Born in 1987 and raised in Western North Carolina. Holly Ann Sailors earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Drawing from East Carolina University. She has studied at Savannah College of Art and Design, Penland School of Crafts, and abroad with the University of Georgia in Cortona, Italy. Holly is pursuing a Master of degree in Painting with a concentration in Printmaking from the New York Academy of Art. She will graduate May 2012.
Solo Exhibitions
2010 An Exhibition of Paintings, Berkeley Gallery, New York, NY.
Patterned Idolatry Paintings and Prints, Spartanburg Museum of Art, Chapman Cultural Center, Spartanburg SC.
2009 Elaboration on the Obvious Mixed Media Artworks, Ghost Fleet Gallery, Nags Head, NC.
Fertile Construct Burroughs Welcome Gallery, Jenkins Fine Arts Center, East Carolina University, Greenville NC.
Posing for Affirmation, drawings and mixed media works, The ArtRoom Gallery, Downtown Greenville, NC.
Selected Exhibitions
2011 Eros and Obsession, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY.
2009 La Mostra, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
36th Annual Juried Art Exhibition,Spartanburg Museum of Art, Spartanburg, SC.
On the Wall ENC-Emerging North Carolina Artists, Emerge Gallery and Arts Center, Greenville NC.
2008 La Mostra, Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy.
Vote 08’ National Juried Art Exhibition, Emerge Gallery and Art Center, Greenville NC.
Awards and Honors
2010 Penland School of Crafts, Printmaking Scholarship, Penland, NC.
Regional Artist Project Grant, North Carolina Arts Council, Eastern NC.
2009 NC Arts Council Community Arts Administration Grant Internship at Dare County Arts Council, Manteo, NC.
Resident Artist, Cancer in our Communities,Arts in Healthcare Pitt County Memorial Hospital Cancer Center and surrounding areas, Greenville NC.
Excellence in Drawing, Undergraduate Exhibition, Wellington B. Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville NC.
Faculty Choice in Painting, Studies Abroad Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Shown in Athens GA & Cortona, Italy.
NC Arts Council Community Arts Administration Grant Internship at Dare County Arts Council, Manteo, NC.
2008 1st Place in Drawing, Rebel 51st Literary and Arts Competition, Emerge Gallery, Greenville NC.
Lamar Dodd School of Art Stipend Recipient, John. D Kehoe Award, Studies Abroad, University of Georgia, Cortona Italy.
Best in Show, 35TH Annual Juried Exhibition, Artist’s Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg SC.
Excellence in Painting, Undergraduate Art Exhibition, Wellington B. Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville NC.
1st Place in Painting, Rebel 50th Literary and Arts Competition, Emerge Art Gallery, Greenville NC.
2007 Excellence in Painting/Excellence in Drawing, Undergraduate Art Exhibition, Wellington B. Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville NC.
2005 Honors Scholarship, East Carolina University.
Collections
2008 University of Georgia Permanent Collection in Printmaking,Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens GA.
