Chery Holmes

My young experiences made it easy for me to identify with the underdog, and to constantly question and attempt to make sense of the world we live in. Theatre does the same with its depictions of the alienated, the undervalued and the misunderstood. Theatre questions the status quo, and prompts the audience to look inside themselves for answers. By using the theme of theatre in my artwork, I am provided with a platform to express my affinity with so many of the sentiments and moral challenges presented on the stage. Collage and mixed media techniques allow me to be experimental and to work in an intuitive fashion. Every piece of art that I create is a combination of my inspirations, my life experience and my subconscious mind. My focus on the theatre helps me to identify and clarify in my creative pieces exactly what it is I care about in this world.

School of Art & Design -Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Studied with American portrait artist Daniel E. Greene
Studied with distinguished Canadian artist Marion Wagschal

I was one of the founding members of Powerhouse Gallery in Montreal, Quebec (the first feminist gallery in Canada), which is continuing today as La Centrale.

World Collage Day Boxx Gallery Tieton. WA May 2023 Group Exhibition
Flora Fiction Literary Magazine Fall 2021 Issue Vol. 2 Issue 3 Image of installation, “Angels of the Earth”
“3rd Annual “555 Special” Summer Online Art Competition July 2021 -
"Special Recognition Award" for "The Prop Master"
November 2020 "Identity II" Envision Art, Texas
April 2020 One of the featured artists in Calyx Art Journal
Jan/Feb 2020 Schwitter's Army Online
July 2019 Featured interview in TheatreArtLife
https://www.theatreartlife.com/lifestyle/chery-holmes-art-theatre/
Special Merit Award for "The Costume Designer" LightSpaceTime Gallery July 2018
Two time winner of Hallmark Canada Greeting Card Competition.
Cover artist for eight novels published by Oberon Press.
Numerous publications featuring my art as cover art or as illustrations for articles.
June 2021 Featured in the Mirvish Theatre online magazine "Meanwhile"
2021 Cover art for the Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #28
25 group exhibitions in Canada, the United States and Europe.
8 solo exhibitions in Quebec and Ottawa.
Book cover commission for "The Casino Caper" by Margaret Joyce 2021