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For over a decade now, I have
been documenting the “stuff” of our society that we use
once and throw away. Americans create more garbage, per capita, than
any other culture, yet we are blind to our waste. I believe this is
a function of our wealth, and the vastness of our country. We have
the room to hide our waste, and the money to make more. I collect many
things, among them, bottle caps, credit cards, pencils, and chop sticks.
I use these everyday items to make work, which transforms the objects
and surprises us. I am an environmentalist, receiving great joy from
the natural world. This makes me aware of how we take what we have
for granted. We are used to using “stuff” once and then
throwing it away. We may throw it away, but my work makes me aware
of its continual impact.
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| TEACHING/COMMUNITY OUTREACH |
2006 - Instructor, Haystack
Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2005 - Independent book making workshop, Aarau, Switzerland
2004 - RIVER OF CAPS, an installation
made in collaboration with Winston-Salem/Forsyth Co. Schools, Sawtooth
Center, SECCA, and funded in part by the NC Arts Council.
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| EXHIBITIONS |
2008 - 2008 Fiber Biennial,
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, March 6-April, 2008, curated by
Bruce Hoffman
2007 - Parkway Show, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC--Sept-Oct.
2006 - The EDGES OF GRACE: PROVOCATIVE, UNCOMMON CRAFT, Fuller Craft
Museum, Brockton, MA. Curated by Gail Brown.
2006 - ELEMENTS: An Invitational Exhibition of Assemblage/CollageWork,
Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
2005 - NESTING INSTINCT, an installation
at the Orange County Historical Society, Hillsborough, NC
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| CLIENT LIST |
Headlands Center for the Arts,
Sausalito, CA Residency--2006
North Carolina Arts Council--Visual Arts Grants 2000, 1996
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts--Instructor--2006
Penland School of Crafts--Instructor--2004
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| UPCOMING
EVENTS & NEWS |
REGROWTH
Greenhill Center for North Carolina Art,
Greensboro, NC.
June 20-August 24, 2008
Artist’s talk by Bryant Holsenbeck: July 2, 2008, 12 noon. www.greenhillcenter.org
GO GREEN - group show
Dowstudio, Deer isle, ME
July 6-August 9, 2008 -- www.dowstudiodeerisle.com
"Accumulation and Transformation" mixed-media
class instructor at Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
July 27-August 2, 2008 -- www.arrowmont.org
Residency
North Hampton County, NC, October 6-10,
2008
ANIMAL IMAGERY- group show
Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC.
November 6-December 27, 2008 -- www.bluespiral1.com |
| BIOGRAPHY |
Bryant Holsenbeck began her arts career as a basket maker. Since that time she has evolved into an environmental artist who makes large-scale installations that document the waste stream of our society. She has shown her work and taught throughout the United States. She has been the recipient of 2 North Carolina Arts Council Fellowships, a Project Grant and an NEA Arts and Learning Grant that she worked on in collaboration with the Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission. Her installation, “River of caps” (November, 2004) was a 105 ft. fluid design of bottle caps and jar lids collected over a period of 10 years. She made this installation in collaboration with 85 high school students in Winston-Salem, NC with funding provided by the North Carolina Arts Council. She is currently working on two large projects. WHAT DO KIDS CARE ABOUT? A Labyrinth of Shoes with Souls Attached and WILD Life. She is a community artist who likes to work with groups of people to make large-scale installations using the “stuff” of our society. She is also an independent studio artist who makes books, birds, and sculptures out of recycled materials.
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| AWARDS/COLLECTIONS |
2008 - Artist in Residence,
Resource Center for Women, Ministry and the South,
www.rcwms.org
2006 - Artist in Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2002 - Invited to make an ornament for the White House Christmas Tree, Washington, DC
2000 - Awarded a North Carolina Arts Council Visual Arts Grant
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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2005 - New Southerner, August/September 2005, online magazine article by Rebecca Wolbach
2000 - Baskets: A Book for Makers & Collector, Billie Ruth Sudduth, publisher Lark Press
1994 - Fiber Arts, September/October, pages 30-31
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