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Biography
Edward Holland's compositions bring to life a pictorial language whose intellectual and conceptual foundation lies in the sun zodiac. The geometric shapes and lines of each constellation form a basic framework for each painting, which is then developed through both abstraction and figurative representations.
Holland's singular and compelling aesthetic combines mixed media, as well as acrylic and oil paint, colored pencil, graphite and collage to create varied textures across each canvas. Bold brushstrokes and delicate lines serve to establish tension and inform individual narratives. Though constellations form the underpinning of each work, their final prominence varies widely. In some compositions the stars remain a central focus, their careful geometry an allegory in itself. In others, the formations are all but obscured, only a hint of their existence discernible.
For Holland, the zodiac recalls an antiquated form of storytelling, a way to communicate universal myths about humanity and the natural world. Parallels abound between this function of the zodiac and painting itself, however the artist seeks to foreground, "the romance of painting and its ability to create meaning, whether directly or openly, empirically or emotionally."
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Download Holland CVBorn 1980, Philadelphia, PA
Lives and works in New York, NYEDUCATION
MA, Studio Art, New York University, New York, NY
BFA, Painting, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NYSOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
At the Bottom of the Celestial Sea, Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, NY
Celestial Sea, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT
2021
Edward Holland, NAVA Contemporary at 302E96, New York, NY
2020
Something Always Remains, NAVA Contemporary, online
2019
Edward Holland, NAVA Contemporary at Furnitureland South, High Point, NC
2018
Edward Holland, The Yard: Flatiron North, New York, NY, curated by Causey Contemporary
Any Instant You Wish, Rafael Gallery, New York, NY, curated by MM Fine Art
Unswerving Punctuality of Chance, Alexandra Porter Art Advisory, New York, NY
2017
Notes from the Dispatch Case, Causey Contemporary, New York, NY
Vigils, Gallery 543 at URBN, Philadelphia, PA
Notes from the Dispatch Case, Causey Contemporary, New York, NY
2016
Edward Holland, Long-Sharp Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2015
Edward Holland, Sylvester & Co., Amagansett, NY
2014
Artificer, Peter Marcelle Project, Southampton, NY
2012
Exteriors & Interiors, Peter Marcelle Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2009
October, 1980, Peter Marcelle Gallery, Southampton, NY
2006
Incidents & Accidents, Hampton Road Gallery, Southampton, NYSELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Of the Past and Present: Estates and Contemporary Artists at Hollis Taggart Gallery, Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Abstraction, MM Fine Art, Southampton, NY
Mythic & Quotidian, Shadowbox Project, Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, VT
Painting's Paradox, MM Fine Art, Southampton, NY
2022
Six Years and Counting, Northern Daughters, Vergennes, VT
Visual Dregs: Research in the William Gaddis Papers, Washington University in St. Louis Library, St. Louis, MO
Variable Elements, Club Gallery, Miami, FL
Carte Blanche, Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD
Summer Selections, MM Fine Art, Southampton, NY
Beyond the Surface, Hollis Taggart Gallery, Southport, CT
2021
Black & White, MM Fine Art, Southampton, NY
The Big Show!, My Pet Ram, New York, NY
Fusion: The Openness of Abstraction in Thought and Practice, Gallery LTD, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Wade Bonds
Elemental Abstraction, Downing Yudain, Stamford, CT
The Annex x Northern Daughters, Shelburne, VT
2020
Sub-text, MM Fine Art, Southampton, NY
Vision Acuity, Clandestina, Miami, FL
10 Year Anniversary Exhibit, One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY
Flower Power, Downing Yudain, Stamford, CT
Spring Selections, MM Fine Art, Southampton, NY
2019
One Stop: The Slow Slope of Modernism, Keyes Art, Sag Harbor, NY
All That is Solid, Ground Control, Miami, FL, curated by Placeholder Gallery
Carte Blanche, Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD
The Annex x Northern Daughters, Shelburne, VT
Water, Water Everywhere, Downing Yudain, Stamford, CT
2018
more light, Northern Daughters, Vergennes, VT
Left and Right of Center, Downing Yudain, Stamford, CT
Summer Selection, Rafael Gallery, New York, NY, curated by MM Fine Art
While the Trees Run, Northern Daughters, Vergennes, VT
MM Fine Art, Southampton, NY
2017
more light, Northern Daughters, Vergennes, VT
Carte Blanche, Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD
White Wall, J+ Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Peter Marcelle Project, Southampton, NY
2015
On the Abstract Side, Causey Contemporary, New York, NY
Text, Long-Sharp Gallery, SCOPE Miami Beach, Miami, FL
Peter Marcelle Project, Southampton, NY
Postcards From the Edge, Visual AIDS at Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
2014
Once Upon A Time, Peter Marcelle Project, Southampton, NY
Translations, Covington Art Center, Covington, KY
A Whale of a Show, Sag Harbor Whaling Museum, Sag Harbor, NY
Painting Alumni Retrospective, 914works, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Postcards From the Edge, Visual AIDS at Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
2013
In Honor Of Kira Gedal, Anyway Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Peter Marcelle Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2012
In Honor Of Kira Gedal, Anyway Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Off The Wall, Sylvester & Co., Amagansett, NY
Artist Perspective, Peter Marcelle Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
NYU Venice: 1974-2011, Artists & Angiola Churchill, 80wse Galleries, New York University, New York, NY
Paper Trail 2, Phyllis Weston Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2011
Peter Marcelle Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, NY
Works on Paper, Phyllis Weston Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2010
Artist Perspectives, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Gallery Selections For The Summer, Phyllis Weston Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Seven Artists, Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, NY
Peter Marcelle Gallery, Southampton, NY
2009
The Collection At Straus, Straus Institute, New York University, NY
MA Thesis Exhibition, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, NY
Botanicals: Artists' Interpretations, Peter Marcelle Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
2008
Peter Marcelle Gallery, Southampton & New York, NY
Nature Morte: Fleurs du Mal et des Amis, The Rook, Westhampton, NY
David E. Starke, Edward Holland, Hugh O'Rourke, The Commons, New York University, NY
2007
Peter Marcelle Gallery, Southampton, NY
Works In Progess, Universita IUAV di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2006
Hampton Road Gallery, Southampton, NY
2005
Creative Process, Hampton Road Gallery, Southampton, NY
Summer Salon Show, Concepto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Fresh Perspectives I, Concepto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004
The Sky's The Limit, Blue Sky/Eickholt Gallery, New York, NY
2003
The Worst Machine, Delavan Center, Syracuse, NY
Shine Society Gallery, New York, NYCOLLECTIONS
Syracuse University Art Collection
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