Holly Fay
Research Interests
- Painting and Drawing techniques and methodologies
- Biotic and abiotic ecological systems,
- Correlations and interconnectedness of natural phenomenon
- More-than-human
- Phenomenology
- Environment
- The underseen
- Representations of the nature world in two-dimensional art
Holly Fay’s practice encompasses drawing, painting, installation, video, writing and curation. Presented in exhibitions nationally and internationally, Holly’s work has received numerous grants, and is represented in public collections including the Saskatchewan Arts Board, the Mackenzie Art Gallery, and the Dunlop Art Gallery. Prior to joining the Faculty of Media, Art and Performance, Holly was the Director/Curator of the Art Gallery of Regina, leading the AGR as both executive and artistic director from 2015 to 2019. Holly teaches studio classes in painting and drawing, and seminar classes in professional practice.
Accreditation
- Master of Fine Arts, University of Ulster, Belfast
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Regina
Selected Works of Note
- Ucross Fellowship Artist Residency, Ucross, WY, USA, 2024
- Currents, Estevan Art Gallery, SK, solo exhibition, 2024
- Saturnalia XI, Slate Gallery, SK, group exhibition, 2023
- Some Kind of Nature, FOMA, Santa Fe, NM, USA, group exhibition, 2023
- A Small and Quiet Winter Screen, University of Regina, group exhibition, 2022/23
- Sustainability: Teaching, Making and Long Visioning, Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC) Conference, Co-chair — round table session, 2022
- Canada Council of the Arts, Research and Creation Grant, 2022
- Mini Print Cantabria Collection in Lublin, UMCS Gallery, Lublin, Poland, group exhibition, 2022
- No Return, Manifest Drawing Center, Cincinnati, USA, group exhibition, 2022
- Drawing Into Being, artist residency, The Museum of Loss and Renewal, Collemacchia, Italy, 2022
- Colour in Quarantine, 330g, Saskatoon, SK, group, on-line exhibition, 2020
- Creative Practice in the Time of Coronavirus, Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC) Conference, Co-chair — round table session, 2020
- Here to Here: Artwork and Art Work, MAP Presentation Series, University of Regina, 2020
- Paint, Dunlop Art Gallery Q & D, artist talk series, Regina, SK, 2019
- Tradition Transformed, Orillia Museum of Art & History, ON, group, 2011
- Continua: Shared Foundation, Elsie Scherle Gallery, Last Mountain Lake Cultural Centre, SK, group, 2021
- I am Water, public art billboard project, Ecoartspace, New York City, USA, group, 2021
- Miniature Print Cantabria Collection in Bordeaux, Cervantes Institute of Bordeaux, France, group, 2021
- Covid-19 Re-Imaging Our World, blanket project, The Museum of Loss and Renewal, UK and Europe, 2020
- Concurrent Views, Harcourt House Artist Run Center, Edmonton, AB – solo exhibition, 2018
- SK ARTS, Independent Artist Grant, Creative, 2018
- AFL with AGR curator Holly Fay, Art for Lunch, University of Regina, curator talk, 2016
- Director/ Curator, Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, SK, 2015 – 2019
- Floating Worlds, Dunlop Gallery, Regina, SK, solo exhibition, 2015