CAROLYN HOLDEN
Carolyn Holden
P.O. Box 26293
Los Angeles, CA 90026
213-618-9130
carolynholden@gmail.com
Selected Exhibitions 1980-present:
(one or two person shows indicated by *)
| 2024 |
| “Dreams and Imaging”, curated by Lois Lambert and Ari Fouse, Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| “Whereabouts”, curated by Erika Wall, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA |
| “Raising Our Brushes”, curated by David Rubin, Yuma Art Center, Yuma, AZ |
| “Gleaming Apollo”, Los Angeles Art Association Gallery, online |
| 2023 |
| WPW – Portrait Show, California Heritage Museum, Santa Monica, CA |
| “Memories”, Women Painters West, online |
| 2022 |
| “Fact-Finding”, Los Angeles Art Association Gallery, online |
| “It’s OK to Laugh” O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, online |
| “The Beauty of Everyday Things, curated by Genie Davis, Women Painters West, online |
| “Gleaming Apollo”, Los Angeles Art Association Gallery, online |
| 2021 |
| 100 Years of Women Painters West, Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA |
| “Chiaroscuro”, San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, online |
| “Fat City”, Los Angeles Art Association Gallery, online | Artists Guild Summer Exhibition, San Diego Museum of Art, online |
| 2020 |
| “Exalted One”, Los Angeles Art Association Gallery |
| “2020 Annual Benefit Auction”, Los Angeles Art Association Gallery |
| “Gleaming Apollo”, Los Angeles Art Association Gallery |
| “Petite Works”, Los Angeles Art Association Gallery |
| “Seclusion Sale”, Los Angeles Art Association Gallery |
| 2013 |
| Los Angeles Art Association Gallery, Open Show, curated by Jenny Gheith |
| 2012 |
| Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas, curated by Mat Gleason |
| 2010 |
| “Look Around”, curated by Jody Baral, Jose Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California |
| 2009 |
| “The Sketchbook Project”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington, DC |
| 2008 |
| *“Paintings”, curated by Kristina Faragher, 24 Hour Gallery, Pasadena, California |
| “Works on Paper: Here & Now”, curated by Kim Abeles, Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, California |
| 2007 |
| “2007 All-Media Exhibition” Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, California |
| 2006 |
| “National Competition”, Bowery Gallery, New York, New York |
| 2005 |
| “All-Media International Invitational”, Exhibit 151, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| “National Competition”, Bowery Gallery, New York, New York |
| “2nd Biennial International Exhibition”, curated by Marian Parmenter, Herbst Exhibition Hall, San Francisco, California |
| “Creatures Featured”, curated by Kristina Faragher, Crazy Space, Santa Monica, California |
| 2000 |
| Laguna Art Museum Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Laguna Beach, California |
| “2000 Elephants”, Zeitgeist Gallery, Hillsboro Village, Nashville Tennessee |
| “35th Annual International Exhibition”, San Bernardino County Museum, Riverside, California |
| “All Media 2000”, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California |
| 1999 |
| “Texas National”, SFA Gallery, Nacogdoches, Texas |
| 1998 |
| * “New Work”, Mill Valley City Hall Gallery, Mill Valley, California |
| “101 Cups - 101 Artists”, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| “1998 Annual”, Pro Arts, Oakland, California |
| “Exhibition Number Seven”, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, California |
| 1997 |
| *“New Works”, Raven Gallery, Cody, Wyoming |
| 1995 |
| *“New Works”, Raven Gallery, Cody, Wyoming |
| 1994 |
| Alumni show, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| “The Contemporary Canine”, The Dog Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri |
| “Dog Days in Santa Fe”, Edith Lambert Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Inaugural Show, Raven Gallery, Cody, Wyoming |
| 1992 |
| “The Artists’ Registry Exhibition”, The Dog Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri |
| 1991 |
| SFMOMA Rental Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, California |
| “Exhibition on Animals in Art”, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA |
| 1990 |
| *“New Small Paintings”, V.C. Torias Gallery, Murphys, California |
| 1989 |
| “Art Show at the Dog Show”, Wichita Kennel Club, Wichita, Kansas |
| 1986 |
| “Three Figurative Painters”, Tompkins Square Gallery, New York City |
| 1985 |
| *“Works on Paper”, ASUC Studio Gallery, Berkeley, California |
| “East/West Southwest”, The Artists’ Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| “Paintings & Prints”, The Dance Palace, Point Reyes Station, California |
| 1984 |
| Intaglio Gallery, London, England |
| de Young Museum Art School Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| 1983 |
| *Valencia Rose Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| “Group Show 83”, Galeria Museo, San Francisco, California |
| “National Print and Drawing”, A.A.O. Gallery, Buffalo, New York |
| “Drawing ‘83”, Trenton State College, Trenton, New Jersey |
| “19th Bradley National Print & Drawing Exhibition”, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois |
| “Brand XIII”, Brand Art Center, Glendale, California |
| “Pulse of the City”, Nanny Goat Hill Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| Group show, San Mateo County Arts, Belmont, California |
| 1982 |
| *MFA Thesis Exhibition, La Galleria Temple, Rome, Italy |
| Richmond Art Center Rental Gallery, Richmond, California |
| 1981 |
| “M.F.A. Drawings at Stockton”, Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey |
| Education : |
| 1982 |
| Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, M.F.A. |
| 1978 |
| College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A. |
| Residencies: |
| 2008 |
| Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont |
| 1980 |
| Skowhegan, Skowhegan, Maine |
