Holly Draper

I am from Jacksonville, Florida, and I am currently a practicing artist in Washington DC.

In 2011, I received the Carl Steinsieck Memorial Scholarship to study abroad in Bologna, Italy—the residency culminated in a group exhibition at the Collegio San Tommaso. I've received numerous awards through juried shows at the St. Augustine Art Association and state-wide. In 2012, I received the J. Shepard, Jr. and Mary Ann Bryan Arts Endowment to further my career as a practicing artist.

I received my MFA from the Burren College of Art in Ireland in 2015. My work is featured in Imago Mundi, the Irish Collection at Fondazione Giorgia in Venice, Italy. Solo Exhibitions include New Works in Off-the Wall Pop Up Gallery in Mountshannon, Ireland and Munch at the Staff Club Galleries, National University of Ireland, Galway.

My work was selected for publication in the New Generation Artists Online Gallery/ The Irish Arts Review (2015), Studio Visit Magazine (summer 2016 edition), and An Image of Ireland: Contemporary Artists From Ireland (2016).

2015 MFA, National University of Ireland, Galway, The Burren College of Art
2012 BFA, Painting and Drawing, Minor in Advertising, University of North Florida
2006 Diploma, Visual Arts Seal, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL

2019 Teeny Tiny Trifecta, Group Exhibition, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2017 MARCH150, Group Exhibition, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2016 Imago Mundi, Group Exhibition, Irish collection, Fondazione Giorgio, Venice, Italy (traveling exhibition, Italy and Ireland)

2010-15
Spread Thin, 2 Person Exhibition (with Amanda Patten), Pop-up Gallery, Kinvarra, Ireland
The Shadow of Doubt, 2 Person Exhibition (with Amanda Patten), Main Gallery, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
There’s Something in the Margarine, Solo Exhibition, Off-the-Wall Pop Up Gallery, Mountshannon, Ireland
Warped, 2 Person Exhibition (with Amanda Patten), Main Gallery, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
Roots, Solo Exhibition, Perdue, Jacksonville, Florida
Interpretations of Bologna, Group Exhibition, Collegio San Tommaso, Bologna, Italy
Artistic Migrations, Group Exhibition, Main Gallery, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida
Summer Show, Group Exhibition, Plum Gallery, St. Augustine, Florida

Selected Juried Exhibitions

2010-15
Annual Members Exhibition, Group Exhibition, The Lavit Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Breaking Sensation, Group Exhibition, Hive Emerging, Waterford City, Ireland
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