Conrad Wilde Gallery presents artist Sharon Holnback



	Sharon Holnback – Artist Statement These atmospheric containers invite discovery and encourage the viewer’s sense of wonder. These works are about universal connections, cycles of life, contrast, the beauty of the unexpected, the flow of time and energy and the nature of memory. Resume Education 1987-84 University of Arizona, BFA, Summa Cum Laude 1984-81 Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona Selected Exhibitions 2005 Glow, Triangle L Ranch, Oracle, AZ 2004 Monsoon, Flash Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2004 Oracle Fine Art Tour, Triangle L Ranch, Oracle, AZ 2003 Luminarias Del Pueblo, Loew’s Ventana Canyon Resort, La Paloma Resort 2003 TCC Exhibition Hall, Tucson, AZ 2003 Pollos del Pueblo, Alamo Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2003 Living Landscape, Tucson, AZ 1999 Obscured (Solo), U of A Rotunda Gallery, Tucson, AZ 1998 Apparatus, Group Exhibition, Tucson, AZ 1998 Annual Exhibition Fundraiser, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, AZ 1997 Ancestors, Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ 1997 Russo and Ross, Tubac, AZ 1996 Dreams of Cactusland, Kodak Salon, Seoul, Korea 1996 Pedals to Metals: A Garden Gallery, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, AZ 1996 G.P.I. Exhibition, Mesa Art Center, Mesa, AZ 1996 Photographic Constructions (two-person), Bero Gallery, Tucson, AZ 1996 Picture This, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 1995 The House, One Person Exhibition, Tucson, AZ 1994 SF Camerawork Annual Auction, San Francisco, CA 1994 G.P.I. Exhibition, TPAC Municipal Gallery, Tucson, AZ 1994 Polaroid Corporation, Tokyo, Japan 1994 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, Fort Mason, CA 1994 Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ 1994 Beyond Silver II, Phoenix College Visual Arts Center, Phoenix, AZ 1993 Etherton/Stern Temple of Music and Art, Tucson, AZ 1993 Utterback Performing Arts Center, Tucson, AZ 1993 Beyond Silver, Phoenix College Visual Arts Center, Phoenix, AZ 1993 Tucson Jewish Community Center, Tucson, AZ 1992 Humanitas, MARS Artspace, Phoenix, AZ 1992 Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ 1992 Tucson International Airport, Tucson, AZ 1992 Tucson Community Cable Corporation, Tucson, AZ 1992 Sixth/Congress Gallery, Tucson, AZ 1992 26th Southwestern, Yuma Arts Center, Yuma, AZ 1992 Chamber of Earthly Delights, Tucson Center of Performing Arts, Tucson, AZ 1992 Pima Alumni, Pima Performing Arts Center Gallery, Tucson, AZ 1992 Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ 1991 Good Art Part I, Etherton/Stern Temple of Music and Art, Tucson, AZ 1991 Bonzani/Holnback, Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, AZ 1991 From Image To Object, MARS Artspace, Phoenix, AZ 1991 University of Arizona Rotunda Gallery, Tucson, AZ 1991 Photograph As Beginning, Tucson Jewish Community Center, Tucson, AZ 1990 Geoghean Gallery, Galway, Ireland 1990 Equilibrium, Gallery 31, Tucson, AZ 1990 Luis Carlos Bernal Alumni, Pima College Student Union Gallery, Tucson. AZ 1989 Mail Art, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 1989 Late 88/Color (solo), Gallery 31, Tucson, AZ 1988 The Golden Light Annual Exhibition, The Puck Building, Soho, NY 1988 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 1988 Alternatives ‘88, Ohio University, Athens, OH 1988 A New Group/G.P.I., A Motion Studio, Tucson, AZ 1988 Fictional Realities (solo), Cottey College, Nevada, MI 1988 Traveling Exhibition Selections: Art Across America: Artists & Their Students 1988 Eugene Museum of Art, University of Oregon 1988 University of Washington, Seattle 1988 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas 1988 Hayward State University, California 1987 Interiors - BFA Exhibition, 830 Gallery, Tucson, AZ 1987 Tucson Weekly Photography Contest Exhibition, Café Magritte, Tucson, AZ 1986 Photorama, Todd Walker Gallery, Tucson, AZ 1986 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 1986 Artist’s Books, University of Arizona Special Collections Library, Tucson, AZ Fellowships, Awards and Honors 1993 Photography Fellowship, Arizona Commision on the Arts 1992 Purchase Award, Chandler Center for the Arts 1992 First Place, Tucson Weekly Photography Contest 1992 Traveling Exhibition Program, Arizona Commission on the Arts 1992 Video Interview by Diane Ealy and Nancy Solomon, Artists in Their Own Right 1990 Visual Artist Fellowship, Tucson/Pima Arts Council 1988 Alternatives ’88, Juror’s Recognition Award of Excellence 1987 Outstanding Senior Award, University of Arizona 1986 Material Grant Award, Todd Walker Gallery Collections Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ Art Activities and Experience 2004-2005 GLOW, Nighttime Art Experience, Facilitator 1995-Present Owner, Apparatus Iron, Design and metal fabrication 1995-2000 Owner, Apparatus Gallery, Tucson, AZ 1987-1998 Freelance Commercial Photographer 1991 Project Coordinator, BIG VISION, a Multi-Media Public Presentation 1987-1998 Founding board and Active Artist Member of Group for Photographic Intentions (G.P.I.) 1983-84 Co-Owner/Director, Silverware Studio, a Photo/Studio Gallery





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