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HOLLY ATKINSON
59 WINDSOR STREET
GUELPH, ONTARIO
N1E 3N3, CANADA
905 301 5217
hollyatkinson@rogers.com
www.hollyatkinson.ca
EDUCATION
1979-1976 Bachelor of Arts Degree, Art Education
1979-1976 Creative Arts Diploma
1982 Creative Drawing Diploma
Exhibitions
2023 TORONTO OUTDOOR ART FAIR Toronto, Ont
2023 MUSKOKA ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW Muskoka, Ont.
2023 ELORA SCULPTURE PROJECT Elora, Ont.
2022 GUELPH STUDIO TOUR Guelph, Ont.
2022 PAINT ONTARIO Lambton Heritage Museum, Grand Bend
2022 IMPACT Neilson Creative Centre, Etobicoke, Ont.
2022 CREATIVE SPARK IN THE YARD Elora, Ont.
2022 MEDALLING INTO THE LIGHT RCNA, Ottawa, Ont.
2022 PERCEPTION Neilson Park Creative Centre, Etobicoke,Ont.
2022 POWER OF SPRING Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto,Ont.
2021 TORONTO OUTDOOR ART FAIR Toronto, Ont.
2021 ART ON THE VIRTUAL STREET Guelph, Ont.
2121 RESURGENCE Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto, Ont.
2021 SPIRIT OF THE GROUP OF SEVEN, Medallic Art Society Of Canada Algonguin Art Centre
2021 GUELPH STUDIO TOUR SHOW The Red Brick Cafe Guelph, Ont.
2021 RENANN ISAAC CONTEMPORARY ART GST Show Guelph, Ont.
2021 GUELPH STUDIO TOUR Guelph, Ont.
2021 ART FAIR NOVEMBER Guelph, Ont.
2021 ARTWORKS Arts On The Credit Mississauga, Ont
2020 GUELPH STUDIO TOUR Guelph, Ont.
2020 OVERZEALOUS 4th JURIED SHOW Etobicoke, Ont.
2020 LOOK HERE Canadian Sculpture Centre Toronto,Ont.
2020 GUELPH STUDIO TOUR SHOW Red Brick Café,Guelph, Ont.
2019 GUELPH STUDIO TOUR Guelph, Ont.
2019 BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER Guelph, Ont.
2019 32 POINTS-32 VOICES: PEACE Cedar Ridge Creative Centre, Scarborough, Ont
2019 ON THE MOVE Canadian Sculpture Centre Toronto, Ont.
2019 ELORA SCULPTURE PROJECT Elora, Ont.
2019 SPATIAL MODES Canadian Sculpture Centre Toronto, Ont.
2019 ART ON THE STREET Guelph, Ont.
2019 MAYORS CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS SHOW Cambridge, Ont.
2018 THE BRAIN PROJECT Toronto, Ont.
2018 MASC MEMBERS EXHIBIT Ottawa, Ont.
2018 ELORA SCULPTURE PROJECT Elora, Ont.
2018 OVERZEALOUS SHOW Etobicoke, Ont.
2017 ELORA SCULPTURE PROJECT Elora, Ont.
2016 MAYORS CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS SHOW Cambridge, Ont.
2016 CAMBRIDGE CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Cambridge, Ont.
2016 GALLERY M: DEPICTION Cambridge, Ont.
2016 GALLERY M BLUES TRANSCENDED Cambridge, Ont.
2014 RUCKBLICK Canadian Sculpture Centre Toronto, Ont.
2014 SUMMER HEAT 3 Arta Gallery The Distillery Toronto, Ont.
2013 85 AND STILL GOING STRONG John B. Aird Gallery Toronto, Ont.
2013 HOLIDAY SPIRIT Canadian Sculpture Centre Toronto, Ont.
2013 THE EDGE GALLERY ARTISTS The Edge Gallery Barrie, Ont.
2011 THE SALMON RUN PROJECT The Art Gallery of Mississauga , Mississauga, Ont.
2011 THE ARTIST PROJECT The Queen Elizabeth Building Toronto, Ont.
2011 HEART OF THE MATTER Canadian Sculpture Centre Toronto, Ont.
2011 THE VIEW FROM HERE Solo Show Martens Art Gallery Bayfield, Ont.
2011 SCULPTURE MIX XII Canadian Sculpture Centre Toronto, Ont.
2011 INFINITY 3 John B. Aird Gallery Toronto, Ont.
2011 MY FAVOURITE MEDAL Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, Ont.
2010 SMALL WORKS Canadian Sculpture Centre Toronto, Ont.
2010 CRITICAL MASS Canadian Sculpture Centre Toronto, Ont.
2010 MOSAIC John B. Aird Gallery Toronto, Ont.
2009 AUTUMN ART SHOW The McMichael Art Collection Kleinburg, Ont.
2009 THE ARTIST PROJECT The Liberty Grand, Toronto, Ont.
2009 BEAUX ARTS 2 ANNUAL OPEN JURIED SHOW Brampton, Ont.
2009 SCA 41 OPEN JURIED EXHIBITION Todmorden Mills Toronto, Ont.
2008 THE BEST OF MASC Kelowna British Columbia
2008 CFS TODMORDEN MILLS BIENNIAL OPEN JURIED EXHIBIT Toronto, Ont.
2008 THE ARTIST PROJECT The Liberty Grand Toronto, Ont.
2007 LIGHT NIGHT 2007 Reykjanesbae Iceland
2007 ART SOCIETY OF CANADA Neilson Park Art Centre Etobicoke, Ont.
2007 ARTS CANADA BLOOMS The Sculpture Garden MTC Centre , Toronto, Ont.
2007 ART MEDAL WORLD CONGRESS FIDEM XXX Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
2007 COLOUR AND FORM 55 ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBIT Etobicoke, Ont.
2006 SCA 39 NATIONAL OPEN JURIED EXHIBITION The Papermill Art Gallery, East York
2006 AVA 4 PUBLIC SCULPTURE EXHIBITION Cape Town South Africa
2006 COLOUR AND FORM JURIED SHOW The Paper Mill Todmorden Mills, Toronto, Ont.
2006 MEDALLIC ART SOCIETY OF CANADA Niagara Falls, Ont.
2003 THE DINNER PARTY The William’s Mill Gallery Glen Williams, Ont.
2002 CACY FINE ARTS EXHIBITION Caledon East, Ont.
2002 DRAGONS TO DRAGONFLIES The William’s Mill Gallery, Glen Williams, Ont.
2002 THE INTERIOR DESIGN SHOW Toronto, Ont.
2001 PETAL PETS DISPLAY Cullen Gardens Whitby, Ont.
2000 FIGURES IN FABRIC The William’s Mill Gallery Glen Williams, Ont.
1999 BRONZE TRAVELS WITH AUTUMN SPIRIT Art in Guelph Gallery, Guelph, Ont.
Awards and Commissions
2018 ORCA URN Toronto, Ont.
2018 THROAT THREAD MANSION Burlington, Ont
2016 MAYORS CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS – JURORS AWARD Cambridge, Ont.
2016 CAMBRIDGE CENTRE FOR THE ARTS – HONOURABLE MENTION . Ont.
2014 THE ARTCAST MAN AWARD Georgetown, Ont.
2012 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST T.V. SHOW Toronto, Ont.
2010 BAPTISMAL FONT St. Joseph’s Church, Mississauga, Ont.
2008 COLOUR AND FORM SOCIETY- BEST IN SHOW Toronto, Ont.
2007 LAURIE PALLETT PATRON OF THE ARTS AWARD Mississauga Arts Council, Ont.
2005 THE FOUNDER’S AWARD Ann’s Studio of Dance, Mississauga, Ont.
2002 HALTON HILLS MOTORCYCLE CLUB AWARD Georgetown, Ont.
2002 SACKS MEMORIAL Sharbot Lake, Ont.
Representation
2023-2010 The Canadian Sculptors Society Toronto, Ont.
2023-2022 Elora Centre For The Arts Elora, Ont.
2023 The Art Gallery Of Burlington Burlington, Ont.
2018-2015 Gallery M – Cambridge, Ont.
2015-2013 The Edge Gallery – Barrie, Ont.
2013-2011 Martens Art Gallery – Bayfield, Ont.
2013-1998 The Williams Mill Gallery – Glen Williams, Ont.
2011-2009 The Tay River Gallery – Perth, Ont.
2010-2007 The Sculpture Garden – Toronto, Ont.
2009 Grace Gallery – Toronto, Ont.
2007-2003 The Bronze Frog Gallery – Oakville, Ont.
2007-2002 The Rose and Lion Gallery – Winnipeg, Man.
2003 Anthony’s Gallery – Whitby, Ont.
Professional Affiliations
2023-2009 Sculptors Society of Canada
2023-2004 Medallic Art Society of Canada
2023 Federation of Canadian Artists
2023-2016 Guelph Arts Council
2023-2019 Guelph Studio Tour
2023-2019 Kitchener Waterloo Society of Artists
2023-2018 Elora Centre For The Arts
2023-2003 Carfac
2020-2011 Ontario Crafts Council
2020-2011 Metal Arts Guild of Canada
2015-2007 Mississauga Arts Council
2012-2006 Federation Internationale de la Medaille
2012-2007 The Colour and Form Society
2012-2004 Society of Canadian Artists
2008-2002 Mississauga Sculpture Society
BOARD MEMBER
2022-2019 Treasurer Guelph Studio Tour
2022 J.B. Aird Gallery Liaison for Sculptors Society Of Canada