August Highland combines two different mediums of expression in what he’s coined as “Exhibition Literature.” This new visual/literary style was developed in 2002 and his work was first featured in 2003 by “Turbulence” in New York and by “Random” in Italy.

At the time, Highland’s work was made for viewing on a screen. After two online shows, he began developing the proprietary techniques that today enable him to produce his work at a large scale on paper and canvas. Without the use of commercial graphic software, Highland creates his compositions by giving instructions for all elements such as typefaces, font color, size, text sources, distribution of text, overall dimension, etc. These instructions are then converted into a visual piece and printed with archival pigmented ink on a wide-format printer.

Highland has appeared in numerous US gallery and museum exhibitions from Los Angeles to New York and has received invitations to exhibit work around the world. He has also spoken about his literary and visual work at American Universities in California and Harvard.