Holly Brooks

Lives & works in Brooklyn, NY

Born: 1979

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2002                 Bachelor of Fine Arts: Concentration in painting & printmaking:

The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA

2000-2001         Fine Arts program; La Scuola Lorenzo de Medici, Florence, Italy

1998                 Summer study abroad; Massachusetts College of Art, Skopelos, Greece

Residencies

2008                 Drawing is Everything and Everything is Drawing, workshop with Rose Shakinovsky & Claire Gavronsky

2004                 Artists Residency/Cultural exchange workshop; With Rose Shakinovsky & Claire Gavronsky, Capetown, South Africa

2001 & 2002     Selected Private Workshops; With Rose Shakinovsky & Claire Gavronsky, Montagnana, Italy

Solo & Group Exhibitions

2009                 The Everyday in Art Practice, Collaboration with Rosenclaire, 303 Grand, Brooklyn, NY

2008                 Begin Anywhere, HAM (House of Art and Multimedia) Berkeley, CA

                        Dreamscapes, The Puffin Room, New York, NY

2007                 Night of 1,000 Drawings: a benefit for Artists Space, Artists Space, New York, NY

                        Focus on the Figure, The Edward Hopper House, Nyack, NY

                        The Square Foot Show, Art Gotham Gallery, New York, NY

                        Through the Eyes of Strangers: Artists Visit South Africa, A.N. Bush Gallery & Chemeka Community College, Salem, Oregon

2002                 Resonance: Thesis Exhibition, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA Oct 2002    Newtonville Books, Newton MA

                        Gallery 601 Newbury, Boston MA

2001                 Galleria via Larga, Florence, Italy

1998                 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

Prizes Grants Awards Residencies

2009                 Selected for The International Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art 2009, Florence Italy

Bibliography

2007                 Ron Cowan, “Out of Africa”, Statesman Journal, September 30, 2007

Professional Experience

2003                 Assistant Teacher; Pre-College Program Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

2000-2002         Assistant Teacher; (kindergarden-5th grade) Summer Visual Arts Program
New Art Center, Newton, MA

2001-2002         Exhibition Assistant Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA

1999-2000         Apprentice Bookbinder, Antiquarian books, Cambridge, MA

1998                  Private Art Instructor, Wellesley, MA