Patrick Holderfield

 

 

EDUCATION

 

      1992          BFA, painting. State University College at Buffalo, NY. Honors

 

      1989-90     University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, NM

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (select)

 

      2006          “Pilgrim”, James Harris Gallery. Seattle, WA

 

      2004          “Doubt Has a Place”,  James Harris Gallery

 

      2001          “Dehiscence”, Big Orbit Gallery. Buffalo, NY

 

“Aesop After Sargent After Velazquez”, Seattle Art Museum, Rental/Sales Gallery

 

                        “Somatic Relations” James Harris Gallery

 

      2000          “Harvest Balls”, Center on Contemporary Art. Seattle, WA

 

      1999          “Exodus: a Fable”, 911 Media Arts Center. Seattle, WA

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (select)

 

      2007          “8th Northwest Biennial”, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

     

      2006          “Swallow Harder”, Frye Art Museum. Seattle, WA

                        “Building Tradition: Northwest Art from the Tacoma Art

                        Museum”, Whatcom Museum of History and Art.

                        Bellingham, WA

     

      2003          5th Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection

                        “Building Traditions: Gifts in Honor of the Northwest

                        Collection”. Tacoma Art Museum

     

      2002          “Lava 2002”, Noodleworks. Seattle, WA

 

      2001          “Contours”, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Victoria, BC

                        “Whimsey”, Elizabeth Leach Gallery. Portland, OR

                        “Notice of Proposed Land Action Use”, Consolidated

                        Works. Seattle, WA

 

      2000          “Bumberbiennale”, Bumbershoot Arts Festival. Seattle,            

                        WA

 

      1999          “The End: Northwest Biennial” Tacoma Art Museum.

                        Tacoma, WA

                        “1999 Northwest Annual”, Center on Contemporary Art.

                        Seattle, WA

     

      1998          “Pacific Northwest Annual”, Bellevue Art Museum.

                        Bellevue, WA

 

      1992          “44th Annual Western New York Exhibition”, Albright-

                        Knox Art Gallery. Buffalo, NY

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

 

      2005          Artist Trust GAP Grant

 

      2004          Artist Trust Fellowship

 

      1999          Juror’s Award “Center on Contemporary Art 1999

                        Northwest Biennial”, Seattle, WA

 

      1998          Juror’s Award “1998 Pacific Northwest Annual”, Bellevue,

                        WA

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY (select)

 

      Graves, Jen. “Profanity, Testing, Explosion”, The Stranger. September

                        14, 2006. pg. 30.

 

      Faigin, Gary. National Public Radio. The Beat on KUOW. Broadcast

                        January 2004.

 

      Hackett, Regina. “Gericault’s ‘Raft of the Medusa’”, Seattle Post-

                        Intelligencer. January 16, 2004.

 

      Hall, Emily. “The Difficult Art of Doubt”, The Stranger. January 22,

                        2004. pg. 26.

 

      Kangas, Matthew. Exhibition Review. Art in America. No. 4. April

                        2002. pg. 160.

 

      DeVuono, Francis. Artweek. October 2001. pg.25.

 

      Hackett, Regina. “Beauty Prevails in Holderfield’s Pagentry of Real

                        Vs. Artificial”. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. August 10, 2001.

 

      Huntington, Richard. “The Big Ooze”. The Buffalo News. June 29,

                        2001. Gusto.

 

      Licata, Elizabeth. “Toasters with Attitude”. Buffalo Spree.

                        Vol.35/Num.3- May/June 2001 pg.36.

 

      Kangas, Matthew. Exhibition Review. Sculpture Magazine. June 1999.

     

COLLECTIONS

               Tacoma Art Museum

               Altoids Curiously Strong Collection

               Burchfield/Penney Art Center. Buffalo, NY

               City of Seattle. Seattle, WA

               King County. WA