Hill Spriggins

Hill Spriggins is a New York–based painter whose work explores memory, intimacy, and the beauty of everyday moments. Using a wide spectrum of color, from cadmium scarlet to vivid blues and viridian greens, Spriggins builds layered portraits of life as it unfolds, honoring the sentimental and the fleeting alike.

Galerie Shibumi and Underscore Laboratories bring Souvenirs, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Hill Spriggins. The show will be on view through November 15, 2025.

“Souvenir” in French means “memory,” and “se souvenir” means “to remember.” The dual meaning speaks to Spriggins’ renewed relationship with memory and her desire to hold onto it through painting, a deeply personal process shaped by her own history with depression and memory loss. “Souvenir is defined as a thing kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event,” Spriggins says. “I am lucky to live a life where almost every day feels significant enough to want to document and remember. I think that is what these paintings are about, gratitude for the small moments, the people around me, and the love I feel in those memories.”

Spriggins’ practice in earlier works often omitted backgrounds, reflecting a sense of being ungrounded and detached from place. In contrast, Souvenirs embrace setting and presence. The paintings capture friends and loved ones, conversations at a bar, a quiet moment at home, and a crowded DJ set. Each one is grounded in the fullness of lived experience.