Diane Holland
DIANE Lee HOLLAND
M.F.A. Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1984
B.A. [with honors] Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, 1980
1996 Writers' Guild of America/West, Beverly Hills CA, May-July
Coif Salon, Los Angeles, April-June
1995 Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, September-October
1992 Tiffany Theatres, Los Angeles, February
Group exhibitions (selected)
2005 Make A Wish Foundation Benefit, Santa Monica CA, March [also 2004]
Black Box, Another Year in L.A. Gallery, February-March
Beit T’shuva Benefit, Los Angeles, January
2004 In America Now, Don O’Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood CA, July-August
2003 Venice Art Walk, Venice CA, May [also 1995-2002]
2002 Ecstasy: Mind, Body, Spirit, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art,
Santa Ana CA, September
2001 La Plage, Hamilton Galleries, Santa Monica, October-November
2000 MOCA Art Auction, Los Angeles, April [also 1992, 1998]
Juried Invitational, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, January
1999 A Bunch of Pussy’s, Kantor Gallery, November-December
1998 All Media Juried Exhibition, Irvine [CA] Fine Arts Center, Dec.-Jan.
New Photography, Millard Sheets Gallery, Los Angeles County Fair,
Pomona, September [third prize]
Best of the West, Zero-One Gallery, Los Angeles, August-September
Edge, Image, Information, ARTernatives, San Luis Obispo CA, June
Estampes Numériques, Galerie Toner, Sens France, April
Livres d'Artiste, Galerie Toner, January-February
1997 ARTernatives 97, San Luis Obispo, October [hon. mention]
New Photography, Millard Sheets Gallery, Los Angeles County Fair, Sept.
Primary Colors, Watts Towers Art Center, LA, May-June
The Painterly Print, Light Gallery II, Los Angeles, April
1996 1996 Open, Gallery 825/LA Art Association, December-January
Masterpieces `R' Us, Gallery 258, Los Angeles, December-January
All California: All Media, Downey [CA] Museum, September-October
41st Annual Intl. Juried Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, September
1995 Hidden and Sought, Palazzetti, Los Angeles, December-February
Present Art III, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, December
Pasted Papers: Collage and the 20th Century, Louis Stern
Gallery, West Hollywood, November-January
Digital Site, SITE, Los Angeles, July-August
50 Years>>Hiroshima, New Gallery, Santa Monica CA, July-August
On Site at the Gate, Angels Gate Cultural Center, SanPedro CA, June-July
91st National Open, Long Beach [CA] Arts, May [honorable mention]
Information Superhighway, Downey Museum, March-April
1994 California, Downey Museum, November‑December
Found Objects, Long Beach Arts, November [honorable mention]
Women At Work, Roger Smith Hotel, New York, September‑December
Family Album, California State University Fullerton, September‑October
Barbie & Beyond, Morphos Gallery, San Francisco, August
Interfaces: Dialogues in Art and Technology, Digital Domain,
Venice, July‑November
Global Issues ‑‑ Global Concerns, Orange County Center for
Contemporary Art, July
Off‑Beats, Natl. Council Jewish Women/LA Gallery, June-August
What's Next?, Merging One Gallery, Santa Monica, March
1010 Small Art Works, Roberts Art Gallery, Santa Monica HS, Feb.-March
Six Artists Tackle The Machine: Making Art with the Laser
Printer, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard CA, January-March
1993 Present Art II, Couturier Gallery, December
Cyberspace Gallery of EZTV, ART/LA 93, Los Angeles, December
Eccentric Abstraction, Grand Street Bar, Biltmore Hotel,
Los Angeles, August‑October
Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, Works on Paper, Junior Arts Center,
Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, July‑August
1992 Present Art, Couturier Gallery, December
The Sticking Place: Space & Image in Contemporary Collage,
Long Beach City College Gallery, November‑December
2nd Annual Miniprint Exhibit, Napa [CA] Art Center, October-December MOCArt Auction `92, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, May
Intimate Images 1992, LACA Gallery, Los Angeles, April
From Real to Surreal, City of Brea [CA] Gallery, April‑May
Malibu: Myth and Reality, Malibu [CA] Colony Plaza, March
1991 Photo Salon, Turner/Krull Gallery, West Hollywood, December‑January
1st Annual Miniprint Exhibition, Napa Art Center, November-January
Images & Origins: Reflections of Women Photographers,
City Hall Bridge Gallery, Los Angeles, March‑April
1989 Evolving Abstractions in Photography, Carlson Gallery,
University of Bridgeport [CN], November-December
1998 3rd prize, New Photography, Millard Sheets Gallery, Los Angeles County
Fair, Pomona, September
1997 honorable mention, ARTernatives 97, San Luis Obispo CA, October
1995 honorable mention, 91st National Open, Long Beach [CA] Arts, May
1994 honorable mention, Found Objects, Long Beach Arts, November
2000 cover art for Strindberg and Photography, Consulate of Sweden in Los Angeles (book for American exhibition of Strindberg’s photographs)
1998 Dinelly, Mia, "Layers of Culture", Female FYI, Nov., p. 26
1995 Frank, Peter, "It's not easy being verde," Long Beach
Press-Telegram, May 7 1995, p. J6
Frank, Peter, "Vibrant is common factor in LB shows,"
Long Beach Press-Telegram, March 12 1995, p. J7
Quinn, Joan, "Joan Quinn, Etc.," West Hollywood Weekly, Oct. 13 1995, p.11
1994 "Continuing and Upcoming," ArtScene Vol.13 #7, p. 16
"Continuing and Upcoming," ArtScene Vol.13 #5, p. 14
Weisberg, Ruth, "Transculturations," Visions, Winter, pp. 21-22
Woodard, Josef, "Laser Print Exhibition Proves To Be
High‑Tech Ally Of Artists," Los Angeles Times,
Ventura County Section, March 10 1994, p. 4
1993 Hoffberg, Judith, "The Sticking Place," Visions, Summer, p. 40
Hormel, Julie, “Eco‑Transcendence," Visions, Fall, p. 37
Meyers, Laura, "Openers: William Gibson Goes to the Art Fair,"
Los Angeles magazine, Vol. 38 #12, p. 18
Reiner, Lucas, "Sandra Tsing Loh," Visions, Winter, p. 38
reproduction (of Somatic Telesthesia J), Now Time #3, p. 102
West HollyBarbie, commissioned art for L. A. Weekly Vol. 14 #24
(May 14‑20), West Hollywood Directory supplement p. 18
1992 du Bois, Julie, "Malibu: Myth vs. Reality," Visions, Fall, p. 42
Greenstein, M. A., "Diane Holland," Visions, Fall, p. 46
Greenstein, M. A., "Fauxtography L. A.: The Camera Put Through
Its Paces," Visions, Summer, p. 31
Vaughn, Alicia, "Changing of the Guard," Artweek, Dec. 17, p. 19
1991 Converse, Elizabeth, "Showcase: Diane Holland," Visions, Winter, p. 48
1980 Performance documentation, High Performance #9, Spring, p. 54
1979 Performance documentation, High Performance #7, September, p. 45
1995 "Significant Mothers," Visions Vol. IX #2 (Spring/Summer), p. 32
1993 Organized exhibitions at Insomnia Cafe, Los Angeles
(including "Eco‑Transcendence" and shows of
Marcy Watton and Lindsay Brice)
1980 Director, Student Gallery, Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles
1979 Intern, Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles
1989 Reading, Poetry in Motion, Cafe Largo, Los Angeles, June
1982 Letting Go, Otis Art Institute Gallery, Los Angeles, December
Miracles, Otis Art Institute Loft Gallery, Los Angeles, May
1980 The Pause, Continuum, Los Angeles, December
Fish Swims, private home, Beverly Hills California, October
Fish Swims, Interactive Arts Foundation, Franklin Furnace, NY, June
1979 Hanging By My Mirror, Continuum, Los Angeles, April
1978 The Beast, Continuum, Los Angeles, September
1997 Dschungel! by Ronald Fraser-Munro, produced by EZTV, Los
Angeles, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, London,
for “Digital Slam 2: A Cross-Cultural Event”, May
1993 Nightlight by Michael Masucci and Kim McKillip, screened in
"Trancesex," Mondrian Hotel, West Hollywood, July
1992 Theater of Dreams ‑‑ Sound Bytes by Kim McKillip and
Michael Masucci, Los Angeles MacIntosh Group Holiday
MacFest, December; video role of psychotherapist
Choice or Chance?: Three Sad Cars I Have Had by Sandra
Tsing Loh, Michael Masucci and Kim McKillip, in "October Surprise" (part of the LA Freewaves Festival), October,
and at EZTV, West Hollywood, November; video role
of automobile saleswoman
Event Horizon (Pain Game), production by Bethune Theaterdance
and Vertical Blanking, CyberArts International Conference,
Pasadena, October; video cameo
1988-89 Petrouchka, production by Joffrey Ballet, Dorothy Chandler
Pavilion, Los Angeles, May‑June; super (peasant woman)
1987 The Mystery of the Knife, Fork and Spoon by Anna Homler,
Lhasa Club, Los Angeles, November; director/choreographer
Palisade: A Cliffhanger in Five Acts by Jacki Apple,
Pacific Palisades California, September; performer
1983 To Hell with Dante, by Philip Kenneally, Lee Strasberg
Theatre Institute, Los Angeles, June‑July; set designer
Ways of Walking, by Elizabeth Whitehouse, Lee Strasberg
Theatre Institute, Los Angeles, June; dancer
The Sky is Smiling, by Linda Tucker‑Smith, Lee Strasberg
Theatre Institute, Los Angeles, April‑June; set designer
1980 Critical Mass, by David M., Company Theater, Los Angeles,
June; choreographer, dancer, performer
Soundings, by Chava Lasson, Continuum, Los Angeles,
December; set designer
1979 Nijinsky, by Emilie Conrad‑Da'oud, Wilshire Ebell Theatre,
Los Angeles, May; set designer
1978 I Cantori Miracle Plays, Bing Theater and other venues,
Los Angeles, December; costume designer
List available on request
STATEMENT OF INTENT
We live in a technologically oriented society. Less and less importance is given to our creative and spiritual development. Mechanistic, ritualistic forms of behavior have replaced feelings and emotions, diminishing the spontaneity and joy in human experience. Our society continues to impose these models of behavior through mass‑media images, in a process I call cultural imprinting.
My artwork speaks to my life experience, examining how cultural imprinting affects me, and by implication how it affects all of us. I hope to serve as a catalyst, signalling creative interplay between myself and others, participating in life at a place where cultural imprints and assumptions cannot exist. Therefore, I am interested primarily in exploring how we can create, broaden and experience ourselves as human beings at a deeper level, and thereby affect wider social change. -- Diane Holland
STATEMENT OF METHOD
I use electrotransfer (that is, color Xerography) and Cibachrome photography to interpret and convey the relationship that develops between human beings and the technological artifacts they create. The series of images entitled "Somatic Telesthesia" focuses on the kinds of technological interactions that impact upon the individual on both a personal and a cultural level. The source material for electrostatic and photographic composite alike is drawn from real and imagined experience. Ultimately, the composites are meant to function as vehicles for personal awareness and social change. ‑‑ Diane Holland
another year in LA is located at 2121 N. San Fernando Road, #13, Los Angeles, CA 90065
Gallery phone: 323-223-4000