LINDA HOLLOWAY

Prince (2013) oil, pigments & resin on wood, panel: 1200 x 1800 x 28 mm

Parsifal (2013) ink, charcoal, oil,

oil, pigments & resin on wood, panel: 1200 x 1800 x 28 mm

Precariat (2013)

charcoal, oil, pigments & resin on wood , overall size: 1200 x 2200 x 28 mm

a Thousand Faces (2013)

charcoal, oil, pigments & resin on wood, overall size: 1200 x 2400 x 28 mm

Crossroads (2013) oil, pigments & resin on wood, panel: 900 x 1200 x 28 mm

Wind (2013)

pigments & resin on wood, panel: 900 x 1200 x 28 mm

& resin on wood, panel: 900 x 1200 x 28 mm

Mancha (2013) oil, pigments & resin on wood, panel: 700 x 1200 x 28 mm

LindaHollowaybuildseachpaintingintuitivelyinslowlyforminglayers,moving acrossandthroughnumerousvariedmodesofartisticexpressionwith compellingfacilityandremarkableease.Inthisidiosyncraticprocessshe allowstheoriginalwoodensurfacetocontinuouslyassertpictorial presence andfundamentalpurpose.

Shechoreographsfactandfictionintoparablesofpossibility.Thesebecome enigmaticstoriesaboutthearchitectureofhumanenvironments,wherethe landscapeisever-present(andempty)anduponwhichfloatparallelworlds. Theseworldstraverseeachother,partialeventsfloatintospace,visual contrastsoccurwheregeometricshapes,checkerboardpatterns,amorphic outlinesandpictorialconceitssoundnotesofmusicinthewilderness suggested.Somethingisalwaysgoingon,butwhat?Isthistheendorthe beginning? Hollowaychangesheight,scaleanddepthseamlessly.Eachworkhasa palettewhichisrestrainedandfullyarguedbutwithinwhichwonderful flourishesoccur,momentsofuttercelebrationstandupandcallout.Each workcontainsnumerousisolatedelementsawaitingdiscoveryforevery viewerandwiththesecomeresonancesandclues.Yes,thesearepaintings whichsitinthelandscapebuttheyarealsomindscapesinwhichanurban dispositionarisesandmetaphorsabound.

EXHIBITION PRICELIST

LINDA HOLLOWAY

b. 1951, lives Auckland

Promising elusive truths, Linda Holloway’s complex paintings draw together seemingly disparate elements to form a coherent whole. The juxtaposition of abstracted shapes, symbolic glyphs and figures imbued with meaning creates a visual language that begs deciphering. Reminiscent of surrealists such as Giorgio de Chirico, Holloway is interested in the internal landscape of the mind and her paintings possess the feeling of disconnection often felt in the moment between sleeping and waking

Holloway uses a range of painterly techniques to deliberately confound the eye and the mind. She depicts recognisable landforms that retreat back into the picture plane but then turns this upside-down by the placement of flat blocks of colour. These obey a range of perspectival rules; some float behind others, some lie on the surface of the work while others possess their own internal perspectives and landscapes. Shapes that could be human or monster loom on poles over gathered crowds of tiny beings; it is unclear if these are statues or gods or outcasts – or a combination of all three?

Linda Holloway is based in Auckland and gained her Master of Arts in painting from Elam in 2004. She has exhibited regularly over the last decade and has been a finalist in the Wallace Art Awards.

WearingaRiver'sDisguise(2013)

EDUCATION

LINDA HOLLOWAY

b. 1951, lives Auckland

2004 Master of Fine Arts (Hons), Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland

1983 Graduate Diploma of Broadcast Communication, University of Auckland

1982 Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, University of Auckland

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013 Engaging in a Lawless Landscape, milford galleries queenstown

2012 Headlands, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland

2011 Auratica Fantastica, Window, University of Auckland

2009 Gleanings, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland

2008 Everything and No Thing, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland

2007 How to Read Signs, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland

2006 Around 4, The Arthouse Gallery, Christchurch Around, Artigiano Gallery, Auckland

2005 Black Holes and Sun Spots, Flagstaff Gallery, Auckland

Position in Transition, Artigiano Gallery, Auckland

2004 Form in Formation, Artigiano Gallery, Auckland

Randomnicity, Artigiano Gallery, Auckland

A Spatial Observation for the Existentialist, Lorne St. Gallery, Auckland

2003 Discourse of Otherness, Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013 The Review, milford galleries queenstown New Works, Milford Galleries Dunedin

2012-13 Summer Show, Milford Galleries Dunedin

2005 Crowded House, The Arthouse Gallery, Christchurch My Guernica, Stanbeth Gallery, Auckland

2004 High Density, Canary Gallery, Auckland Details, Artigiano Gallery, Auckland

National Drawing Awards, ArtSpace, Auckland & Christchurch Raid the Icebox, Artigiano Gallery, Auckland

AWARDS

2010 Finalist Wallace Art Awards

2006 Under-Coat (collaborative project with ‘Skirt’) invited to attend Vienna Festival, Austria

Finalist Wallace Art Awards

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2012 Brown, Warwick, The Artist, NZ House & Garden, May 2012, p154

2011 Sanderson, Kylie, Tamara Darragh and Santry Arron, The Artists: 21 Practitioners in New Zealand Contemporary Art c. 2011-2013, Beatnik Publishing, Auckland, pp 59-64

2009 Brown, Warwick, Gleanings, Exhibition catalogue essay

McNamara, Terry, Finding Happiness in the Abstract, Exhibition review, New Zealand Herald, 5 Sept 2009

Sanderson, Kylie, Tamara Darragh and Kim Atherfold, The Artists: 21 Practitioners in New Zealand Contemporary Art c. 2009-2011, Beatnik Publishing, Auckland, pp 32-35

2006 Sanderson, Kylie and Tamara Darragh, The Artists c. 2007-2008, Artigiano Ltd, Auckland, pp 50-55