Laurel Holloman

Laurel Holloman is known for her vibrant use of color and large scale pieces(up to 14ft) often capturing stirring emotions in a three dimensional effect. Holloman's paintings follow in the tradition of the color field painters such as Barnett Newman and yet have a symbolic message like the works of Paul Klee. Her work contains a spiritual component sometimes lacking in abstract works and the paintings have their own specific language.
" I feel my paintings have a secret language born out of science and my obsessiveness with why and how we are here. I paint through abstraction with subtle hints of elemental imagery; the sky, water, fire , earth, a flying bird, cells reproducing, or a celestial bed of stars. I am obsessed with metallics and textures and use playful brushstrokes that give paintings a third dimension and explore emotion." Ever since her acclaimed debut in 2010 with her New York studio collection, TriBeCa, Holloman has firmly established her artistic presence both domestically and abroad. In April 2012, Coeur Libre exhibited at the Pantheon Town Hall by invitation of the mayor. This show was followed by Free Falling at The Ateneo Veneto and ran during the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale and was the fi...

BA from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
UCLA
www.laurelholloman.net

Upcoming solo show July 2016 Museum van der Togt Amsterdam
Florence Biennale 2015 Fifth Place painting prize for Into The Woods
The Menier Gallery solo portrait show November 2015