Holly Armishaw

Artist / Photographer

Silencieux           Les Mondes Frax 4D


Curriculum Vitae

Holly Marie Armishaw
Vancouver, BC
Email: hollyarmishaw@gmail.com

      Post-Secondary Education:

Langara College
Continuing Studies: Advanced Studio Lighting & Business Management
June 2008 – September 2008

Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
BFA with distinction awarded in Photography
Attended Sept. 1997 – May 2000

Red Deer College
2 yr. Fine Arts University Transfer Program
(Including studies in Philosophy & Psychology)
Attended Sept. 1995 – Apr. 1997

Canadian University College
1 yr. Liberal Arts Studies (Including French, Literature and Music)
Attended Sept. 1994 – Apr. 1995

      Solo Exhibitions:

Who’ll Put Pennies On My Eyes?
Gallery Gachet – Vancouver, BC; 2010

Sublime Realities a solo retrospective featuring work from the last 5
years Kwantlen University College/Kwantlen Art Gallery – November 2005

Les Mondes Frax 4-D a solo exhibition of new work featuring Lightjet
metallic photographic prints based on transcendence of the physical to the metaphysical.
YYZ Artist's Outlet - Toronto, ON: November - December 2003

Les Mondes Frax 4-D a solo exhibit of new work featuring Lightjet
metallic photographic prints based on transcendence of the physical to the metaphysical.
Wilder and Davis Gallery - Montreal, QUE: August - October 2002

Café Cannibale - Paris, France an exhibit of colour photographs taken in Paris at night at a brasserie depicting the theme of Parisian Bohemian Romanticism. Café Barney - Vancouver, BC: October 2000

      Group Exhibitions:

Spring Melange Pacifica (Photography) Gallery: 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 Les Mondes Frax 4-D series shown in relation to other spherical or cranium-like images juxtaposing idealism with deconstructivism.
Presentation House Gallery - North Vancouver, BC: September 2003

Artropolis 2003 - The Human Image in the Landscape
Vancouver, BC: April - May 2003

Con/quest a group exhibit of postcard formatted works.
Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC: June 2002

Picture This: Documenting the Future an exhibition and publication
which elaborates on the ability of photography to illustrate a future not yet realized.
Dazibao Centre de Photographies Actuelles, Montreal: September 2001

artWork 2000 a juried annual exhibition hosted by the BC Festival of the Arts featuring the work of BC emerging artists; Nelson, BC: May 2000

Graduation 2000 Exhibition one of Canada’s largest contemporary art exhibitions; Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver: May 2000

Convergence an exhibit featuring photo installation work by
emerging/student artists from various contemporary art schools within the Lower Mainland. Dynamo Gallery, Vancouver: February 2000

Seed: scatter, strew, broadcast a photographic installation exhibit.
The Roundhouse Community Center - Yaletown, 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, Auctions etc:

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”
December 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 written by various academic contributors. 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"
; Front-page article of weekly student newspaper; a review of Les Mondes Frax 4-D, solo fall exhibition.
Montreal, Quebec: November 2002.

Paris Photo Magazine no. 20/21 "La Memoire en Acte" by Martha
Langford, Pg. 79; juin/juillet/aout, 2002.

(Guest) 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 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 written work) 2000-04

Professional Practices for the Artist and Designer Course curriculum material on Artist’s Resources and Graduate Studies Opportunities Edited by Deborah Shackleton; Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design; 2000-04

      Scholarships:

Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Tuition Scholarship; 1999

Hal Rogers Endowment Fund Scholarship; 1999

Alberta Millennium Scholarship; 2000

      Volunteer Experience:

Contemporary Art Gallery
October 2008 – March 2009

Vancouver Art Gallery
October 2008 – March 2009

Education Council Student Representative
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
May 1999 – May 2000

Curriculum Planning and Priorities Committee Student
Representative

Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
May 1999 – May 2000

Assistant Curator for “Convergence” an exhibit featuring photo
installation work from emerging artists of various contemporary art schools within Vancouver. Dynamo Gallery (ARC)
Jan. 2000 – Mar. 2000

Curator for “Seed” a photographic installation based exhibit
Roundhouse Community Center, Vancouver: December 1999
Gallery Assistant at Dynamo Gallery (ARC), Vancouver
Sept. 1998 – Apr. 1999

Curator for “Mirror, mirror on the wall…” a critical studies based exhibit on representations of gender, race and class. Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver: January 1999

Co-ordinator / Photo Representative for the first “All Institute Show and Sale” Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design: December 1998

 

 

 

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