C.V.
DAVID HOLT
EDUCATION
1984 MFA in Painting, American University, Washington, D.C., USA
1980 BFA in Painting, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
1978 Diploma in Painting, Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy
ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018 Loop Gallery, Toronto, Orvieto Paintings, (concurrent with A by Mary Catherine Newcomb)
2016 Loop Gallery, Toronto, Zoology, (concurrent with Crossing Lines by Thelma Rosner)
2015 Loop Gallery, Toronto, Arcadia, (concurrent with the Aquaphilia Project by Adrian Fish)
2013 Loop Gallery, Toronto, Illustrated History, (concurrent with Studio Visits by Lanny Shereck)
2011 Loop Gallery, Toronto, Landscapes and Subjects from Natural History, (concurrent with Signs for Travelers, by Suzanne Nacha)
2010 Harbourfront Centre, Fleck Dance Theatre, Toronto, Gardens, Landscapes and Botanical Subjects, curated by Patrick Macaulay
2009 Loop Gallery, Toronto, Gardens, Ruins, Fragments, (concurrent with Geographic Tongue, by Charles Hackbarth)
2008 Loop Gallery, Toronto, Archaeology, Natural History, and other Paintings, (concurrent with Midnight on the Water, by Martha Eleen)
2007 Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Wassenaar (the Hague), Netherlands, Solo installation Archaeological Paintings (solo installation concurrent with installations by Yael Seggev and Nigel Langdon)
2005 Bowery Gallery, New York, NY, Paintings
2004 Bowery Gallery, New York, NY, Natural History
2002 Butler Gallery, Marymount College of Fordham University, Tarrytown, NY, Natural History: Birds, Fossils and Monkeys
1998 Courtyard Gallery, Washington Studio School, Washington, D.C.
1994 Courtyard Gallery, Washington Studio School, Washington, D.C.
1993 Westchester Gallery, Westchester Art Workshop, White Plains, NY
John Lyman Center, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
1992 Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Dudley House, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1990 Washington Studio School Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1989 Fitzgerald Gallery, Warner Library, Tarrytown, NY
Washington Studio School Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1988 Butler Gallery, Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY
1987 Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
Washington Studio School Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT
1986 Washington Studio School Gallery, Washington, D.C.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Gallery 1313, Toronto, Eco Art, curated by Phil Anderson
John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Painting 2022-2023, Virginia Eichorn
2023 Wycliffe College, Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto, Memory and Hope
2021 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Portraits of Resilience, online exhibition/archive
2020 John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Dog Days, online exhibition/art book, curated by Dr. Matthew Brower and adjudicated by Matthew Brower and David Liss.
Regis College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Neighbourhood Earth, co-curated with Katharine Lochnan
2017 Loop Gallery, Toronto, Lighten Up!
Loop offsite space, Toronto, Anxious Space, curated by Salena Barry
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, D.C., A Summerford Legacy, curated by Jack Rasmussen
Capital One Art Program, Toronto, A Natural Complex , curated by Kelly McKenzie
2016 Regis College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Complex Identities in a Shifting World, curated by Gilles Mongeau
Loop Gallery, Toronto, Sweet Summer Sixteen
2014 Harbourfront Centre, York Quay Centre, Toronto, Historiographic, curated by Patrick Macaulay
St. Anne's Church, Toronto, Dwell--Loop Artists at Historic St. Anne's Church
2013 Regis College, University of Toronto, Toronto, One on One: Creative Meditations, exhibition in conjunction with a conference of the International Academy of Practical Theology
2012 Loop Gallery, Toronto, Collective Vision
2011 Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Salon V
2010 Loop Gallery, Toronto, Winter ExhibitionToronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada, Loop Gallery Artists
Harbourfront Centre, York Quay Centre, Toronto, Big /Small, curated by Patrick Macaulay
2009 Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Works on Paper: Washi Works 2
2008 Loop Gallery, Toronto, Flex, works on Japanese washi paper, part of the International Washi Summit
2006 Washington Studio School, Bethesda, MD, Works by Founding, Former, and Current Faculty Members
Marymount College of Fordham University, Tarrytown, NY, Former and Current Faculty Exhibition
2005 Nelson Macker Fine Art, Port Chester, NY, Sea and Be Seen
Bowery Gallery, New York, NY, Works on Paper by Gallery Artists
Bowery Gallery, New York, NY, Gallery Artists
2004 Bowery Gallery, New York, NY, Gallery Artists
Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, Invitational Exhibition
Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY, New York Artists Equity Association Invitational
2003 The Painting Center, New York, NY, Small Immensities, curated by Raffaele D’Onofrio, Cathy Diamond and Liz Yamin
Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, Invitational Exhibition
Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY, New York Artists Equity Association Invitational
Ceres Gallery, New York, NY, The Square Show
Bowery Gallery, New York, NY, Gallery Artists
2002 Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, Invitational Exhibition
Ceres Gallery, New York, NY, Hallelujah
Main Street Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY, Group Exhibition
2001 Ceres Gallery, New York, NY, The Square Show: Works on Paper
Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, Invitational Exhibition
Andrews Gallery, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, Distinct Visions, Diverse Pursuits
Butler Gallery, Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY, Faculty Exhibition
2000 Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, Invitational Exhibition
1999 Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, Alumni Exhibition
Main Street Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY, David Holt, G.G. Kopilak and Susan Yanero
1998 Matthews and Shank Gallery, Shepherdstown, WV, Scott Brouard, Frank Hobbs, David Holt, and Susan Newman
Staunton Augusta Art Center, Staunton, VA, Contemporary American Printmaking
1997 One Station Plaza, Peekskill, NY, Light and Shadow
Dobbs Ferry Art Workshop, Dobbs Ferry, NY
Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, Invitational Exhibition Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY, Harry Philbrick, Aldrich Museum, juror
Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY, NYCATA Exhibition
Pound Ridge Museum, Pound Ridge, NY, Regional Exhibition
The Artists' Museum, Washington, D.C., Washington Studio School Faculty Retrospective
1996 Ceres Gallery, New York, NY, Invitational Exhibition
Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, Invitational Exhibition
Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT, 144" Square, Robert Reed, juror
Levine Art Center, Mahopac, NY, Putnam County Arts Council Exhibition
State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY, Janet Steck, curator
Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY, Regional Exhibition
Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY, Rebecca Lawton, juror
Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY, Summer Pleasures, Philip Verre, Hudson River Museum, juror
Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY, Small Matters of Great Importance, Anthony Grant, Pace
Wildenstein Gallery, curator/juror
1995 Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, Invitational Exhibition
Courtyard Gallery, Washington Studio School, Washington, D.C., Tenth Anniversary Faculty Exhibition
Bowery Gallery, New York NY, Invitational Exhibition
1994 Veerhoff Gallery, Washington, D.C., Monotypes by Six Artists
Cardinal Gallery, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD, David Holt, Bruce Bennett,
Babette Martino
1993 Morning Calm Gallery, New York, NY, Katherine Axilrod, Susan Blatstein, David Holt
Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, Invitational Exhibition
Butler Gallery, Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY, Three Artists--Three Views
Bowery Gallery, New York, NY, National Exhibition, Rosemary Beck, Lois Dodd, jurors
Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL, Figurative Small Works Exhibition
Peekskill Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY, Universal Symbols, George King, Katonah Museum, juror
Arts Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford, NJ
Harper College, Palatine, IL, and traveling exhibition at Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL,
17th Harper National Print and Drawing Exhibition
Waterside Art Studios, Stamford, CT, Group Exhibition
1992 Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, Invitational Exhibition
Waterside Art Studios, Stamford, CT, Inaugural Exhibition
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE, Figures of Eight: Eight Painters of the
Human Figure
Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA, The Human Condition
Sage College, Albany, NY, Drawings by Six Artists
Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, Works on Paper
1991 Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, Small Works
Atlantic Gallery, Gallery, New York, NY, Meet the Artist: Self-Portraits
University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, Small Works Salon
Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, Black, White and Color
Bowery Gallery, New York, NY, National Exhibition, Nell Blaine, juror
Butler Gallery, Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY, Faculty Exhibition
Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, Images '91
G.W.V. Smith Art Museum, Springfield, MA, National Exhibition
Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY, 35th National Exhibition, (William Heller Memorial
Award)
Art Gallery of Fells Point, Baltimore, MD, Mid-Atlantic Regional Exhibition
S.C.A.C. Gallery, Cobbleskill, NY, Small Works
Northern Westchester Center for the Arts, Goldens Bridge, NY, Emerging Artists
1990 Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., Approaching the Figure
1989 Butler Gallery, Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY, Faculty Exhibition
1988 Munson Gallery, New Haven, CT, Artists Invite Artists
John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT, New England Regional Exhibition
Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, Faculty Exhibition
Art Barn, Washington, D.C., Works by Washington Studio School Faculty
1987 Munson Gallery, New Haven, CT, Four Painters
Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA, Works by Washington Studio School Faculty
Washington Studio School Gallery, Washington, D.C., Monotypes
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, Prints by Members of the Washington Studio School
Faculty
1986 Gallery Row, Washington, D.C., A Celebration of Washington Artists
Anton Gallery, Washington, D.C., The Last Picture Show
Emerson Gallery, McLean, VA, David Holt and Tom Irion
Maryland College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, MD, Faculty Exhibition
1985 Twentieth Century Gallery, Williamsburg, VA, Frank Hobbs and David Holt
Montgomery County Collection of Contemporary Art, Rockville, MD, Recent Acquisitions
1984 Emerson Gallery, McLean, VA, Frank Hobbs and David Holt
1983 Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA, Six Painters from American University
American University, Washington, D.C., MFA Exhibition
SELECTED TEACHING
2005-present Art Department Chair, Upper Canada College, Toronto, Canada
1988-2005 Marymount College of Fordham University (part of Fordham University from July 2002)
Professor of Art (Art Department Chair from 1994; Chair of Fine and Performing Arts from 1997)
1986-89 Instructor, Resident Associate Program, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
1985-89 Instructor and founding Board Member, Washington Studio School, Washington, D.C.
1988 Adjunct Instructor, Paier College of Art, Hamden, CT
1988 Instructor, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
1986-87 Adjunct Instructor, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
1985-86 Adjunct Instructor, Maryland College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, MD
1985-86 Adjunct Instructor, Prince George's Community College, Largo, MD
1984-86 Instructor, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
EXHIBITIONS CURATED/ORGANIZED
Butler Gallery, Marymount College of Fordham University, Tarrytown, NY
2005 On the Road: Landscape Paintings from Places Far and Near, works by Temma Bell, Marcia Clark, Jane Culp, Martha Hayden, Ying Li, Louisa Matthiasdottir, Josie Merck, Gael Mooney
2004 The Spiritual in Art: Jewish and Christian Themes in works by Simon Carr, Deborah Rosenthal, and Barbara Goodstein. Joint exhibition with the Center for Jewish Christian Studies and Relations, General Theological Seminary, New York, NY
2004 Women by Women: Women Subjects by Women Artists, works by Rosemarie Beck, Isabel Bishop, Barbara Grossman, Alice Neel, Kyle Staver
2003 Painting the Brooklyn Waterfront, works by Diana Horowitz, Arthur Kvarnstrom, Andrew Lenaghan, Naomi Nemtzow, Elizabeth O’Reilly
2003 Working from Nature, works by Violet Baxter, Nell Blaine, Gretna Campbell, Lois Dodd, Jane Freilicher, Loren MacIver, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Ruth Miller
2002 Marymount Alumnae Exhibition
2001 Works by Current Art Department Faculty Members
2001 Girls and Boys, Women and Men, photographs by Kathleen Fay, Helen Levitt, and Carol Wauters
2000 Tradition/Innovation: New Works in Traditional Media, Lesley Doyel Guest Curator; works by Susann Algaier, Robert Bunkin, Lesley Doyel, Nancy Howell, Jun Ni, Regina Pienaar, Sheilah Rechtschaffer, Stephanie Rudloe
2000 Landscape, works by Flavia Bacarella, Diana Cabouli, Beth Sutherland
1999 Zeuxis: An Association of Still Life Painters
1999 Approaching the Figure: Paintings, Drawings and Prints, works by Katheryn Axilrod, Charles Cajori, Sue Collier, Barbara Grossman, Carolyn Virgil
1998 Paths to Abstraction: Paintings and Prints by Four Women Artists, works by Suzan Courtney, Marsha Goldberg, Linda Plotkin, Evelyn Twitchell
1998 With A Different Voice: Women Artists and Ethical Decisions, works by Carole Byard, Ada Cruz, Carol Goebel, Carol Hamoy, Maria Pia Marrella, Maija Reed Shepard, Ilse Schreiber-Noll
GRANTS AND AWARDS
1992 Visual Artist Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
1991 NEH Stipend Award, Summer Seminar for College Teachers, Drawings and Prints: Leonardo to Goya, directed by David Rosand, Columbia University
1987 Painting Grant, Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation
1983-84 Graduate Fellowships, American University
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
2013 Religions and Social Innovation, International Conference at the University of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto, Canada, Conference Session: Visual Art as Social and Spiritual Innovation; Presentation: Teaching about Innovations in Religious Architecture
Conference of Independent Schools Ontario, Visual Art and Media Conference, Oakville, Canada, Presentation: Graphic Design, Architectural History and World Religions: an Interdisciplinary Project
2010 International Boys' School Coalition, Philadelphia, PA, Workshop Session: Physicality, Experimentation, and Expression in Art Projects for Boys
2003 New York City Art Teachers Association/American Federation of Teachers Annual Conference, New York, NY. Presentation: Color: Theory and Practice
2003 College Art Association Annual Conference, New York, NY. Roundtable Discussion Chair, Art and the Science of Vision: Useful Findings for the Foundation Studio, sponsored by Foundations in Art: Theory and Education
2001 New York City Art Teachers Association/American Federation of Teachers Annual Conference, New York, NY. Presentation: Composition in Painting
1999 College Art Association Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA. Session chair, Cultural Diversity and the Development of Visual Skills in Foundation Programs, sponsored by Foundations in Art: Theory and Education
1998 College Art Association Annual Conference, Toronto. Session chair, Interdisciplinary Foundations: Goals and Limits, session sponsored by Foundations in Art: Theory and Education
1997 New York City Art Teachers Association/American Federation of Teachers Annual Conference, New York, NY. Slide lecture, Seeing the Landscape: Nature, Culture and Meaning
1997 Foundations in Art: Theory and Education 6th Biennial National Conference, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Session chair, Ideas and Resources for Foundation Courses: A Poster Session (15 institutions participating)
1997 Foundations in Art: Theory and Education 6th Biennial National Conference, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Panel participant, A Figurative Foundation: Structure and Metaphor-A Discussion of the Unique Characteristics of Working from the Human Form
1997 College Art Association Annual Conference, New York, NY. Session chair, Ideas and Resources for Foundation Courses: A Poster Session (16 NYC area institutions participating), session sponsored by Foundations in Art: Theory and Education
1996 New York City Art Teachers Association/American Federation of Teachers Conference, New York, NY Slide presentation, Drawing from Life
1992 Foundations in Art Theory and Education Fourth Biennial National Conference, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA Slide presentation, Foundation Drawing: Sequential Exercises
1991 Mid-America College Art Association Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. Panel participant, The Future of Drawing in Foundation Programs, session sponsored by Foundations in Art: Theory and Education
1991 Southeastern College Art Conference, Memphis State University, Memphis, TN. Paper presentation, Form and Meaning: A First Visual Analysis, session sponsored by Foundations in Art: Theory and Education
1991 Fifth Annual National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY. Paper presentation, Art History in the Studio Art Curriculum
OTHER PUBLIC LECTURES/TALKS
2013 Loop Gallery, Toronto, Discussion with Lanny Shereck, Studio Practice/Teaching Practice, moderated by Vesna Krstich
2011 Loop Gallery, Toronto, Question and Answer Discussion with David Holt and Suzanne Nacha, moderated by Patrick Macaulay
ArtSyncTV, Toronto, Gallery Hop: 21 Oct, 2011, Loop Gallery, http://www.artsync.ca/gallery-hop-21-oct-2011/
Marymount College Annual Humanities Art Lectures:
1997 Travels in Pictorial Space (Notes from a Frequent Flyer)
1996 Interpreting Las Meninas: The Art of the State, State of the Art and the Status of the Artist
1994 That's Art?! Formal Questions and the Quest for Form in Abstract Painting and Sculpture
1993 Landscape Painting: The Art of Nature or the Nature of Art?
1992 The Individual and Society: Art from the Ancient Greeks to Modern Geeks
1991 Images of Human Suffering: A Poke in the Styx with a Sharp Eye
1990 Understanding Visual Form
1989 Images of Women
Other:
1994 On Genre Painting, Washington Studio School, Washington, D.C.
1992 Visiting Artist Slide Lecture, Sage Junior College, Albany, NY
1992 Artist/Curator Panel Discussion, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
1988 On Rhythm in Painting, Washington Studio School
1988 The Human Figure in 20th Century Art, Nyack Library, Nyack, NY
1987 Works by Washington Studio School Faculty, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA
PUBLICATIONS/WRITINGS
2010 A Visual Guide to Classical Art Theory for Drawing and Painting Students by Eric Mantle, book review, National Art Education Association Media Reviews, website posting March 2, 2010
2003 Stories of Art by James Elkins, book review in National Art Education Association News, Vol 45, No. 3, June 2003
2000 Art and Representation: New Principles in the Analysis of Pictures by John Willats, book review in F.A.T.E in Review, Vol. 22, pp. 55-57
1992 Art History in the Studio Art Curriculum, Conference Proceedings: School of Visual Arts Fifth Annual National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists, pp. 101-103
1992 Form and Meaning: A First Visual Analysis, F.A.T.E. in Review, Vol. 15, p. 16.
1992 The Future of Drawing in Foundation Programs, F.A.T.E. in Review, Vol. 15, p.20
REVIEWS, EXHIBITION CATALOGS, ETC.
"Adrian Fish and David Holt at Loop Gallery", Simon Termine, ARTORONTO.CA, May, 2015, http://www.artoronto.ca/?p=28331
“Wonderful Washi Works”, Fran Schechter, Now Toronto, Toronto, Canada, June 12-18, 2008
Who’s Who in American Art, 2002-
"Paramount Upper Gallery", Deborah Sherman, Peekskill Herald, Peekskill, NY, 8/21/97
"Pushing the Limits", Barbara Dodsworth, Peekskill Herald, Peekskill, NY, 9/5/96
17th Harper National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Exhibition Catalogue, Harper College, Palatine, IL; traveling exhibition at Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, 1993
Approaching the Figure, Exhibition Catalogue, Mary Jane Pagan, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 1990
"The Shape of His Works to Come", Pamela Hart Rego, The Daily News, Westechester County, NY, 10/23/88
"Munson Gallery--Balance through Variety", Yale Daily News, New Haven, CT, 10/2/87
"Galleries", Shirley Gonzales, New Haven Register, New Haven, CT, 5/24/87
"Visual Orchestration", Mark St. John Erickson, The Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg, VA, 3/20/85
"The Eyes Have It", Anne Behrens, The Washington Post, Virginia Weekly, Wash. D.C., 4/26/84