I live and work in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
My perception of things is expressed in a narrative, story-telling form. The style is cartoon-influenced, yet painterly; sometimes refined, sometimes crude. In recent years I have been moving toward a more Cartoon-Realist approach. I want a simpler look, where I can get the utmost expression out of each line, and each brushstroke expresses energy.
My influences range from the scenes of everyday life pictured in the margins of medieval manuscripts, Late Medieval and early Renaissance art, Indian narrative folk painting, classic European Surrealism, Latin American Fantastic Realism and Mexican Social Commentary, comics and graphic novels. I draw my subjects from daily life, news stories, history and my own vivid dreams.
Holly Wood - Bare-bones career timeline
• Attended Pratt Institute (Painting): studied under Lennart Anderson, Robert Natkin
• Began showing and selling in early 80's-
• Went into electronic & spasmodic band music 80s-mid 90s
• Lived beach hermit crab life in Sonora, Mexico from '95-'98
• Co-founded Ábrego Jewelry, designed and sold jewelry for 10 years
• Resumed painting and showing.
Public Collections: Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
Works in private collections in the United States, Mexico and Europe
Most recent activity listed below-
2016
Greg Moon Art Taos, NM Sept - Oct 2016
'New Mexi-Lowdown' 3rd annual invitational show of noted NM Lowbrow/Pop Surrealism artists
Cactus Gallery LA, CA Sept 10 - Oct 1 2016
'Sticks and Stones' invitational group show on theme of memories and life lessons from school
curated by Sandra Mastroianni and Douglas Alvarez
Greg Moon Art Taos, NM June 2016
'After Dark V' Nationally juried show with theme of Darkness
Cactus Gallery LA, CA April 2016
'Beastly Beings' group show
City of Mud Gallery Santa Fe NM
'Under See' group show of aqueous themes of being/feeling underwater
Cactus Gallery LA, CA March 2016
'¡Loteria!' 2nd annual show of works inspired by Loteria cards
Jennie Cooley Gallery Eldorado, NM 2016
Ongoing changing display of paintings and prints
Baton Rouge Gallery/Center for Contemporary Art Jan 2016
'Surreal Salon 8' juried show of Lowbrow/Pop Surrealist Art
Greg Moon Art Taos NM 2016
Ongoing display of paintings
2015
Taos Artisans Gallery Taos, NM Sept 2015
'Museum of Temporary Art' group show of works on cardboard
Greg Moon Art, Taos NM Sept - Oct 2015
'Legends de Lowbrow' group show of noted Lowbrow/Pop Surrealism artists
Busters NYC, New York, NY
One-person show - April - August
Cactus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
March group show: '¡Lóteria!' A theme show based on images from the famous Mexican fortune-telling and gaming cards
Cactus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
April group show: 'Communing With the Ancestors'
2014
Capitol Coffee Santa Fe, NM, April 2014
One-person show
'Orale! The Kings and Queens of Cool' An overview of the Lowbrow Art Movement, The Harwood Museum, Taos, NM Sept. 20- Jan 15, 2015
Group show
'New Mexi-Low' Lowbrow Art of New Mexico- Greg Moon Art, Taos, NM
Sept.27- Oct 20 Group show
Harry's Road House Santa Fe, NM Oct. 22-Dec. 3
One-person show
2013
Affordable Art Fair Mexico City, MX Oct.17-20
Sponsored by AD Galería
'3 Américas' New York, NY
3 person show with Juan Raúl Machaca de Aquino and Gioconda Rojas-Howell
Grady Alexis Gallery @ El Taller Latinoamericano Aug.16-Sept.13
Curated and organized by Holly Wood and Bernardo Palombo
AD Galéria Monterrey, MX- joined March 2013
2012
Art Week Miami Miami FL
Exclusive Collector's Show, Casa Turquesa, Coral Gables, FL Dec. 4-31
Presented by Romano Fine Arts
Cirque de Cooley Santa Fe, NM
Presented by Jennie Cooley Gallery Nov 23-Dec 21 2012
Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Santa Fe, NM
Group show curated by Mark West and Lynn Marie Rusaw Oct 28 - Nov 4 2012
Make Art Not War Santa Fe, NM
Presented by Nuclear Watch of NM, El Museo Cultural, August 2012
Art Santa Fe 2012 Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe Convention Center July 12-15
ArteAmericas 2012 Miami, FL
Miami Beach Convention Center March 2-5
Mirador Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
continuous changing display
2011
Miami SOLO 2011 Miami, FL
Art Basel week Nov 30- Dec 4
El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe, NM
Day of the Dead show 2011
Mirador Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
3-person show with Dennis Larkins & Esteban Bojorquez
Mirador Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
continuous changing display
Cactus Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA
various group shows
ArtexpoNY 2011 Pier 94 New York City
International art expo March 25-27
Telltale: Women's Sequential Art and Illustration Show
Main Public Library, Albuquerque, NM March 1-31
2010
Jennie Cooley Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
regular and seasonal group shows 2010
El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe, NM
Day of the Dead show 2010
Cactus Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA
Day of the Dead and Holiday group shows 2010
5G Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2 person show with Leah Saulnier March 2010
The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
selected monthly group shows 2010
The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Featured Installation Artist March 2010
2009
Cactus Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA
'Holiday Minis' group show- December
Monkeyhouse Toys & Gallery, Silverlake (LA), CA
'Superheroes' group show of big little art, November
Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA
'Scientific Evolution?' August group theme show
The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
June group show
The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
April- 4th Anniversary group theme show, 'Hiveland Avatars in Love and War'
The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
'Transcendent Moments' group theme show, January
Art:Raw, NYC
inaugural group show, February
2008
Monkeyhouse Toys & Gallery, Silverlake (LA), CA
'Itty Bitty Art Show' group show of big little art, November
Create:Fixate, Los Angeles, CA
group show of political art, Sept
The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
group shows- July, August, October
The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
'Denizens of Hiveland' group show- March
Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA
painting 'In the Woods' goes on display
Cactus Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA
'Skullz' Dia de los Muertos group show- October
Cactus Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA
'Icons, Legends and Notorious Figures' group show-July
Cactus Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA
'Found' group show of art from recycled materials- April
Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ
'Mass Consumption' juried group show-June
curated by Greg Escalante of Copro Gallery
Pop Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
'Pop Femme: Sugar-coated Strange' group show- May
2007 Windup Gallery, Mesa, AZ
Grand opening group show- May
The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
July & August group shows
Blink Digital, Santa Monica, CA
group show presented by The Hive
The Conference Room Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
'Jesus Cancelled my Art Show', a November group show
2006 The Gallery at 2nd Street Brewery, Santa Fe NM
A one-person show
2005 Farrell Fischoff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
'Other Women 2005' group show
2003 El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe, NM “First Impressions and The Comic Book” a
show of artists influenced by comics
Albuquerque Museum, NM “Traces of the Journey” a juried show of New
Mexico Women Artists
Jeffrey Weiss Gallery, Black Rock, CT “Seen, Read, Dreamt”, a one-person
show
2001 Harwood Museum, Taos, NM “Originals” a juried show
of New Mexico Women Artists, September 23 – November 4
Holly Wood joined Fine Art America on December 5th, 2010.
