Claire Holloway
Wildlife Artist
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Exhibitions
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April 2020 106th SOVA (digital) Exhibition, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK.
December 2019 "Not to Scale" Show, Resonator Institute, Norman, OK.
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December 2019 Oklahoma Academy of Classical Art Works in Progress Show, Oklahoma Academy of Classical Art
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September 2019 Oklahoma Art Guild Small Works Show, Paseo Galley One, Oklahoma City, OK.
July-August 2019 “Influences: Combining Classical Guitar and Visual Art”. Collaborative concert series with my brother, Collin Holloway, in which we combined our two art forms into a cohesive and moving experience through the pairing of musical compositions and visual art. Concerts took place at the Oklahoma Academy of Classical Art in Edmond and Paseo Gallery One in Oklahoma City, OK.
April 2019 105th SOVA Exhibition, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK.
2018 24 Works on Paper Biennial Traveling Exhibition (juried), various cities in Oklahoma, OK.
2018 104th SOVA Exhibition, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK.
2017 “Drawn togETHER” Exhibition, Lightwell Gallery, Norman, OK.
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Awards:
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November 2019 Recipient of the Helene C. Lottinville Prize (OU School of Visual Art)
April 2018 “Excellence in Drawing”, 104th SOVA Exhibition, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK.
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Publications:
April 2019 Art Focus Magazine, “24 Works on Paper: The Traveling Exhibition for Contemporary Oklahoma Art”, Art Focus Magazine. Spring 2019 Issue.
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Professional Experience:
2019-current Teaching Assistant, Oklahoma Academy of Classical Art, Edmond, OK. Currently teaching young students’ basics of drawing and painting.
June 2019 Studio Assistant, Studio of Edward Aldrich, Golden, CO. Framed artwork, packaged artwork, assisted in the setup of a one-man show.
June 2018 Designed t-shirt logo for 2018 Oklahoma Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain.
2017-current Intern at University of Oklahoma’s Charles M. Russell Center, Norman, OK. Creation of an ongoing annotated bibliography of all of the Center’s wildlife publications.
2017-current Touring with author Stephen Kozan every Spring to local Oklahoma elementary schools to teach students about illustrating and writing books, Moore, OK.
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Organizational Involvement:
Summer 2019-current Oklahoma Art Guild, Workshop Chair, Oklahoma City, OK. Currently finds local artists for single-day workshops.
Summer 2019-current Teen Art Guild, Advisor, Edmond, OK. Assists in monthly meetings and art nights.
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Individual Business Experience:
2018-current Claire Holloway Pet Portraits
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Lectures and Demonstrations:
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February 2020 “Telling the Stories of Wildlife Through Oil Paint” demo at the Teen Art Guild in Edmond, OK. Demonstrated picking a photograph that tells a story and creating a painting of that image from start to finish in oil paints.
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January 2020 "Wildlife Painting in Oils", demonstrated how to create a wildlife oil paint portrait from start to finish for the Edmond Art Association monthly meeting, Edmond, OK, January 27th.
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August 2019 Pet Portrait Demonstration, Oklahoma Art Guild (OAG), demonstrated how to create a pet portrait from beginning to end for the OAG monthly meeting, Oklahoma City, OK, August 6th.
January 2019 “Changes in Wildlife Art: The Charles M. Russell Center and My Art”, speaker at the Charles M. Russell Center at the University of Oklahoma, hosted by the Charles M. Russell Center, Norman, OK.
December 2017 Group demonstration with students from the Oklahoma Academy of Classical Art, hosted by the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, demonstrated classical methods of art making and traditional mediums from the 15th and 16th century.
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Commissions:
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December 2018 Private commission, illustrated children’s book entitled “The Hunter Voyage”. Hired by Stephen Kozan of ReadyAimWrite Kids.
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Collections:
Fall 2018-current Student Financial Center, University of Oklahoma.
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