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