MFA in Drawing and Painting
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Ink, graphite and watercolour on Chinese paper
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Jun 08, 2023
Jun 05, 2023
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About the artist
Jim Holyoak’s discipline consists primarily of drawing and writing, artists’ books and large-scale drawing installations. He received a BFA from the University of Victoria, an MFA from Concordia University, and studied as an apprentice to master ink-painter Shen Ling Xiang, in Yangshuo, China. In parallel to his solo practice, Holyoak has orchestrated numerous collaborative drawing projects, often with fellow artist Matt Shane, and sometimes involving hundreds of people drawing together. His work has circulated widely, including at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, La biennale de Québec, Tegnerforbundet (Drawing Association) in Oslo, KM21 (formerly the GEM Museum of Contemporary Art) in The Hague, the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art in Rīga, the Carnegie Mellon International Drawing Symposium in Pittsburgh, and the Teckningsmuseet (Museum of Drawings) in Sweden. Holyoak has attended artist residencies in New York, Los Angeles, Mumbai, The Netherlands, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, and throughout Norway. In 2023, his first graphic novel, ‘Book of 19 Nocturnes,’ will be published by Flask Press, and his work will be featured in the book ‘Drawing in the Present Tense’ (Thames & Hudson). Holyoak is presently based on the traditional, unceded territory of the sn̓ʕay̓ckstx Sinixt Arrow Lakes peoples, in the town of Nelson, BC, from where he teaches remotely at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
Curriculum Vitae
Born in 1978 in Michigan . Currently residing in Nelson, BC.
Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours Diploma in Elfs and Hidden People Apprentice of master ink painter Shen Ling Xiang Moth House Gargantuans Arborescence Vestigial Trail Mutant Mountain / Quantum Ocean Moth House Gargantuans Arborescence Vestigial Trail Mutant Mountain / Quantum Ocean Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation grant BC Arts Council, Project Assistance for Visual Artists grant Canada Council for the Arts, Concept to Realization grant The Best Museum and Gallery Award, for The Big Draw event at the Midlands Arts Centre,
Birmingham, UK BC Arts Council, Project Assistance for Visual Artists grant Canada Council for the Arts, Digital Originals grant SSNAP (Salt Spring National Art Prize) Parallel Art Show, First Prize Viewer’s Choice award BC Arts Council, Pivot grant
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