CAROLINE
HOLDER
Lives and works in New York
2002-03 MFA Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS
1990-91 Dipolma of Education VA, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
1984-87 BA York University, Toronto, Ontario
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Conflict of Interest, Gallery Page & Strange. Halifax, NS
2009 Clay: New Works, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL
2009 Belly & the Beast, African American Museum of Nassau County, NY
2006 Tea, Glorious Tea, Revolution Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica, 2006
2003 Constructing Memory, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 beginning The Brighton Storeroom, Barbados
2019 Inter|sectionality: Diaspora Art from the Creole City Corcoran School of Art and Design, Washington DC
2018 Exposure 2018, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
Arrivants, Barbados Museum and Historical Society
Me, Myself and I, Clay Art Center, Portchester, NY
2017 The Impression”, Carifesta XIII, Barbados
2015 Art in Clay, Origins:BWAC Brooklyn, NY
2014 It’s All About Me, Gallery Page and Strange, Halifax, NS
Hunger, Crafthaus.com, online exhibition
2013 Exposure 2013, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
Reawakening, Kingsborough College, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Some-where/No-where: You Can Live in Paradise Forever
2009 Black Visual Arts Diaspora, Frank Collymore Hall, Barbados
2008 Clay & Fiber, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 Diaspora, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
Live Free or Die, Rhonda Schaller Studio, NY, NY
2006 Brave New World, DVG, Miami, FL/ ALG. Halifax, NS
3 Generations: Contemporary Barbadian Art, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL, 2006
Art Miami: 16th Annual Int’l Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
2005 Out castes: Crossing the line to the model majority, DVG, Miami
Pre-Shrunk, Argyle Fine Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
Art Off the Main, Puck Building, New York, NY
Tea, Glorious Tea, Revolution Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
The Distill Cup, Distill Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Honoring Our Roots, NCECA,Eubie Blake Cultural Center, Baltimore, MD
2004 Art Basel Miami Beach, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL,
Pre-Shrunk, Argyle Fine Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
Fine Contemporary Craft, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
La Petite XII , Alder Gallery, Coburg OR
Art Off the Main, Puck Building, New York, NY
The Female Perspective, Shorin Studio, Barbados
2003 Crossovers, Argyle Fine Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
NSCAD at the American Consulate, Halifax, NS
Grad(e) School, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, 2003
2002 Commemoration: Works from the collection of Paul Greenhalgh Art Gallery of Nova Socia, Halifax, Ns
Loose Collective, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Barbados National Art Gallery Committee
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
RESIDENCIES
2011 International Cultural Exchange with Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Barbados
2005 International Cultural Exchange with Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Aruba
BIBLIOGRAPHY
De Jesus, Carlos Suarez, Miami Newtimes, “Aldous Huxley, Meet George W.: Diaspora Vibe takes a dystopic look at post 9/11 America”, Sept 7-13, 2006
Suzanne Tourtillott (ed), 500 Pitchers: Contemporary Expressions of a Classic Form, 1st ed., Lark Books, NY 2006, p.273
Sten, Lillian, The Sunday Sun Easy Magazine, “Fruits of the Festive Season”, December 18, 2005
Ancrum, Nancy, Miami Herald, “The Cultural Kitchen: A Colonial Past in Clay,” 15 December, 2005
Miami Herald, “Caribbean Artists Bring Fresh Insights to Fair”, December 3, 2005
Gallery Catalog, Gallery Page and Strange, September 2005
Jamaica Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) “What a Brew! Tea, Glorious Tea, 2005” 14 August, 2005
The News, (Aruba) “‘What is home?’: Lecture by Rosie Gordon-Wallace & DVG Artists.” 27 April, 2005
Bon Dia, Aruba, (local) “Dialogo di Arte internacional cu arte local”, 29 April, 2005
Pederson, Sylvie, Eugene Weekly “Small But Excellent”, 16 December, 2004
Best, Tony, Sunday Sun, (Barbados) “Seen Up North”, 15 August, 2004
Visual Arts News Volume 24, #2, summer 2003, NS
Barnard, E., Sunday Herald, (Halifax) "Show a study in pottery", 22 Dec, 2002, NS
Bennett, Krista, “Commemoration: Works from the collection of Paul Greenhalgh”,
Exhibition Catalog, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2002
WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS
2017 Beginning drawing, Kingsborough College, NY
2010 Artist’s Talk, Kingsborough College, NY
2006 Artist’s Talk, NSCAD, Halifax, NS,
2005 Artist’s Talk, RISD, Providence, RI
Artist’s Talk, NSCAD, Halifax, NS
1999 Arts in August, Art Workshop for Children, New York, NY
1996 Glazorama, Glaze Workshop, New York, NY
Lives and works in New York
2002-03 MFA Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS
1990-91 Dipolma of Education VA, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
1984-87 BA York University, Toronto, Ontario
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Conflict of Interest, Gallery Page & Strange. Halifax, NS
2009 Clay: New Works, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL
2009 Belly & the Beast, African American Museum of Nassau County, NY
2006 Tea, Glorious Tea, Revolution Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica, 2006
2003 Constructing Memory, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 beginning The Brighton Storeroom, Barbados
2019 Inter|sectionality: Diaspora Art from the Creole City Corcoran School of Art and Design, Washington DC
2018 Exposure 2018, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
Arrivants, Barbados Museum and Historical Society
Me, Myself and I, Clay Art Center, Portchester, NY
2017 The Impression”, Carifesta XIII, Barbados
2015 Art in Clay, Origins:BWAC Brooklyn, NY
2014 It’s All About Me, Gallery Page and Strange, Halifax, NS
Hunger, Crafthaus.com, online exhibition
2013 Exposure 2013, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
Reawakening, Kingsborough College, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Some-where/No-where: You Can Live in Paradise Forever
2009 Black Visual Arts Diaspora, Frank Collymore Hall, Barbados
2008 Clay & Fiber, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 Diaspora, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
Live Free or Die, Rhonda Schaller Studio, NY, NY
2006 Brave New World, DVG, Miami, FL/ ALG. Halifax, NS
3 Generations: Contemporary Barbadian Art, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL, 2006
Art Miami: 16th Annual Int’l Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
2005 Out castes: Crossing the line to the model majority, DVG, Miami
Pre-Shrunk, Argyle Fine Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
Art Off the Main, Puck Building, New York, NY
Tea, Glorious Tea, Revolution Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
The Distill Cup, Distill Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Honoring Our Roots, NCECA,Eubie Blake Cultural Center, Baltimore, MD
2004 Art Basel Miami Beach, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL,
Pre-Shrunk, Argyle Fine Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
Fine Contemporary Craft, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
La Petite XII , Alder Gallery, Coburg OR
Art Off the Main, Puck Building, New York, NY
The Female Perspective, Shorin Studio, Barbados
2003 Crossovers, Argyle Fine Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
NSCAD at the American Consulate, Halifax, NS
Grad(e) School, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, 2003
2002 Commemoration: Works from the collection of Paul Greenhalgh Art Gallery of Nova Socia, Halifax, Ns
Loose Collective, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Barbados National Art Gallery Committee
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
RESIDENCIES
2011 International Cultural Exchange with Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Barbados
2005 International Cultural Exchange with Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Aruba
BIBLIOGRAPHY
De Jesus, Carlos Suarez, Miami Newtimes, “Aldous Huxley, Meet George W.: Diaspora Vibe takes a dystopic look at post 9/11 America”, Sept 7-13, 2006
Suzanne Tourtillott (ed), 500 Pitchers: Contemporary Expressions of a Classic Form, 1st ed., Lark Books, NY 2006, p.273
Sten, Lillian, The Sunday Sun Easy Magazine, “Fruits of the Festive Season”, December 18, 2005
Ancrum, Nancy, Miami Herald, “The Cultural Kitchen: A Colonial Past in Clay,” 15 December, 2005
Miami Herald, “Caribbean Artists Bring Fresh Insights to Fair”, December 3, 2005
Gallery Catalog, Gallery Page and Strange, September 2005
Jamaica Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) “What a Brew! Tea, Glorious Tea, 2005” 14 August, 2005
The News, (Aruba) “‘What is home?’: Lecture by Rosie Gordon-Wallace & DVG Artists.” 27 April, 2005
Bon Dia, Aruba, (local) “Dialogo di Arte internacional cu arte local”, 29 April, 2005
Pederson, Sylvie, Eugene Weekly “Small But Excellent”, 16 December, 2004
Best, Tony, Sunday Sun, (Barbados) “Seen Up North”, 15 August, 2004
Visual Arts News Volume 24, #2, summer 2003, NS
Barnard, E., Sunday Herald, (Halifax) "Show a study in pottery", 22 Dec, 2002, NS
Bennett, Krista, “Commemoration: Works from the collection of Paul Greenhalgh”,
Exhibition Catalog, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2002
WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS
2017 Beginning drawing, Kingsborough College, NY
2010 Artist’s Talk, Kingsborough College, NY
2006 Artist’s Talk, NSCAD, Halifax, NS,
2005 Artist’s Talk, RISD, Providence, RI
Artist’s Talk, NSCAD, Halifax, NS
1999 Arts in August, Art Workshop for Children, New York, NY
1996 Glazorama, Glaze Workshop, New York, NY
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