Holly Fay
Visual Arts Department
Assistant Professor
Office: RC 246
E-mail: holly.fay@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5591
Website: https://www.hollyfay.com
Research interests
Painting and Drawing techniques and methodologies, biotic and abiotic ecological systems, correlations and interconnectedness of natural phenomenon, nonhuman agency, phenomenology, environment, representations of the nature world in two-dimensional art practices.
Holly Fay’s practice encompasses, drawing, painting, installation, 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 (from 2015 to mid 2019) leading the AGR as both executive and artistic director. Holly teaches studio classes in painting and drawing, and teaches seminar classes in professional practice and issues.
Accreditation
Master of Fine Arts, University of Ulster, Belfast, 1994
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Regina, 1989
Works of Note
2021 Continua: Shared Foundation, Elsie Scherle Gallery, Last Mountain Lake Cultural Centre, group exhibition
with essay and artists panel talk
2021 I am Water, billboard public art project, New York City, ecoartspace/ SaveArtSpace, group exhibition,
online symposium
2020 Colour in Quarantine, 330g, on-line, group exhibition
2020 MAP Presentation Series – Here to Here: Artwork and Art Work, University of Regina
2019 Concurrent Views, Harcourt House Artist Run Center, Edmonton, solo exhibition
2018 SK Arts , Independent Artist, Creative Grant
2015 Floating Worlds, Dunlop Gallery, solo exhibition and essay
2015 CARFAC National Visual Arts Advocacy Award