Hope Hilton was born in 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. A cum laude graduate of the Atlanta College of Art (2003) and a magna cum laude graduate of Hunter College, NYC (2008), Hilton is the co-founder of the artist collective Dos Pestañeos. In Winter 2007 Hilton completed a 60-mile memorial walk in the Southern United States to recognize the walk a slave named Henry made to announce the birth of her great-great grandmother. Her work relates to the culture of tourism, performance, rituals and storytelling, publishing and editions, curating and writing as well as utilizing the internet as public space. www.hopehilton.com