Both corporal and cerebral, the imagery evokes the connections between the physical and the psychological. Also entwined is the unique combination of traditional and digital photographic processes used in this innovative body of work.

In a recent catalogue for the Hillman + Chavez collaboration, writer and curator Gary Sangster wrote, "The work of William T. Hillman and Lia Chavez – a first time partnership in creative photography from two artists, one located in New York and the other in London – can be described as the embodiment of a complex hybrid system of contemporary expressive pictorialism."

The exhibition will be on display at the Trois Gallery at SCAD Atlanta, 1600 Peachtree St., Jan. 29-Feb. 28. A reception for the artists will be held on Feb. 4, 6 p.m. Opening remarks will be offered by Lia Chavez. The event and exhibition are free and open to the public.

Hillman lives in New York City. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States and abroad. Recent shows include the Fashion District Arts Festival, New York City, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, and The Prague Contemporary Art Festival. A graduate of Princeton University, Hillman holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University and also has studied at The Art Students League of New York and the Lacoste School of the Arts in France.

Lia Chavez studied art history in Florence, Italy, and at Goldsmiths, University of London, as well as gender theory, anthropology and visual cultures at the International Gender Studies Centre, University of Oxford. Her multimedia work, which focuses on photography, has been exhibited in New York, London and other countries in Europe. Recent exhibitions include "Lifeblood," at Samuel Klein Contemporary Art, London; "Shot and Go: A Vision of Today's International Photography," Venice; and "Nightcomers," 10th International Istanbul Biennial. Chavez's work is included in collections in the United States, Europe and Australia.