REVERBERATIONS
Catacombs Gallery
November 15, 2024 to January 3, 2025
Since 2011, Holly Holmes has explored the tension between abstraction and representation. Her work resonates with the facts, readings, and translations of life’s elements, which she conveys through recurring themes, forms, textures, and colors. Travel, whether daily commutes or overseas trips, plays a crucial role in her art. Holmes meticulously chronicles her experiences, translating them into paintings and tufted rugs. She creates sketches on the go, using them in the studio alongside her memories and emotions to produce images that reflect direct observation and emotional resonance
Holmes’ process involves constant examination and reexamination, which extends to her painting and color mixing with yarn. Recently, she has been creating paired tufted and painted works, allowing her to make creative decisions fluidly. While acrylic paint offers immediacy and ease of experimentation, working with yarn is more time-consuming, requiring careful blending and consideration. By alternating between these mediums, Holmes can test an idea in one place and realize and refine it in the other. These works are exhibited in conversation with each other and Holmes invites gallery visitors to share in their reverberations.
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REVERBERATIONS
Catacombs Gallery
November 15, 2024 to January 3, 2025
Since 2011, Holly Holmes has explored the tension between abstraction and representation. Her work resonates with the facts, readings, and translations of life’s elements, which she conveys through recurring themes, forms, textures, and colors. Travel, whether daily commutes or overseas trips, plays a crucial role in her art. Holmes meticulously chronicles her experiences, translating them into paintings and tufted rugs. She creates sketches on the go, using them in the studio alongside her memories and emotions to produce images that reflect direct observation and emotional resonance
Holmes’ process involves constant examination and reexamination, which extends to her painting and color mixing with yarn. Recently, she has been creating paired tufted and painted works, allowing her to make creative decisions fluidly. While acrylic paint offers immediacy and ease of experimentation, working with yarn is more time-consuming, requiring careful blending and consideration. By alternating between these mediums, Holmes can test an idea in one place and realize and refine it in the other. These works are exhibited in conversation with each other and Holmes invites gallery visitors to share in their reverberations.
Click HERE for more information on gallery hours and private appointments.
Holly Holmes grew up in the Chicago area and currently resides in Oak Park. Holmes is a painter, sculptor, educator, planner and curator. She received a BFA in painting from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and a MFA in sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). She currently teaches at Columbia College Chicago and SAIC. Holmes was a founding board member of Terrain Exhibitions, producing a residency program and the Terrain Biennial. She is currently a member of Videokaffe, an international art collective with members in Finland and North America. Holmes has shown her work at, the Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL; Cultural Kaleidoscope at Taiteen Talo, Turku, Finland; Ohklohomo, Chicago; Sluice expo, Colchester, UK; MOM Art Space, Hamburg, Germany; MUU Contemporary Art Center Helsinki, Finland; Material, Chicago; The Design Museum, Chicago; Dominican University; River Forest, IL, Kunsthuis Gallery; Crayke, UK and ArtTeleported, CICA; Queens, New York. Her art is held in public and private collections throughout the world.
Holly Holmes grew up in the Chicago area and currently resides in Oak Park. Holmes is a painter, sculptor, educator, planner and curator. She received a BFA in painting from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and a MFA in sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). She currently teaches at Columbia College Chicago and SAIC. Holmes was a founding board member of Terrain Exhibitions, producing a residency program and the Terrain Biennial. She is currently a member of Videokaffe, an international art collective with members in Finland and North America. Holmes has shown her work at, the Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL; Cultural Kaleidoscope at Taiteen Talo, Turku, Finland; Ohklohomo, Chicago; Sluice expo, Colchester, UK; MOM Art Space, Hamburg, Germany; MUU Contemporary Art Center Helsinki, Finland; Material, Chicago; The Design Museum, Chicago; Dominican University; River Forest, IL, Kunsthuis Gallery; Crayke, UK and ArtTeleported, CICA; Queens, New York. Her art is held in public and private collections throughout the world.
