Holly Wilson is a Mustang Oklahoma based sculptor. She received her BFA in Ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute (Kansas City, MO) and her MA in Ceramics and MFA in Sculpture from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX. Wilson is a 2015 Eiteljorg Fellowship Artists. Wilson has shown throughout the United States and extensively in Oklahoma and Texas.
EDUCATION
2001 MFA Sculpture, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
1994 MA Ceramics, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
1993 Teaching Certification K-12 Art, Cameron University, Lawton, OK
1992 BFA Ceramics, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
FELLOWSHIPS | AWARDS | HONORS | GRANTS
2015 Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellow, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians & Western Art, Indianapolis,
Creative Project Grant, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK
2014 Paseo FEAST, #9 Grant Project, Paseo Arts Association, Oklahoma City, OK
2013 Artist INC Fellow – Oklahoma City, OK
Awarded: Second Place, Sculpture, Mixed Media, “Belonging,”
SWAIA 92nd Annual Santa Fe Indian Market 2013, Santa Fe, NM
Creative Project Grant, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK
Awarded: Judge’s Choice Award and Honorable Mention, Sculpture, Bronze, “Paper Wings,”
55th Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market 2013, Heard Museum Phoenix, AZ
Awarded: Honorable Mention, Sculpture, Painting, “It’s All Relative,” 42nd Annual Trail of Tears Art Show and Sale, Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, OK
2012 Awarded: Award of Excellence, “If I Were,”Second National Juried Exhibition, Jurors Mark Di Prima Sales Director for Zane Bennett Gallery & Ellen Koment Encaustic Painter, Encaustic Art Institute, Cerrillos, NM
Creative Project Grant, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK
Creative Capital Core Weekend Workshop Scholarship, OVAC, Oklahoma City, OK
2011 Awarded: Pioneer Spirit, “If I Were” OAG National Juried Show, Juror, Nancy Anderson, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK,
2010 Awarded: Honorable Mention, “Tippy Toe” OAG National Juried Show 2010, Juror, Mitch Lyons, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK,
Creative Project Grant, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK
2009 Awarded: Best In Show, “Ghost of the Dead” Photo Fest On Paseo, Juror, Romy Owens, Paseo Art Space, Oklahoma City, OK
Awarded: 2nd Place Figurative, “Ghost of the Dead”
54th OAG Juried Fall Show, Juror, Rick Fry, 50 Penn Place, Oklahoma City, OK
1995 Awarded: Honorable Mention, “1995 Art Alliance Spring Show Exhibition,”
Juror, Kerry Inman, Inman Gallery, SFA Art Gallery, SFA State University, Nacogdoches, TX
1994 Awarded: Honorable Mention, “1994 Art Alliance,” Juror, Eleanor McMurtrey,
McMurtrey Gallery, SFA Art Gallery, SFA State University, Nacogdoches, TX
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Secrets and The Untold Stories, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa OK
A Foot in Two Worlds, Oklahoma Contemporary, Oklahoma City, OK
Temporal, JRB Art at the Elms, Oklahoma City, OK
2014 Intertwined, PrintWork Gallery, Chicago, IL
Can You Hear Me Now, Main-Site Art Gallery, Norman, OK
Story Tellers, (2 Person) Bonner David Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ
2013 Pathways, JRB Art at the Elms, Oklahoma City, OK
2012 It’s A Thin Line, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
2011 Such Things, Leslie Powell Foundation & Gallery, Lawton, OK
Whispers, Secrets and Other Untold Stories, Governor’s Gallery, Oklahoma State Capital, OKC, OK
Whispers, Secrets and Other Untold Stories, Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, TX
Weight of Water, JRB Art at the Elms, Oklahoma City, OK
2010 Unguarded, @ 1614, Midwestmedia & Marketing, Oklahoma City, OK
What Lies Beneath, Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, TX
2009 New Work: Holly Wilson, Main-Site Art Gallery, Norman, OK
2001 Keepers of the Dreams, SFA Art Gallery, SFA State University, Nacogdoches, TX
1997 Carried on the Winds, Artables Gallery, Houston, TX
1995 Whispers in My Dreams, Artables Gallery, Houston, TX
Allegories, Fort Sill Arts and Crafts Center, Fort Sill, OK
Alternate Roots, Leslie Powell Foundation & Gallery, Lawton, OK
1994 MA Exhibition, SFA Art Gallery, SFA State University, Nacogdoches, TX
1992 Sensuality of the Flesh, Leedy Voulkus Art Center, Kansas City, MO
CURATED AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2015 Conversations, Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship, Nov 14- Feb 14, 2016
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians & Western Art, Indianapolis, IN
35th Anniversary Show, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
Contemporary Spirit, Encaustic Art Institute Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Summer Show, PrintWorks, Chicago, IL
Art Santa Fe, With Bonner David Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ, in Santa Fe, NM
Return from Exile, Traveling Exhibition 2015-16, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA,
Collier County Museum, Naples, FL, Dr. J.W. Wiggins Gallery, Sequoyah National Research Center,
Little Rock, AK, Hardesty Arts Center, Tulsa, OK, Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah OK
Fluent, The Vendue Charleston’s Art Hotel, Charleston, SC
National Contemporary Realism 2014, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
Hope Project: “What Does Hope Look Like to You”, Dreamer Concepts, Norman OK
Women Artists: Anonymous No More, Bonner David Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ
Sculpture Invitational Exhibition, Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA
Valentine’s Group Show, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2014 Here and Now: Contemporary Native American Art in Oklahoma, Curators Heather Ahtone
and Michael Yantz, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa OK
Art Santa Fe, With Bonner David Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ, in Santa Fe, NM
Gifts Worth Giving, Bonner David Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ
Here Now, The Vendue Charleston’s Art Hotel, Charleston, SC
Concept Me, Main-Site Art Gallery, Norman, OK
National Contemporary Realism 2014, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
Valentine’s Group Show, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
Art Now: Shine, Curator John Seward, Oklahoma Contemporary, Oklahoma City, Ok
White, JRB Art at the Elms, Oklahoma City, OK
2013 North vs South, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, SC
Annual Celebration of Contemporary Native American Art, Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, New NM
SWAIA 92nd Annual Santa Fe Indian Market 2013, Santa Fe, NM
42nd Annual Trail of Tears Exhibition, Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, OK
Blue Rain’s Invitational Show, Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, New NM
55th Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market 2013, Heard Museum Phoenix, AZ
Holiday Group Show, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston Island, TX
12x12, OVAC, 50 Penn Place, Oklahoma City, OK
Annual Celebration of Contemporary Native American Art, Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, New NM
2012 Crafting Ritual and Identity, The Brady Craft Alliance, Living Arts Gallery, Tulsa, OK
Autumn Group Show, Joseph Gierek Fine Art, Tulsa, OK
100 Degrees, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
Oklahoma Centerfold, Juror Kristy Deetz, Leslie Powell Foundation & Gallery, Lawton, OK
Art Now 2012, Curator Romy Owens, Eleanor Kirkpatrick Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
Second National Juried Exhibition, Curators Mark Di Prima & Ellen Koment, Encaustic Art Institute, Cerrillos, NM
12x12, OVAC, 50 Penn Place, Oklahoma City, OK
Red Dot, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2011 Texas National 2011, Juror James Drake, The Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX
After Dark, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
Summer Show, PrintWorks, Chicago, IL
OAG National, Juror Nancy Anderson Dir. Leslie Powell FDN & Gallery, IAO Gallery, OKC, OK
18th Annual Café City Arts, Curator Clint Stone, Eleanor Kirkpatrick Gallery, OKC, OK
Red Dot, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
12x12, OVAC, 50 Penn Place, Oklahoma City, OK
2010 Urban Indian 5, Red Earth Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
OAG National Juried Show 2010, Juror Mitch Lyons, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
Urban Indian 5, Southern Plains Indian Museum, Anadarko, OK
2010 TX/OK Art Prize, Juror Janis Goodman, Wichita Falls, Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX
2010 Urban Indian 5, Southern Plains Indian Museum, Anadarko, OK
Small Works, JRB Art at the Elms Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
Red Dot, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
Group Show, Line Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
Urban Indian 5, Red Earth Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
12x12, OVAC, Fred Jones Industries Building, Oklahoma City, OK
Biting the Apple 2010, Cirque Fantastique, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2009 The Mission, Norick Art Center, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK
Photo Fest On Paseo, Curator Romy Owens, Paseo Art Space, Oklahoma City, OK
54th Annual OAG Juried Fall Show, Juror Rick Fry, 50 Penn Place, Oklahoma City, OK
5th Annual Red Feather Gala, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
Red Dot, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
Urban Indian 5, Chi Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
OAG National Juried Show 2009, Juror, Jim Keffer, City Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
12x12, OVAC, Fred Jones Industries Building, Oklahoma City, OK
Urban Indian 5, Simply Oklahoma Gallery, Guthrie, OK
IAO Birthday Bash, Circa 1979, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
60 Artists: 60 Minutes, Invited Artist Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
Small Works, OAG Member Show, Gallery One, Oklahoma City, OK
2007 International Visions, Mainsite Gallery, Norman, OK
2002 Sugar and Spice, Reed Art Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, ME
1999 Heart And Soul Of The Great Plains, Museum of the Great Plains and Leslie Powell
Foundation & Gallery, Lawton, OK
1998 The Not-Quite Doll Show, O’Kane Gallery, University of Houston, Houston TX
1996 Women’s Work: On and Off Paper, Leslie Powell Foundation & Gallery, Lawton, OK
Texas National 96, Juror, Faith Ringgold, Professor of Art University of California,
SFA Gallery, SFA State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Oklahoma Centerfold, Juror, Kristy Deetz, Leslie Powell Foundation & Gallery, Lawton, OK
1995 The Graduate Student Spring Show, Frame Designs, Nacogdoches, TX
Women’s Work: On and Off Paper, Leslie Powell Foundation & Gallery, Lawton, OK
1995 Art Alliance Show, Juror, Kerry Inman, SFA Art Gallery, SFASU, Nacogdoches, TX
1994 Expressions of Spirit, Juror, Lynette Miller & Joe Feddersen, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM
1994 Art Alliance, Juror, Eleanor McMurtrey, SFA Art Gallery, SFASU, Nacogdoches, TX
Oklahoma: Native American Art Passing on the Tradition, Leslie Powell Foundation &
Gallery, Lawton, OK
Found Collemblage, Thunder Hill Studios, Nacogdoches, TX
Women’s Work: On and Off Paper, Leslie Powell Foundation & Gallery, Lawton, OK
1992 1992 Senior Exhibition, Charlotte Crosby Kemper Gallery, Kansas City, MO
KCAI Ceramic Group Exhibit, Community Christian Church, Kansas City, MO
KCAI Ceramic Group Exhibit, Stephens College, Kansas City, MO
1990 American Indian Heritage Month, Department of the Treasury, Kansas City, MO
Oklahoma Landscape, Juror, DJ Lafon, Leslie Powell Foundation & Gallery Lawton, OK
COLLECTIONS
2015 Public Collection of: Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, IN
Public Collection of: Little Axe Health Center, Norman, OK
2014 Private Collection: George Kaiser and Myra Block Kaiser, Kaiser Foundation, Tulsa, OK
2013 Private Commission: Bill & Mary Ellen Gumerson, Oklahoma City, OK
Private Collection: Richard and Betsy Ehrenberg, Bridges to Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2010 Private Commission: Terri White, OKC, OK
Private Commission: Sara S. Morgan, Houston, TX
Private Commission: Forsmith, Houston, TX
Private Collection: Sara S. Morgan, Craft Council, Houston, TX
Private Collection: Desmond Mason, NBA, Oklahoma City, OK
1995 Public Collection of: Fine Arts Department, SFASU, Nacogdoches, TX
1992 Private Collection: Lennie Berkowitz, Gallery of Contemporary Art, KC, MO
PUBLICATIONS | BLOGS | PRESS
2015 “Truth Between Worlds”, ArtDesk, by Brendan Hoover (Issue 04, Sumer 2015); p 14
“Showcase in Santa Fe” Preview, American Art Collector (July 2015); p 152-153
“Sculpture, photogrpahy mark “Two Worlds” of artists show” by John Brandenburg,
Art Reviewer, The Oklahoman, (June 28, 2015); p 4D,
“Experience Holly Wilson’s A Foot in Two Worlds, now on display at Oklahoma Contemporary”
by Greg Horton, Writer, Oklahoman Gazette, (June 17, 2015); p 39
“Highly Original, Dually Significant,” by Jeffrey Carlson Reporting Contributing Editor,
Fine Art Today, (June 18, 2015), Fine Art Connoisseur,
“Little People, Big Stories” by Brandy McDonnell, Entertainment Reporter, The Oklahoman,
(May 24, 2015); p 1D – 2D
“Of Drums, Dreams & Art”, by Taté Walker, Native Peoples (May/Jun 2015); p 42
“JRB exhibit mixes abstract realistic, photographic works” by John Brandenburg,
Art Reviewer, The Oklahoman, (May 6, 2015); p 7D
“Temporal Impressions: Holly Wilson and Sallyann Paschall,” by Lindsey Allgood, OVAC Art
Focus Oklahoma (Vol 30, No. 3 May/June 2015); p 14
2014 “Eiteljorg Announces 2015 Contemporary Art Fellows,” Red Lake Nation News, Nov 17, 2014, www.redlakenationnews.com
“Shared Emotions” Preview, by Michelle Towne, American Art Collector (July 2014); p 118-119
2014 “Galleries: Bonner David Galleries”, by Russ Tall Chief, Native Peoples (Jan/Feb 2014); p 29
“This Tiny Penis Sculpture Promises to Give Women Confidence at the Negotiation Table”,
by Amanda Hess, Slate, The XX Factor, What Women Really Think (March 2014);
www.slate.com
“Holly Wilson: Behind the Mask,” by Jeffrey Carlson, Reporting Contributing Editor, Fine Art Today, (January 16, 2014), Fine Art Connoisseur, www.fineartconnoisseur.com
2013 “Four-person exhibit at JRB Art at the Elms in Oklahoma City has autumn feel” by John
Brandenburg, Art Reviewer, The Oklahoman,(October 8, 2013) NewsOK,
www.newsok.com
“Black Book: The Creative Class” by Rachel Curtis, Oklahoma Today (July/Aug 2013); p 73,77,81
“First Invitational” by Joshua Rose, American Art Collector (April 2013); p 142
“The 55th Annual Heard Guild Indian Fair and Market” by Clay South, The Indian Trader
Volume 44, Number 5, (May 2013); pg 14
“Creating With Intent, An interview with the Urban Indian 5”, by Chelsea Wesner,
(February 27, 2013) American Indian Institute Blog: Wellness in Native America;
www.americanindianinstitute.wordpress.com
2012 “Holly Wilson brings unique bronze sculpture to Austin,” by Esther Robards-Forbes,
Reporter for the Westlake Picayune, Austin American-Statesman, (April 6, 2012); D2
“Crafting Ritual and Identity: Oklahoma Invitational Exhibition” by Brady Craft Alliance,
Livings Arts of Tulsa, (August 3, 2012)
“BCA intern Grace Bercier interviews “Crafting Ritual & Identity” artist Holly Wilson,”
Brady Craft Alliance Blog, (June 21, 2012); www.108contemporary.org
2011 “5 Things to See at the Oklahoma State Capitol,” by Ann Waller Curtis, Art Works,
The National Endowment for the Arts official Blog, (Aug 29, 2011): www.arts.gov/artworks
“Thoughtful Efforts by Two Artist on Display at JRB Gallery,” by John Brandenburg,
Art Reviewer, The Oklahoman, (April 17, 2011); 6D
“Thomas Batista and Holly Wilson,” OKGazette (April 01/2011)
“Oklahoma Friendly’ Show Gives Look at Sooner State,” by John Brandenburg, Art Reviewer,
The Oklahoman, (March 27, 2011); 6D
“6th Annual Red Feather Gala 2010: Attracts Large and Diverse Crowd” by Steve Barse,
Oklahoma City Indian Clinic Horizons (Winter 2011)
“Goldesberry Gallery” Art Galleries & Artists of the South, (October 2011); Vol 8, Iss 2
2010 “Oklahoma City Artist Tells Stories Through Art,” by Melissa Howell, Mood Online Editor,
The Oklahoman, Mood (August 26); 4D
“Holly Wilson: What Lies Beneath,” by Romy Owens, OVAC Art Focus Oklahoma
(Vol 25, No. 2 March/April 2010); p 4.
“Visual Arts Reviews, Holly Wilson,” by Charles Martin, OKGazette, (August 11/2010); p71.
“Urban Indian 5: The Beat Goes On,” by Steve Barse, Healthy Spirit; Publication of Indian
Health Care Resource Center of Tulsa (Fall 2010).
“The Beat Goes On: Urban Indian 5,” by Steve Barse, American Indian Horizons, (Fall 2010), pg 48.
“Little Worlds,” by James T. Lambertus, Dreamcatcher: Oklahoma Indian Nations
Culture & Events (October 2010).
2009 “Inspiring Wellness,” by Rita Wright Burkhalter, American Indian Horizons, (Fall 2010), pg 10.
“Southern Plains Museum will host Urban Indian 5 art show,” by Oklahoma Indian Arts and Crafts
Cooperative, The Anadarko Daily News, (September 18, 2010) Vol. 110, Number 29, pg 1.
“Oklahoma City Indian Clinic Gets Booster Shot From Group of Artists Known as Urban Indian 5,”
by Charles Martin, OKGazette, (November 12/2009); p71.
“Urban Indian 5,” by Oklahoma Indian Arts and Crafts Cooperative, The Anadarko Daily
News, (September 22, 2010) Vol. 110, Number 32, pg 1.
1995 “Expressions Of Spirit: Contemporary American Indian Art,” The Messenger (Spring); p 1.
“Lawton native displays her work at the Arts and Craft Center,” by Amanda Wyatt,
The Cannoneer (May 11).
“Reception to open sculpture & photography show Sat.,” by Rob Weaver, The Lawton
Constitution (Jan 13):1B.
1994 “Elders,” Pondscapes, The Magazine of the National Pond Society (October / November): p55.
“Black Moon among noted Indian artist to show at Powell Gallery,” by Rob Weaver,
The Lawton Constitution (Nov 6): 2C
1992 “It Takes More Then Education to be an Artist,” by Pearson Deanne, Pitch (May 6); p22.
TEACHING | ARTIST TALKS | WORKSHOPS
2015 Small Scale Bronze Casting Summer Workshop, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild CA
Artist Lecture, Hope Project: “What Does Hope Look Like to You”, Norman OK
2014 Artist Lecture and Bronze Casting Workshop, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild CA
2013 Panelist: Business of Art class, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK
Panelist: Artist Survival Kit-Spaces: Art Venues, By OVAC, Mainsite Gallery, Norman OK
2012 Visiting Artist and Lecture, UCO Art Department, Edmond OK
2011 Lecture and Artist Demo, Oklahoma Sculpture Society, City Arts Center, Oklahoma City OK
Lecture and Artist Demo, JRB Art at the Elms Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
Lecture, OCAM Class, Oklahoma City Art Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
2009-10 Completing the Circle, “Spirit of the Self” Mask workshop for American Indian Foster Children
Board Member Oklahoma Art Guild
2009-15 Member of the Urban Indian 5
2002 Photography Instructor, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
1999-00 Digital Imaging & 3D Animation Instructor, James E. Taylor High School, Katy, TX
1998-99 Fine Art Instructor, Louie Welch Middle School, Houston, TX
1997 Jewelry Design Instructor, Marwen Foundation, Chicago, IL
1995 Summer Instructor, Art Academy Grades K-12, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
1994-95 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
STATEMENT:
I want to sculpt emotions, emotions that you can put on like a skin and breath in a moment frozen in time. I want you to feel another’s life, for just that moment to see we are all one below that surface, that surface of skin no matter the color the shape or origin.
My figures serve as my storytellers in the world, telling stories of the sacred and the precious, capturing moments of our day, our vulnerabilities, and our strengths. They are the quiet echoes of life’s delicate balance, telling of the fragility in both life and their own form; how far one can reach, which step may be too many.