Kyle Holland Cell: (901) 219-4555 Email: [email protected] Website: www.kyleaholland.com Education 2012 BFA magna cum laude, Fine Arts with a concentration in Printmaking, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN 2011 New York Studio Residency Program, Brooklyn, NY Supplementary Coursework 2013 • Islamic Binding with Gavin Dovey, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY • French Groove with Susan Mills, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY • Vandercook Maintenance with Paul Moxon, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY • Soft Cover Leather Bound Books with Biruta Auna, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY • Beginning Etching with Jennifer Melby, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Program, New York, NY 2012 • Book-in-a-Box with Barbara Mauriello, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY • Modified Gary Frost Drop Spine Case Binding with Susan Mills, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY • Illuminated Manuscripts with Karen Gorst, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY • Master Class: Expressive Hand Typesetting with Kitty Maryatt, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY • Kon’nyaku, Print, and Paper: The Magic of Devil’s Tongue with Asao Shimura, Dobbin Mill, Brooklyn, NY • The Artist Book: Book Arts and Printmaking with Cynthia Thompson, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy 2011 • Do-It-Yourself Polymer Plates with Sarah McDermott, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY 1 • Japanese Bookbinding with Yukari Hayashida, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY • Bookbinding II with Shanna Yarbrough, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY • Casting with Moulds and Laminate Casting with Akemi Martin, Dieu Donné Papermill, New York, NY 2010 • Pop-Up Book Structures with Shawn Sheehy, Memphis College of Art, Memphis,TN • Sculptural and Movable Books with Emily Martin, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC Professional Experience 2013–Present Intern, Peter Kruty Editions, Brooklyn, NY Assist with custom letterpress jobs as well as the production of limited-edition artist books and prints for artists such as Lesley Dill and Jonathan Singer. Artist Assistant, Lesley Dill Studio, Brooklyn, NY Assist with and introduced processes that facilitated and expedited sculpture fabrication, train and supervise interns during the production of artworks, and manage studio administration. 2012–2013 Studio Assistant, April Vollmer, New York, NY Assisted with the production of mokuhanga woodblock prints, performed maintenance on studio equipment [inkjet printer, etc.], and collaborated with the artist to engineer practical book structures for limited-edition artist books. Pressman, Fourteen-Forty, New York, NY Letterpress printed business cards, save the dates, place cards, coasters, and other stationery. 2012 Studio Assistant, Left Field Cards, Brooklyn, NY Performed general studio maintenance and letterpress printed custom postcards and greeting cards. Teaching Assistant, Summer Art Camp, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN Assisted in teaching drawing, painting, comic books, sculpture, and bookbinding classes for children ages 5–18. Set up and cleaned up classrooms. Organized and restocked materials and supplies. 2 2011 Book Arts Techniques Intern, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY Assisted with the installation of several exhibitions and printed various letterpress ephemera such as spreads for the type specimen book of the Center’s type collection and invitations to the Annual Benefit and Auction and limited-edition broadsides for poets such as Susan Howe and Mark McKain. Studio Intern, Dieu Donné Papermill, New York, NY Prepared and beat pulp out of fibers including cotton, abaca, flax, and linen; assisted with the production of art utilizing the hand papermaking process for artists such as Do Ho Suh and Ann Hamilton; and assisted with workshops for children and adults covering everything from basic papermaking techniques to advanced processes that originated or were developed at Dieu Donné. 2010–2011 Installation Assistant, The Hyde Gallery at the Nesin Graduate Center, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN Assisted with the installation and de-installation of exhibitions, packing and unpacking artwork, and lighting. 2010 Printmaking Club President, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN Held meetings to brainstorm for ways to raise funds for printmaking students to attend the Southern Graphics Conference and oversaw fundraising activities. Printmaking Representative, Student Alliance, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN 2009–2012 Workstudy, Papermaking & Book Arts Department, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN Sorted the lead type collection, made photopolymer plates for students, performed maintenance on the Vandercook letterpresses, and prepared for classes and demonstrations by fulfilling various tasks such as cutting paper and beating pulp. 2008–2009 Workstudy, Printmaking Department, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN Performed general studio maintenance, managed the inventory of materials in the studio, and organized the archive of student work. 3 Awards/Grants/Residencies 2013 Selected for inclusion in Hand Papermaking Magazine’s 11th portfolio edition, Negative Space in Handmade Paper: Picturing the Void 2012–2013 Scholarship for Advanced Studies in Book Arts (artist residency), Center for Book Arts, New York, NY 2012 Honorable Mention: Friends of Dard Hunter Membership Award, The 5th National Collegiate Handmade Paper Art Triennial, a national juried student exhibition, Brodsky Center at Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ and Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington DC (Juror: Jane Milosch, curator, Senior Program Officer, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC) 2011 • Selected for inclusion in SP Weather Station’s 2012 Weather Reports • National Travel Grant, College Book Art Association • Honorable Mention, Artbound 2011, a national juried student exhibition, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Juror: Bea Nettles, artist, Urbana, IL) (online catalogue) • Gayle Kirkpatrick Memorial Scholarship, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN • Ferris Summer Internship Scholarship, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN 2010 Alex Camp Memorial Travel Fellowship, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN Group Exhibitions Upcoming • Everything Paper, UNO Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE (Juror: Karin Campbell, Phil Wilson Curator of Contemporary Art at the Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE) 2014 • SHY RABBIT Print International 5, SHY RABBIT Contemporary Arts, Pagosa Springs, CO (Juror: Karen Kunc, Cather Professor and Professor of Art, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE) • Art of the South 2014, Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN (Juror: Alice Gray Stites, Director and Chief Curator of 21c Museum, Louisville, KY) • Lost then Found: The Wunderkammer, 1010 Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (Curated by the Spring 2014 UTK Book and Paper Arts class) 4 • SP Weather Reports (2008–2013), Center for Book Arts, New York, NY 2013 • Group Exhibition, Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids, IA • 2013 Scholars for the Advanced Study in Book Arts, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY • Artists’ Books from the Vanderbilt Collection, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN • No Man is an Island: The Masculine Landscape in the 21st Century, The Printmaking Center of New Jersey, Branchburg, NJ (Juror: Sarah Schmerler, art critic, New York, NY) • Fifth International Artists’ Book Exhibition, King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary (catalogue) 2012 • The Book Illuminated, Fine Arts Center Exhibition Cases, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR • Nuovi Incontri, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy • 2012 Book Project International, 15th Annual Artist’s Books Fair, Marseille, France (Jurors: Inge Bruggeman, Assistant Professor and Director of the Black Rock Press, University of Nevada, Reno, NV; Daniel Mayer, Instructional Specialist, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and Susan Viguers, Adjunct Professor, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA) (catalogue) • Out of the Frame, Off the Wall, 1010 Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (Juror: Jennifer Scheuer, graduate student, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN) (catalogue) • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Upper Gallery, Rust Hall, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN • Artists Book Cornucopia III, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO (Juror: Tony White, Director, Decker Library, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD) (catalogue) • Here and There, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ • Undergraduate Student Exhibition, Lower Gallery, Rust Hall, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN (Juror: Nathaniel Hein, artist, Cleveland, MS) • The 5th National Collegiate Handmade Paper Art Triennial, Brodsky Center at Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ and Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC (Juror: Jane Milosch, curator, Senior Program Officer, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC) 5 2011 • Hater’s Gonna Hate, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN • Artbound 2011, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Juror: Bea Nettles, artist, Urbana, IL) (online catalogue) • Fenimore 23rd, New York Studio Residency Program, Brooklyn, NY • 10 Under 30, Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Memphis, TN (curated by Julie Pierotti, Associate Curator, Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Memphis, TN) 2010 New Horizons 2010, The Ned McWherter Cultural Arts Center, Jackson, TN 2009 Mind the Gap: The Art and Science of Producing Prints on a Flattened Earth, Hilton Hotel, Chicago, IL Commissions 2014 Reflections of a Nomad Dreamer, edition of handmade books, LaserJet printed text bound as a Drumleaf, for the exhibition Arahmaiani: Fertility of the Mind, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, NY Publications • Charlotte Rivers, Little Book of Book Making: Timeless Techniques and Fresh Ideas for Beautiful Handmade Books (New York: Potter Craft, 2014), 21. • Alexander Campos, “Works in Progress,” Central Booking Magazine, November 2013, 26. • Janna Herbison, “Fine Art Exhibition: A Display of Student Talent,” At Home Tennessee, May 2012, 48. Susan Ellis, “Hate Date,” Memphis Flyer, November 17, 2011, 25. • • Susan Wood, “Cultivating Papermakers: A Presentation on Papermaking at Universities,” Bull & Branch: Newsletter of the Friends of Dard Hunter, Vol. 30, No. 1, February 2011, 20. • Jonathan Devin, “Young Artists in Spotlight at Dixon,” The Daily News, Vol. 126, No. 15, January 24, 2011. http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/ArticleEmail.aspx?id=55739 • Hannah Sayle, “10 Under 30,” Memphis Flyer, December 29, 2010. http://www.memphisflyer.com/ExhibitM/archives/2010/12/29/10-under-30 Workshops/Lectures/Presentations 2014 • Workshop, Paper “Scapes,” Dieu Donné papermill, New York, NY, July 26. • Workshop, Patterns & Decoration, Dieu Donné papermill, New York, NY, July 19. 6 • Workshop, Drumleaf and Blizzard Binding, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, March 4. 2013 “Artist Talk: 2013 Scholars in Residence,” Center for Book Arts, New York, NY, November 1. 2012 • “Papermaking: Contemporary Attempts to Reinvent an Ancient Practice,” Merging Technologies: From Traditional to Digital, panelist, College Book Art Association conference, San Francisco, CA, January 7. • “Deconstructing the Book Over Time,” Lightning Round: Book Art Students Presentations, College Book Art Association conference, San Francisco, CA, January 6. Collections Anchor Graphics, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL Center for Book Arts, New York, NY George A. Smathers Libraries, The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Southern Graphics Council International Archive, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Yale University, New Haven, CT Professional Affiliations College Book Art Association (CBAA) Friends of Dard Hunter Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI) Gallery Affiliations 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers, Hoover, AL 7