Miranda Holmes

Statement

My paintings and drawings explore the movement of bodies and objects over time. In the work, past iterations of compositions and color choices remain visible alongside more developed parts of the painting. These residues of the work’s past shine through as evidence of how the painting changed. A hand that once held a coffee cup is moved further across the table, and the cup disappears. Parts of objects appear on a desk like fragmented records of their displacement over the course of a day. Where the shape of a house began to emerge now stand tall trees; the glowing windows bore yellow holes through the trunks.

A painting changes; so do I. I think about the ways in which my environment shifts my body, how it effects my movements. I wonder about the various iterations of myself if I did not live under social systems that gain power from the manipulation of my body. Cultural influences shape us over time in ways that we cannot always name. My work preserves previous versions of bodies, objects and environments that shift and solidify each other over time.

GlogauAIR Project

During my time at GlogauAIR, I will spend time in the Feminist Archives in Friedrichshain to research artist and activist organizing events and workshops from years past. I will make a series of paintings that responds to these findings as well as to my everyday observations of Berlin. My interest in researching workshops stems from my fascination of the number of free workshops and skill shares around Berlin. I want to learn more about the history of communal knowledge-sharing in the city, in particular how feminist and queer activists and artists have used workshops. I plan to attend workshops around Berlin and eventually offer one of my own; I am curious about how sharing resources without monetary transactions can become more integral to my practice.

CV Summary

Education

• 2022 M.F.A., The Ohio State University
• 2018 Fulbright Scholar, Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany
• 2017 B.F.A., The Pennsylvania State University
• 2016 Yale Norfolk Summer School of Music and Art

Solo and two-person exhibitions

• 2022 Simmer After Boiling,Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
• 2021 Inventur/Inventory,Raum für Sichtbarkeit, Berlin, Germany
• 2019 Do Nothing Without Intention,Das Giftraum, Berlin, Germany

Selected group exhibitions

• 2022 Familiar from Afar,Curiouser KC Gallery, Kansans City, Kansas
• 2022 Clockwork,Dream Clinic Project Space, Columbus, OH
• 2022 This, That, and the Other Thing,Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH
• 2021 MAIL: Hate Mail, Fan Mail, Junk Mail, Email, Olympia Arts, NY, NY
• 2021 New American Paintings Online Exhibition
• 2020 24-hour Drama,Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
• 2019 EDITION 1.0,hosted by AXS Art, Berlin, Germany
• 2019 Infinite Work, Forever, Agora Collective, Berlin, Germany
• 2018 Rundgang,Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany

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