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Harry Holland
Harry Holland is widely regarded as one of Britain's best craftsmen, who works with uncompromising commitment and sincerity to produce art that is intense and rewarding.His style is distinctive and immediately recognisable, something which every artist seeks. The paintings are suggestive in the sense that they imply situations, events, or relationships that are not directly expressed; this imbues them with an engaging sense of mystery.Holland was born in Glasgow in 1941. He trained at St. Martin’s School of Art from 1965-69. Since the seventies this extraordinary classical artist has had over thirty solo exhibitions and figured in countless group exhibitions worldwide.Not surprisingly, his work has developed a substantial international following amongst collectors and has found its way into numerous important public collections world-wide including the Tate Gallery, British Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, National Museum of Wales, National Portrait Gallery Canada, Welsh Arts Council, European Parliament Collection, Belgian National Collection and the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge. -
cv / exhibition history / awards
1941
Born Glasgow, Scotland
Education
1965 – 1969
St. Martin’s School of Art, London
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
Nudes Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff
2009
New Paintings Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff
2008
Myths and Dreams Albemarle Gallery, London
2007
New Paintings Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff
2006
Albemarle Gallery, London
2006
“Encounters” T.I.A.F. Toronto Mineta Contemporary
2004
Albemarle Gallery, London
2003
Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff
Minera Move Gallery, Brussels
2002
Silent Music, II Politico, Rome
2001
Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff
2000
Il Politico, Rome
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006
Albemarle Gallery, London
2005
What is Realism?, Albemarle Gallery, London
2004
Summer Show, Albemarle Gallery, London
2003
Summer Show, Albemarle Gallery, London
Die Wiedergefundene Malerei, Palace Porcia, Vienna
Nudo, Fomi Gallery Bologna
Celebrate, Oriel Davies Gallery
2001
Artists of the Ideal, Galleria d’arte Moderna, Verona
Between Heaven and Earth, Gallery for Modern Art, Ostend, Belgium
Collections
Tate Gallery, London
Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York
European Parliament Collection
National Museum of Wales
Belgian National Collection
Newport Museum and Art Gallery
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Contemporary Arts Society
Welsh Arts Council
Contemporary Arts Society for Wales
University of Wales
BBC Wales
National Portrait Gallery, Canada
and many corporate and private collections worldwide
