Biography
Holly Fay received a MFA from the University of Ulster in Belfast, Northern Ireland and a BFA in Visual Arts from the University of Regina. Fay’s visual art practice encompasses painting, drawing, mixed media and installation, with projects that have examined emergent patterns and ecological systems, ideas of place and the representation of landscape, and phenomenology. Fay’s work has been awarded several Sask Arts Board grants and is represented in public collections including the Mackenzie Art Gallery, Dunlop Gallery, City of Regina and the Saskatchewan Arts Board. Fay has exhibited in Canada and abroad.
The following artist CV contains selected exhibtions and projects only, please contact me for my full CV.
Curriculum Vitae
Exhibitions
solo exhibitions:
| 2015 | Floating Worlds, Dunlop Sherwood , Canada |
| 2015 | Systems - works on paper, MATA Gallery, Regina, Canada |
| 2012 | Systems, Art Gallery of Regina, Canada |
| 2007 | In'Spiral, Neutral Ground |
| 2006 | Cover, MATA Gallery, Regina |
| 2003 | Plain, Art Gallery of Regina |
| 1997 | Translating Place, Mackenzie Art Gallery |
| 1994 | Unversity of Ulster MFA Graduating Exhibitions, Re-Art / Collection, University of Ulster, Belfast, UK |
two-person exhibitions:
| 2014 | Resonance and Contrast, University of Regina , Canada |
| 2012 | New Works, MATA Gallery |
| 2011 — 2013 | Embodied Presence, OSAC provincial tour, Provincial Touring Exhibition |
| 1993 | Parrallel Lines, Elemental Project, Neutral Ground |
| 1992 | Paradoxes, Harcourt Gallery, Edmonton |
group exhibitions:
| 2016 | Ecoart, Gallery 1313, Toronto |
| 2014 | Paper Works, MATA Gallery, Regina |
| 2013 | Restoration, Art Gallery of Estevan |
| 2012 | The Synthetic Age, Mackenzie Art Gallery |
| 2010 | Restoration, The Mann Art Gallery, Prince Albert |
| 2010 — 2011 | University of Regina Faculity Exhibiton, University of Regina President's Residence |
| 2009 | Human / Nature, Art Gallery of Regina |
| 2008 | Aeolian, MATA Gallery |
| 2007 | The Two Roads Join Here, MATA Gallery |
| 2006 | You of Are Too, MATA Gallery |
| 2005 | You of Are, MATA Gallery, Regina |
| 2005 | Unearthed, MATA Gallery |
| 2005 | Site Readings, Mackenzie Art Gallery |
| 2003 | View Finders, Mackenzie Art Gallery |
| 2001 | Intersections, Art Gallery of Regina, Regina |
| 2001 | Under the Influence ' Mentorships, Chapel Gallery, North Battleford |
| 2000 | Changing Times, Mackenzie Art Gallery |
| 1999 | Abstract Summer, Mackenzie Art Gallery |
| 1998 | Reverend Todd's Full House, College Green House, Belfast |
| 1996 | Art Rebels, Catalyst Art Centre, Belfast |
| 1995 | Call and Response, Neutral Ground |
| 1994 | Open Book, Broadway Gallery , New York |
| 1994 | Temple Court Exhibition, Temple Court, Belfast |
| 1994 | Hit and Run, Wilmont House, Belfast |
| 1994 | Belfast 94, 99 Gallery, Glasgow |
| 1994 | Belfast 94, Guinness Hops Gallery, Dublin |
| 1993 | Next Generation, Art Gallery of Regina, Regina |
| 1992 | Saskatchewan Open, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon |
| 1992 | Paradise Lost Paradise Regained, Saskatchewan Cultural Exchange, Regina |
| 1991 | Ten Years Now, Neutral Ground, Regina |
| 1991 | Small Matters, Neutral Ground, Regina |
| 1991 | Connecting Differences, Art Gallery of Regina, Regina |
Projects, Seminars & Workshops
projects:
| 2018 | Curator, Barbara Meneley: Cartographies for the Next 150, Art Gallery of Regina |
| 2018 | Curator, Sean Whalley: Nature Pods, Art Gallery of Regina |
| 2018 | Curator, David Dreher: Velvet Soapbox, Art Gallery of Regina |
| 2017 — 2018 | Curator, Sylvia Ziemann: Accidental Utopia, Art Gallery of Regina |
| 2017 | Curator, Risa Horowitz: Infrontofamidbefore (The Combination and Assembly of All These Possibilities, Art Gallery of Regina |
| 2017 | Curator, Landforms: Mike Keepness / Gordon Lewis, Art Gallery of Regina |
| 2016 | Curator, The Sole Project: Judy Anderson / Sheila Nourse / Loretta Paoli, Art Gallery of Regina |
| 2016 | Curator, Under Surveillance: Donna Szoke & Ricarda MacDonald / Cat Schick / Gary Robertson / Karli Jessup / The Gluey Group (Ned Bartlett & John Campbell), Art Gallery of Regina |
| 2016 | Curator, Brendan Schick: The Metafold, Art Gallery of Regina |
| 2016 | Curator, 2016 - present, Art Gallery of Regina |
| 2015 | Guest Curator, Zachari Logan: A Natural History of Unnatural Things, Art Gallery of Regina |
| 2014 | Writer: Exhibition Catalogue Essay, "Hope", Art Gallery of Regina |
| 2014 — 2015 | Guest Curator, "Hope" Group Exhibition, Art Gallery of Regina |
| 2013 | Writer: Exhibtion Catalogue Essay, Giant Bingo , Art Gallery of Regina |
| 2010 | Writer: Exhibtion Catalogue Essay, Personified , Art Gallery of Regina |
| 2007 — 2008 | Writer: Arts Education website, Learning and studio activities, information on art and artists, ARTSask website |
Awards, Commissions, Grants, Etc.
awards:
| 2015 | CARFAC National Visual Arts Advocacy Award, CARFAC National |
grants:
| 2018 | Independant Artists Creative , Saskatchewan Arts Board |
| 2013 | Independent Artist, Creative Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board |
| 2006 | Independent Artist, Creative Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board |
| 2000 | Individual Assistance B Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board |
| 1996 | Individual Assistance B Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board |
| 1993 | Individual Assistance C Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board |
Collections
public:
| Dunlop Art Gallery, 2017 | |
| Saskatchewan Arts Board , 2016 | |
| Saskatchewan Arts Board, 2008 | |
| Regina Civic Art Collection, 1999 | |
| Saskatchewan Arts Board, 1998 | |
| Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1997 |
Education
completed:
| 1995 | MFA, University of Ulster, Belfast |
| 1989 | BFA, University of Regina |