Holland Cunningham is an American artist painting in her studio in Quogue and sharing her time between the East End and NYC for the past 15+ years. She is very much a part of the community in Quogue and often exhibits her work in local areas. Though her primary residence is in NYC, she pitch hits between both locations all year round. Cunningham’s work evokes the Impressionist en plein air movement with her painterly brushstrokes. Her attack of color is abstract and delicate.

Holland utilizes various materials, employing oil, water-based media, photography as well as animation. Her most recent work is an assortment of mixed media. Holland shares, “I am an American artist who makes work using various materials, employing oil, water-based media, photography as well as animation.  My most recent work is an assortment of mixed media/oil paintings in which I use found photography—print details of the memories of others—as a starting point.”

Born in Roanoke, Virginia and educated at the University of Virginia with a BA in Art History and Studio Art, Holland has studied at the Art Students League and also the National Academy in New York City.  She was a fellow at the Bau Institute in Otranto, Italy during the summer of 2012.  Her art is in numerous public and private collections all over the world.  She continues to work and live in New York City. Samples of her abstract and figural work are pictured here.

“I am an avid collector of discarded photography and slides that I see not as mere images frozen in time, but as something that is still happening. I do not limit myself to simply looking at the information but rather thinking of the individuals or scenes as they actually are.  I am not only the spectator but also the protagonist or a player in the scene or moment captured.  I aim to take the banality of the photograph or slide and through my own ideas and imagination create new associations,” says Holland.

Don’t miss Holland’s seeing Holland’s recent works presented by Voltz Clarke at Art Southampton, International Contemporary & Modern Art Fair, opening: July 24-28th, with a VIP Preview: July 24th

Location: Art Southampton Pavilion | Southampton Elks Lodge

* For information on the art fair: http://www.art-southampton.com and specifically the
Voltz Clarke roster: http://voltzclarke.com.

Recent Exhibitions:

2014
National Academy Museum, “Creative Mischief” (May) New York
Nierman Weeks Showroom curated by Amanda Nisbet Design (May) New York
96 Forest gallery and Art Walk (May) Locust Valley, New York

2013
Art Aqua, Miami (Art Basel), LOOCArt Gallery, December , 2013
“The Relativity of Distance…and Some of its Consequences” Sonia Getchoff Gallery, New York, (October)
Oriet Fine Art,  group show, Washington, DC (October)
Group Show, Fralin Museum of Art, Charlottesville, Virginia (October-November)
Quogue Art Gallery, Quogue, NY (July) solo show