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HOLLY DOWNING
REVIEWS:
Selected Awards
2009 Grant, Graham Foundation, Chicago; for creation of an artist’s book
Residency at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia
2007 Residency, Fundacíon Valparaiso, Mojácar, Spain
Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
2006 Residency, Montecastello di Vibio, Umbria
2005 Residency at Moulin à Nef, Auvillar, France
2004 Residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst
Elected to the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, London, U.K.
2003 Purchase Award, LAPS 17th National Print Exhibition, Pasadena, California
2002 Award, “Impressions”, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, California
2001 Jurors Award, Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition, University of Hawaii, Hilo
Judith Banks Memorial Award, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, California
2000 Honorable Mention, 11th National Florida Printmakers, Exhibition, Miami
Purchase Award, 43rd Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, New Jersey
1998 Award, Amsterdam Art Competition and Exhibition, Berkeley, California
Award, “Homage and Inspiration”, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, California
1997 Barnhart Memorial Award, “Small Works”, California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa
1987 The Jacqueline and Jay Zemel Patron Award, The Print Club 63rd Annual, Philadelphia
Prize, The Print Club 59th Annual Competition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1983 Phelan Art Award for Printmaking, San Francisco
1980 Purchase Award, Barcham Green Printmaking Competition, U.K.
Purchase Award, Cleveland International Drawing Biennale Purchase Award, U.K. Award.
Award, Miniature Print Exhibition, Space Gallery, Seoul, Korea.
1978 Arts Council of Great Britain, U.K., Artist’s Grant
1976-77 Greenshields Foundation Award, Canada, Artist’s Grant
1975-76 National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist’s Fellowship
Bibliography
2009 “Printmakers’ Secrets”; Anthony Dyson, A & C Black Publishers, London.
Holly Downing, Preview at Quicksilver Mine Co., by Deborah Koppman, Artweek, vol. 40, #2, March.
2008 “Mezzotint Masters”; illustrated catalogue; Larry Warnock Fine Arts; San Francisco.
2006 “Printmakers, The Directory”, The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, A & C Black, London.
“Sebastopol Impressions 2006” by Dan Taylor, Press Democrat, March 23, 2006.
2004 Printmaking Today; London; vol. 13, No. 2, Summer 2004.
2002 “New Sanchez Exhibit”, Pacifica Tribune, Pacifica, California, February 2.
2001 “Holly Downing at the Annex”, by Sandy Thompson, Artweek; San Jose, CA, vol. 32, #10, October.
Holly Downing 25 Years of Mezzotints 1975-2000; illustrated catalogue raisonne; forward Robert Flynn Johnson.
1999 The Sunday Star-Ledge, review by Dan Bischoff, Clinton, New Jersey, June 20
Mezzotint, Art of Darkness; catalogue; Carol Wax & Earl Retif; New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana.
“Contemporary Printmaking”; Artweek; Oakland, California; vol. 23, #27, November 5.
1990 The Mezzotint: History and Technique; Carol Wax, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York.
1984 "International Mezzotint Competition", The Print Collector's Newsletter; Vol. XV, No. 4; Sept.-Oct.
1983 "Curator Goes Out on a Limb" by Thomas Albright; San Francisco Chronicle; San Francisco; May 26.
"The Phelan Awards" by Frank Cebulski; Artweek; Oakland, California; vol. 14, #28, August 27.
1982 "7 Artists Who Are Drawing Attention" by Al Morch; San Francisco Examiner; San Francisco; June 7.
Subjective Realities; catalogue; curated by Robert Flynn Johnson; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
1981 Artists' Views of the Decade 1970-80; Art International; London; No. 22, March
1978 "Five Views of Nature and The Nature of Life"; by Leslie Myers; Artweek, Oakland, CA; vol. 9, #12, June
Public Collections
Achenbach Foundation, Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco Boise Art Museum, Idaho
University of Reading, England
University of Washington, Seattle
Art Exhibitions Bureau, Lodz, Poland
Arts Council of Great Britain, London
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
Califia Books, San Francisco, California
Chi-ba Art Museum. Chi-ba, Japan
City of Bath Art Gallery, Bath, England
Clydesdale Bank, Glasgow, Scotland
Continental Bank, Chicago
Department of the Environment, London
Derby Fine Arts, Ltd, Chicago, Illinois
Dundee Art Gallery, Scotland
Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu
Johnson & Johnson Corporate Art Collection
Kaiser Permanente Hospital, San Rafael, California
Luz Gallery, Manila, Philippines
Northern Arts Association, England
Nakasatsunai Art Museum, Hokkaido, Japan
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, London
Scottish National Gallery of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
Selkapet Kunst pa Arbeidsplassen, Norway
University of California, Santa Barbara
South East Arts Association, England
Southampton University, England
Space Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Stanford Museum of Art, California
Sutton College, London
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Hawaii, Hilo
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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