Curriculum Vitae
Holly Marie Armishaw
Post-Secondary Education:
Harvard University / EdX
Fall 2021 - Present
Sotheby's Institute of Art
"Writing About Art" Fall 2016
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
BFA in Photography (Magna Cum Laude)
Sept. 1997 – May 2000
Red Deer College
2 yr. Fine Arts University Transfer Program (Including studies in Philosophy & Psychology)
Sept. 1995 – Apr. 1997
Canadian University College
1 yr. Liberal Arts Studies (Including French, Literature and Music)
Sept. 1994 – Apr. 1995
Solo Exhibitions:
les Fleurs des Maladies Cadine - Vancouver, April 2022
A Feminist and a Francophile Back Gallery Project, November 2018
Repressions Chernoff Fine Art, Vancouver, April - May 2016
The Gilded Life New Materials Art Fair Solo Exhibition Winner - Miami Beach, Dec 2013
The Gilded Life Back Gallery Project - Vancouver, October 2013
Organic Morphologies Quinary Art Projects – Vancouver, July 2012
Sublime Realities Kwantlen University College/Kwantlen Art Gallery – November 2005
Les Mondes Frax 4-D YYZ Artist's Outlet - Toronto, ON: Nov. – Dec. 2003
Les Mondes Frax 4-D Wilder and Davis Gallery - Montreal, QUE: August - October 2002
Group Exhibitions/Art Fairs/Special Events :
Emerging to Established (Group Show): Krause Gallery, 149 Orchard St South, NYC
January 5th to February 26th, 2019
A Feminist and a Francophile: Holly Marie Armishaw in Conversation with Miret Rodriguez
Back Gallery Project, Vancouver BC, November 17th 2018
Texas Contemporary Art Fair Houston Texas, Back Gallery Project, October 4th - 7th, 2018
Seattle Art Fair Back Gallery Project, Booth H05, Century Link Field; Seattle Washington:
August 2 -5th, 2018
Big Names, Small Art Fundraising art auction at Crocker Art Museum; Sacremento,
California: May 24th, 2018
Art Market San Francisco Fort Mason Centre, Booth 501/Back Gallery Project:
April 26- 29th, 2018
Art on Paper: NYC Pier 36, Booth 414/Back Gallery Project: March 8-11, 2018
David Wisdom Summer Slide Shows Vancouver Art Gallery: July 26th 2016
Toronto International Art Fair (TIAF) /Art Toronto with Back Gallery Project:
October 24 - 27th, 2014
Mirror, Mirror Surrey Art Gallery: August - November 2012
7th Berlin Biennale (ArtWiki) Berlin: April – July 2012
Il Repute Unit/Pitt Projects; December 2011
Still Films Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon; Mar-May 2011
An Exchange with Sol LeWitt MASS MoCA; January 2011
Femine! Fabbricaimmagine lab, Roma, Italy; January 2011
A Book About Death SAL Gallery Long Island, NY; Oct – Nov 2010
Séance Mobius, Boston, MA; October, 2010
A Book About Death Fluxmuseum, Fort Worth, TX; Oct 2010
The Prostitution of Art Mobius, Boston, MA; September 2010
Fluxface in Space: NASA Space Mission STS-133; November 2010
Kennedy Space Center; Florida – September 2010
Diner a la C’art Jailhouse, Rouen, France; September 2010
Surrealestate Mobius, Boston, MA: May 2010
A Book About Death MOMA, Wales, UK: April – May 2010
SP – Arte/ Feira Internacional de Arte de Sao Paulo April – May 2010
Um Livro Sobre A Morte MUBE (Museu Brasileiro de Escultura) – Sao Paulo, Brasil;
February 2010
NADA Art Fair – Miami Beach Miami, FL; December 3 – 6, 2009
Spring Melange Pacifica (Photography) Gallery, Vancouver: May 2009
Surfacing Elliott Louis Gallery - Vancouver, BC: June - July 2005
Full Spectrum Elliott Louis Gallery - Vancouver, BC: January 2005
Summer Exhibition of Gallery Artists
Elliott Louis Gallery - Vancouver, BC: June 2004
Sphere Presentation House Gallery - North Vancouver, BC: September 2003
Artropolis 2003 - The Human Image in the Landscape
Vancouver, BC: April - May 2003
Con/quest Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC: June 2002
Picture This: Documenting the Future
Dazibao Centre de Photographies Actuelles, Montreal, QUE: September 2001
artWork 2000 a BC Festival of the Arts; Nelson, BC: May 2000
Graduation 2000 Exhibition
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver: May 2000
Convergence Dynamo Gallery, Vancouver: February 2000
Seed: Scatter, Strew, Broadcast The Roundhouse Community Center - Vancouver; Dec. 1999
Blip: Locating Nature and Technology
Pratt Gallery, Manhattan, New York City: January 1999
Pratt Gallery, Brooklyn, New York City: February 1999
Cornish School of the Arts, Seattle: January 1999
Diego Riviera Gallery, San Francisco: April 1999
Publications, Reviews, Catalogues, Auctions, etc:
Contemporary Art Gallery Gala Art Auction live auction; November 3rd, 2018
Interview with Holly Marie Armishaw - Art Habens Art Review - Spring Issue 2017
Repressions - Holly Armishaw SAD MAG, April 2016
Women and Self-Representation in Contemporary Photographic Art
Panel Discussion presented in partnership by the Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver
and Capture Photography Festival; Museum of Vancouver, April 8, 2015
Vancouver Art Gallery Art Auction 2014 February 2014
ART PAGES New Material Program Guide Miami Beach Art Basel
Cover photo of work by Holly Marie Armishaw, Dec 2013
The Vancouver Sun Editors press on solo show in Miami through international
competition, Oct 29, 2013
New Materials Art Fair - Press Release Announcing Holly Marie Armishaw as the winner of
their International Competition for a solo exhibit, Oct 26, 2013
The Vancouver Sun "Holly Marie Armishaw: Reflective Surfaces with Conceptual Depth"
review of theGilded Life by Kevin Griffin
Capture News "Holly Marie Antoinette?" press update on Capture show continuing on to
Miami, Oct 2013
The Vancouver Sun, full page spread, editors feature of "The Gilded Life" exhibition,
Oct 2, 2013
Capture Magazine catalogue 2-page spread, editors feature of "The Gilded Life" exhibition,
Fall 2013
Book Buffet Review of "The Gilded Life" exhibition, artist's talk and photographic practice,
Fall 2013
Il Repute Unit/Pitt Projects; December 2011
Black Flash Magazine pages 11 and 12; Fall 2011 issue
Still Films cover + pages 10 & 11 Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon; Mar 2011
Surrealestate (Auction) Mobius Inc. Boston, MA; May 2010
Folha de Sao Paulo (Premier Jornal) February 6, 2010
Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art Volume 2, page 40. October 2009
Tribuna Impressa (Araraquara, Brazil) Arte Contemporanea by Carlos Resende
“Monologo paraHolly Armishaw” July 31, 2009
V.R. Magazine Quarterly West Coast Arts and Culture -Featured Artist, Issue #21
Summer 2009
C.V. – Ciel Variable magazine # 71, article par Sylvain Campeau; March 2006
"Feintes, Doutes et Fictions" (Digital Imaging in Photography)
Feature Artist; Published by Centre VU et Editions J'ai Vu; Quebec City, January 2006
Artist’s Lecture – Kwantlen University Solo lecture as educational supplement to
“Sublime Realities”Dec. 2005
Preview Guide Review of Sublime Realities page 56, December 2005
Vancouver Art Gallery - 2004 Annual Gala Art Auction Silent Auction and catalogue;
October 2004
Presentation House Gallery - 2004 Fundraising Art Auction Invitational live auction and
catalogue;September 2004
"Splash" Art Auction Annual Fundraiser for Arts Umbrella/ invitational auction;
October 2004
"Sphere" Produced by Presentation House Gallery; An exhibition catalogue.
Essay on Les Mondes Frax 4-D written by Ian Wallace and edited by Bill Jefferies;
Summer 2004
"Photographs from another Planet" by Tristan Tolhurst for "The Concordian"
A review of Les Mondes Frax 4-D, solo fall exhibition. Montreal, Quebec: Nov 2002
Paris Photo Magazine no. 20/21 "La Memoire en Acte" by Martha Langford, Pg. 79;
juin/juillet/aout, 2002.
Lecture/Presentation at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design; Topic: Portfolio Presentation
for Graduating Students, November 22, 2001
La Mois de la Photo, Montreal 2001 - The Power of the Image Published by ABC Livres
d'Art Canada and VOX. See pages 108, 108-109, 111, 111, 207.
Picture This: Documenting the Future A catalogue of the group show curated by Robert
Graham for Dazibao Centre de Photographies Actuelles for Montreal's annual
Mois de la Photo, 2001
University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia Course curriculum material, visual and
theoretical, on the theme of post-humanism for undergraduate fine arts theory course taught
by art historian/theorist Dr. Patrick Chan. 2001
Image and Text a course offered by Sandra Semchuk at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
Course curriculum material (slides and theory) 2000-04
Professional Practices for the Artist and Designer contributions/course curriculum
material on Artist’s Resources and Graduate Studies Opportunities; Taught by Deborah
Shackleton; Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design; 2000-04
Grants, Scholarships, Awards:
Shortlisted for the Georgia Fee (International) Artist/Writer Paris Residency, 2018
Shortlisted for the Georgia Fee (International) Artist/Writer Paris Residency, 2017
Canada Council Travel Grant; 2011
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Tuition Scholarship; 1999
Hal Rogers Endowment Fund Scholarship; 1999
Alberta Millennium Scholarship; 2000
Community Involvement:
Emily Carr University of Art and Design 2016 Grad Show - Guest Juror May 2016
CASV (Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver) - Board of Directors
Vice President 2014 - 2015
Membership Chair 2012 - 2014
CARFAC BC - Board of Directors since 2012 - 2013
CASV (Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver) - Member 2011 - 2014
CARFAC - Member since 2011
Contemporary Art Gallery - Volunteer Mar 2008 - 09
Vancouver Art Gallery - Volunteer Mar 2008 -09
Education Council Student Representative Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design, 1999 - 2000
Curriculum Planning and Priorities Committee Student Representative Emily Carr Institute
of Art and Design, 1999 – 2000
Co-Curator for “Convergence” Dynamo Gallery (ARC) Jan. 2000 – Mar. 2000
Curator for “Seed” a photographic installation based exhibit at the Roundhouse Community
Center, Vancouver: December 1999
Gallery Assistant (Volunteer) at Dynamo Gallery, Vancouver: Sept. 1998 – Apr. 1999
Harvard University / EdX
Fall 2021 - Present
Sotheby's Institute of Art
"Writing About Art" Fall 2016
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
BFA in Photography (Magna Cum Laude)
Sept. 1997 – May 2000
Red Deer College
2 yr. Fine Arts University Transfer Program (Including studies in Philosophy & Psychology)
Sept. 1995 – Apr. 1997
Canadian University College
1 yr. Liberal Arts Studies (Including French, Literature and Music)
Sept. 1994 – Apr. 1995
Solo Exhibitions:
les Fleurs des Maladies Cadine - Vancouver, April 2022
A Feminist and a Francophile Back Gallery Project, November 2018
Repressions Chernoff Fine Art, Vancouver, April - May 2016
The Gilded Life New Materials Art Fair Solo Exhibition Winner - Miami Beach, Dec 2013
The Gilded Life Back Gallery Project - Vancouver, October 2013
Organic Morphologies Quinary Art Projects – Vancouver, July 2012
Sublime Realities Kwantlen University College/Kwantlen Art Gallery – November 2005
Les Mondes Frax 4-D YYZ Artist's Outlet - Toronto, ON: Nov. – Dec. 2003
Les Mondes Frax 4-D Wilder and Davis Gallery - Montreal, QUE: August - October 2002
Group Exhibitions/Art Fairs/Special Events :
Emerging to Established (Group Show): Krause Gallery, 149 Orchard St South, NYC
January 5th to February 26th, 2019
A Feminist and a Francophile: Holly Marie Armishaw in Conversation with Miret Rodriguez
Back Gallery Project, Vancouver BC, November 17th 2018
Texas Contemporary Art Fair Houston Texas, Back Gallery Project, October 4th - 7th, 2018
Seattle Art Fair Back Gallery Project, Booth H05, Century Link Field; Seattle Washington:
August 2 -5th, 2018
Big Names, Small Art Fundraising art auction at Crocker Art Museum; Sacremento,
California: May 24th, 2018
Art Market San Francisco Fort Mason Centre, Booth 501/Back Gallery Project:
April 26- 29th, 2018
Art on Paper: NYC Pier 36, Booth 414/Back Gallery Project: March 8-11, 2018
David Wisdom Summer Slide Shows Vancouver Art Gallery: July 26th 2016
Toronto International Art Fair (TIAF) /Art Toronto with Back Gallery Project:
October 24 - 27th, 2014
Mirror, Mirror Surrey Art Gallery: August - November 2012
7th Berlin Biennale (ArtWiki) Berlin: April – July 2012
Il Repute Unit/Pitt Projects; December 2011
Still Films Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon; Mar-May 2011
An Exchange with Sol LeWitt MASS MoCA; January 2011
Femine! Fabbricaimmagine lab, Roma, Italy; January 2011
A Book About Death SAL Gallery Long Island, NY; Oct – Nov 2010
Séance Mobius, Boston, MA; October, 2010
A Book About Death Fluxmuseum, Fort Worth, TX; Oct 2010
The Prostitution of Art Mobius, Boston, MA; September 2010
Fluxface in Space: NASA Space Mission STS-133; November 2010
Kennedy Space Center; Florida – September 2010
Diner a la C’art Jailhouse, Rouen, France; September 2010
Surrealestate Mobius, Boston, MA: May 2010
A Book About Death MOMA, Wales, UK: April – May 2010
SP – Arte/ Feira Internacional de Arte de Sao Paulo April – May 2010
Um Livro Sobre A Morte MUBE (Museu Brasileiro de Escultura) – Sao Paulo, Brasil;
February 2010
NADA Art Fair – Miami Beach Miami, FL; December 3 – 6, 2009
Spring Melange Pacifica (Photography) Gallery, Vancouver: May 2009
Surfacing Elliott Louis Gallery - Vancouver, BC: June - July 2005
Full Spectrum Elliott Louis Gallery - Vancouver, BC: January 2005
Summer Exhibition of Gallery Artists
Elliott Louis Gallery - Vancouver, BC: June 2004
Sphere Presentation House Gallery - North Vancouver, BC: September 2003
Artropolis 2003 - The Human Image in the Landscape
Vancouver, BC: April - May 2003
Con/quest Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC: June 2002
Picture This: Documenting the Future
Dazibao Centre de Photographies Actuelles, Montreal, QUE: September 2001
artWork 2000 a BC Festival of the Arts; Nelson, BC: May 2000
Graduation 2000 Exhibition
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver: May 2000
Convergence Dynamo Gallery, Vancouver: February 2000
Seed: Scatter, Strew, Broadcast The Roundhouse Community Center - Vancouver; Dec. 1999
Blip: Locating Nature and Technology
Pratt Gallery, Manhattan, New York City: January 1999
Pratt Gallery, Brooklyn, New York City: February 1999
Cornish School of the Arts, Seattle: January 1999
Diego Riviera Gallery, San Francisco: April 1999
Publications, Reviews, Catalogues, Auctions, etc:
Contemporary Art Gallery Gala Art Auction live auction; November 3rd, 2018
Interview with Holly Marie Armishaw - Art Habens Art Review - Spring Issue 2017
Repressions - Holly Armishaw SAD MAG, April 2016
Women and Self-Representation in Contemporary Photographic Art
Panel Discussion presented in partnership by the Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver
and Capture Photography Festival; Museum of Vancouver, April 8, 2015
Vancouver Art Gallery Art Auction 2014 February 2014
ART PAGES New Material Program Guide Miami Beach Art Basel
Cover photo of work by Holly Marie Armishaw, Dec 2013
The Vancouver Sun Editors press on solo show in Miami through international
competition, Oct 29, 2013
New Materials Art Fair - Press Release Announcing Holly Marie Armishaw as the winner of
their International Competition for a solo exhibit, Oct 26, 2013
The Vancouver Sun "Holly Marie Armishaw: Reflective Surfaces with Conceptual Depth"
review of theGilded Life by Kevin Griffin
Capture News "Holly Marie Antoinette?" press update on Capture show continuing on to
Miami, Oct 2013
The Vancouver Sun, full page spread, editors feature of "The Gilded Life" exhibition,
Oct 2, 2013
Capture Magazine catalogue 2-page spread, editors feature of "The Gilded Life" exhibition,
Fall 2013
Book Buffet Review of "The Gilded Life" exhibition, artist's talk and photographic practice,
Fall 2013
Il Repute Unit/Pitt Projects; December 2011
Black Flash Magazine pages 11 and 12; Fall 2011 issue
Still Films cover + pages 10 & 11 Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon; Mar 2011
Surrealestate (Auction) Mobius Inc. Boston, MA; May 2010
Folha de Sao Paulo (Premier Jornal) February 6, 2010
Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art Volume 2, page 40. October 2009
Tribuna Impressa (Araraquara, Brazil) Arte Contemporanea by Carlos Resende
“Monologo paraHolly Armishaw” July 31, 2009
V.R. Magazine Quarterly West Coast Arts and Culture -Featured Artist, Issue #21
Summer 2009
C.V. – Ciel Variable magazine # 71, article par Sylvain Campeau; March 2006
"Feintes, Doutes et Fictions" (Digital Imaging in Photography)
Feature Artist; Published by Centre VU et Editions J'ai Vu; Quebec City, January 2006
Artist’s Lecture – Kwantlen University Solo lecture as educational supplement to
“Sublime Realities”Dec. 2005
Preview Guide Review of Sublime Realities page 56, December 2005
Vancouver Art Gallery - 2004 Annual Gala Art Auction Silent Auction and catalogue;
October 2004
Presentation House Gallery - 2004 Fundraising Art Auction Invitational live auction and
catalogue;September 2004
"Splash" Art Auction Annual Fundraiser for Arts Umbrella/ invitational auction;
October 2004
"Sphere" Produced by Presentation House Gallery; An exhibition catalogue.
Essay on Les Mondes Frax 4-D written by Ian Wallace and edited by Bill Jefferies;
Summer 2004
"Photographs from another Planet" by Tristan Tolhurst for "The Concordian"
A review of Les Mondes Frax 4-D, solo fall exhibition. Montreal, Quebec: Nov 2002
Paris Photo Magazine no. 20/21 "La Memoire en Acte" by Martha Langford, Pg. 79;
juin/juillet/aout, 2002.
Lecture/Presentation at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design; Topic: Portfolio Presentation
for Graduating Students, November 22, 2001
La Mois de la Photo, Montreal 2001 - The Power of the Image Published by ABC Livres
d'Art Canada and VOX. See pages 108, 108-109, 111, 111, 207.
Picture This: Documenting the Future A catalogue of the group show curated by Robert
Graham for Dazibao Centre de Photographies Actuelles for Montreal's annual
Mois de la Photo, 2001
University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia Course curriculum material, visual and
theoretical, on the theme of post-humanism for undergraduate fine arts theory course taught
by art historian/theorist Dr. Patrick Chan. 2001
Image and Text a course offered by Sandra Semchuk at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
Course curriculum material (slides and theory) 2000-04
Professional Practices for the Artist and Designer contributions/course curriculum
material on Artist’s Resources and Graduate Studies Opportunities; Taught by Deborah
Shackleton; Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design; 2000-04
Grants, Scholarships, Awards:
Shortlisted for the Georgia Fee (International) Artist/Writer Paris Residency, 2018
Shortlisted for the Georgia Fee (International) Artist/Writer Paris Residency, 2017
Canada Council Travel Grant; 2011
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Tuition Scholarship; 1999
Hal Rogers Endowment Fund Scholarship; 1999
Alberta Millennium Scholarship; 2000
Community Involvement:
Emily Carr University of Art and Design 2016 Grad Show - Guest Juror May 2016
CASV (Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver) - Board of Directors
Vice President 2014 - 2015
Membership Chair 2012 - 2014
CARFAC BC - Board of Directors since 2012 - 2013
CASV (Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver) - Member 2011 - 2014
CARFAC - Member since 2011
Contemporary Art Gallery - Volunteer Mar 2008 - 09
Vancouver Art Gallery - Volunteer Mar 2008 -09
Education Council Student Representative Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design, 1999 - 2000
Curriculum Planning and Priorities Committee Student Representative Emily Carr Institute
of Art and Design, 1999 – 2000
Co-Curator for “Convergence” Dynamo Gallery (ARC) Jan. 2000 – Mar. 2000
Curator for “Seed” a photographic installation based exhibit at the Roundhouse Community
Center, Vancouver: December 1999
Gallery Assistant (Volunteer) at Dynamo Gallery, Vancouver: Sept. 1998 – Apr. 1999
