Tracey Holland http://www.traceyholland.co.uk Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:32:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Brighton Festival Fringe 1st to 23rd may 2010 From the Darkness ... light in contemporary art Curated by Nathaniel Hepburn at Mascalls Gallery, this exhibition will be at the 13th century St Peter's church, Preston Park in Brighton. This group show includes Tracey Holland's series of lightbox works 'The Almond Tree' 'From the Darkness' is one of a series of ... http://www.traceyholland.co.uk/?p=218 Charged Vessels & Infinite Bodies This body of work was made between 2006 and 2008, and grew out of a fascination with lightning storm imagery and it's associated myth. I was awarded a research residency at the Bakken Museum and Library of Electricity in Minneapolis, USA in 2006 and my time there was split ... http://www.traceyholland.co.uk/?p=69 Tracey Holland, selected C.V. b.1961 in Birmingham, England. Solo Exhibitions (most recent first) 2006 Photographic prints, The Workstation, Sheffield. 2005 'Resurrection Stories' Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham 2004 'States of Matter' Folly Gallery, Lancaster 2003 'The Almond Tree' and recent work MAC Birmingham 2003 Photofolio, Salts Mill, Saltaire 2001 'Magic, Murder and the Weather' Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery, Leeds, Nov - ... http://www.traceyholland.co.uk/?p=15 Hineingrabe clip taken from 13.5 minute video Resurrection Stories clip taken from 9 minute 3 screen video Installaton shots resurrection stories djanogly gallery 2005 The Almond Tree clip from 'The Almond Tree' 2004 The Almond Tree (2) The Almond Tree clip no.02 Vessel installation in Porto, Portugal Vessel installation in Nottingham, UK http://www.traceyholland.co.uk/?p=11 ‘Hineingrabe’ 13.5 minute video This work was commissioned by Groundwork and Horse and Bamboo Theatre Company in 2008 as part of the 'Valley of Stone' project. The aim of the commission was to produce work inspired by the landscape and it's associated history. The area of Rossendale in Lancashire has a ... http://www.traceyholland.co.uk/?p=67 Image and Imagination Guardian review TheGuardian Thursday March 23 1989 Sheffield Robert Clark Image and Imagination IMAGE and Imagination is the unimaginative title for a show of photographic works by Tracey Holland, Lynne Silverman; Oded Shimshon and Chris Taylor. The artists have little in common other than a desire to break from the photographic format of a straight single-shot ... http://www.traceyholland.co.uk/?p=60 Feeding the Eye Guardian review The Guardian Tuesday June 27 1989 Cardiff Ken Rowat Chapter ShowsTHE practice of rooting through the rubbish dump and refuse bin for items to deploy in an art context has had its devotees since Schwitters and his Merz movement of the Twenties. The neo-Dadaists of the Fifties and Sixties and others ... http://www.traceyholland.co.uk/?p=59 Quarterlight catalogue text Tracey Holland 'Apocrypha' toned photographs. Light. Wax, paper 'The title for this piece of work refers to books which go to make up the Old Testament. The word means hidden (Greek; apokrupto), “because they were wont to be read not openly, but as it were in secret, and apart (Bible, 1539, preface to ... http://www.traceyholland.co.uk/?p=58 Residency at the Bakken Museum of Electricity, Minneapolis In October 2007 l completed a residency at the Bakken Museum and Library of Electricity in Minneapolis in the USA. I worked with the historic artifacts and also with the amazing collection of rare and wonderfull books in the library. Check out the website www.thebakken.org http://www.traceyholland.co.uk/?p=12 Mortal Remains - Reviews TheGuardian Review Mortal Remains Sheffield Tracey Holland's recent work relates directly to a long line of collage and assemblage art that stretches from the Dadaist Schwitters through Cornell to Kienholz and Rauschenberg. This is a creative vision made up of discarded oddments, rusted urban detritus and the occasional ... http://www.traceyholland.co.uk/?p=57 Tracey Holland