EDUCATION
M.F.A. 2001 University of Cincinnati, Painting & Drawing
B.F.A. 1998 Northern Kentucky University, Drawing
Areas of Specialization: Drawing, Painting, Foundations, Museum Studies, Video & Installation


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


2008 – present
Area Coordinator of Art, St. Edward's University, Austin, TX
Director, Fine Arts Exhibit Program, St. Edward's University, Austin, TX

2007 – present
Assistant Professor of Art, St. Edward's University, Austin, TX

2009 - 2010
Co-chair of the 2010 TASA Conference, Art & Community: A shared dialog of green art, social activism, collaboration and community art, St. Edward's University, Austin, TX

2006 - 2007
Exhibition Coordinator, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Adjunct Instructor: Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY; School of Design, University of Cincinnati

2005 - 2006
Sabbatical Replacement (Drawing Department Chair), Northern Kentucky University
Exhibition Coordinator, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Adjunct Instructor, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, School of Design, University of Cincinnati

2004 - 2005
Adjunct Instructor
Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
School of Design, University of Cincinnati

2003 - 2004
Full-Time Annualized Instructor, School of Design, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

2001 - 2004
Executive Director, The Artery, Inc., Newport, KY


SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2012
Aftermath, Flex Space, Pump Project Satellite, Austin, TX

2012
Beautiful Monsters, University of St. Mary Gallery, Leavenworth, KS

2009-2010
Memory Project, Scarborough Phillips Library, St. Edward's University, Austin, TX

2008
Vessels, St. Edward's University Fine Arts Gallery, Austin, TX

2006
RECORDS AND ILLUSIONS: Recent work by Hollis Hammonds & Carrie Nixon, University Galleries on Sycamore, Cincinnati, OH

2002
Non-Secular Madonna, Kaldis, Cincinnati, OH
Ruby's House, MFA Exhibition, The Artery, Newport, KY
Color, Surface, Form..., Risch Gallery, Ft. Thomas, KY

2001
Laura Hollis & Kari Murphy, 840 Gallery, University of Cincinnati, OH

1998
Laura Hollis: Senior Exhibition, Northern KY University Main Gallery

1991
Holding On With Eyes Closed, Handbuilt Studios, Newport, KY


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
The People's Gallery Exhibition 2012, Austin City Hall, Austin, TX

2012
Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, St. Edward's University Fine Arts Gallery, Austin, TX

2010
Summer Some Aren’t, U·turn Art Space, Cincinnati, Ohio, 7/10 – 7/31, 2010

2008
Making Their Mark, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grange, OR, 10/3 - 10/24

2007
Evidence & Residues: an Investigation of Contemporary Drawing, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, 1/10 - 2/2

2006
Play Things, Upstairs at the Greenwich Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 12/5 - 12/20
TEXTURE, Arts + Literature Laboratory Gallery, New Haven, CT, 8/19 – 9/17
DECK, Powerhouse Factories' Jim Amann Gallery, Covington, KY
NKU Faculty Exhibit, Northern KY University Main Gallery

2005
West of Eden: Faculty Exhibit, Ruthe G Pearlman Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, OH
University of Cincinnati, DAAP Faculty Exhibition, Meyers Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
3D, Chidlaw Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, OH

2004
Downtown for Democracy, The Mockbee, Cincinnati, OH
b.j.u.r.e., biennial juried underground railroad exhibition, Visual Journey: Enslavement, Underground Railroad, Freedom, National juried exhibit, Juror: Michael Ray Charles
Northern KY University Main Gallery
NKU Faculty Exhibit, Northern KY University Main Gallery

2003
University of Cincinnati, Faculty Exhibition, Edwards Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
New: Faculty Exhibit, Chidlaw Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati

2002
Installations & Performances, The Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center, Covington, KY

2001
Intermedia 2001, Westin Gallery, Aronoff Center, Cincinnati, OH (Juried premiere screening of Ruby's House, digital video)

2001
Resident Exhibition, The Artery, Newport, KY
Inside Out, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyna Beach, Fl.

2000
F3: Form, Focus, Force, The Artery, Newport, KY
The Countess, Ensemble Theatre Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

1999
Studio 13, Risch Gallery, Ft. Thomas, KY

1998
Body vs. Five, Base Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

1997
Pieces of Art, Scholarship Exhibition, Northern Kentucky Univ.
Annual Juried Student Scholarship Exhibition & Competition, Northern Kentucky University, Juror: David Mesple, Best of Show & Friends of Fine Arts Scholarship Recipient

1996
The Figure, Kentucky Art League Juried Exhibition, Lexington, KY


CURATED EXHIBITS

2007
New-Scapes: contemporary visions of landscape, Pearlman Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

2006
She said, He said: video works by Mary Magsamen and Stephan Hillerbrand, Pearlman Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

2005
Visual Fringe, part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival, Cincinnati, OH
Miniature Monuments, Artworks/Time Warner Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (I was invited to curate a show coinciding with the National Sculpture Conference.)
Resemblance, Alchemize, Cincinnati, OH

2004
Visual Fringe, part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival, 5 exhibition spaces in downtown Cincinnati, OH
An Affair of the Heart, Time Warner Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2003
No Common Theme, (seeking diversity among Cincinnati’s hottest emerging painters), The Artery Gallery, Newport, KY

2002
Ars & Akademia, works by Greater Cincinnati Art Scholars, The Artery Gallery, Newport, KY
Click, (group photography show), The Artery Gallery, Newport, KY (co-cuarated with Matthew Albritton)
Women's Work, The Artery Gallery, Newport, KY (co-curated with Linda Aretz)


VISITING ARTIST/RESIDENCIES

2012
Visiting Artist, University of St. Mary, Leavenworth, KS

2008
Visting Artist, Eastern Oregon University, La Grange, OR

Summer 2003
Artist in Residence, Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center, Covington, KY
I was hired to create a video documentary: A Child's Eye View: Seeing Islamic Culture through the Eyes of a Child. (funded in part by a grant from the NEA)

June 2001
Artist in Residence, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
(Worked with Master Artist: Kerry James Marshall)


AWARDS & HONORS


2010
Integrative Teaching International ThinkTank5 participant, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

2003
Most Influential People in the Arts (ranked five), Cincinnati CityBeat
Leading Women of Cincinnati in Arts & Entertainment

2000-2001
Student of the Year in the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, University of Cincinnati
Graduate Student of the Year, School of Art, University of Cincinnati

1999-2001
Graduate Assistantship, University of Cincinnati

1997-1998
Friends of Fine Arts Scholarship, Northern Kentucky University
Best in Show, Annual Juried Student Scholarship Exhibition & Competition, Northern Kentucky University

1991-1992
Department of Theater Scholarship, Northern Kentucky University


GRANTS

2011, 2009 & 2008
Presidential Excellence Grant for Creative Expression, St. Edward's University, Austin, TX

2003
NEA Project Grant (co-written): A Child's Eye View: Seeing Islamic Culture Through the Eyes of a Child
Mayerson Student Philanthropy Project Grant, Northern Kentucky University, student representative: Leah Goshorn
Summerfair Grant, Emerging Artists Exhibit
Fine Arts Fund Project Grant (co-written): Inside War: works by Magnum photographer Philip Jones Griffiths

2001
Summerfair Grant, small arts organization grant
Mayerson Student Philanthropy Project Grant, Northern Kentucky University, student representative: James Goldschmidt


PUBLICATIONS

2010
Forward for exhibition catalog: Summer Some Aren’t, U·turn Art Space, Cincinnati, Ohio.

2010
Contributor to final report: “Leading Change,” Future Forward, October 2010, pp. 68-73. Sponsored by Integrative Teaching International.

2009
Drawing Structure: Conceptual & Observational Techniques, Kendall-Hunt publishing
Manifest International Drawing Annual 4, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH, pp. 82-85.

2006
She said, He said, exhibition catalogue forward, artists: Mary Magsamen & Stephan Hillerbrand
For A Better World, independent publisher Saad Goshn

2004
b.j.u.r.e. biennial juried underground railroad exhibition, Visual Journey: Enslavement, Underground Railroad, Freedom, Northern Kentucky University Press, Highland Heights, KY. 2004, pp. 52-53.

2002
"Capturing Life in an Instant: Artist Captures the Urban Essence," Artspike Magazine: Aug. 25th, by Laura Hollis

1998
Licking River Review, Northern KY University Student Publication

1991
Licking River Review, Northern KY University Student Publication


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