Caroline Holder was born in England to a Jamaican mother and Barbadian father; the family moved to Barbados when Holder was four, and she completed her formative education at Queen's College high school. Holder left home to study art at York University in Toronto, then Art Education at McGill in Montreal. She ultimately relocated to New York City in the early 90's where she has maintained a consistent studio practice while also teaching full time, with a hiatus to attain an MFA in Craft from NSCAD University, Nova Scotia.
Holder’s primary medium is clay, from which she crafts ceramic object-sculptures combined with drawings and text. She uses hand building and slip casting. Her influences include a background in printmaking, a love of drawing, experiences of intersectional identity as a Caribbean immigrant and the life-altering experience of late motherhood. Holder has been showing work since 2002, most recently in the traveling show Inter|sectionality. which debuted at the Corcoran School of the Arts, continuing on to the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts and Culture and the Miami Design District, and also at LSU's Glassell Gallery. Holder has received recognition for her work, in scholarships, awards and nominations, with an exhibition record which includes shows across the US, Canada and the Caribbean.
Holder’s primary medium is clay, from which she crafts ceramic object-sculptures combined with drawings and text. She uses hand building and slip casting. Her influences include a background in printmaking, a love of drawing, experiences of intersectional identity as a Caribbean immigrant and the life-altering experience of late motherhood. Holder has been showing work since 2002, most recently in the traveling show Inter|sectionality. which debuted at the Corcoran School of the Arts, continuing on to the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts and Culture and the Miami Design District, and also at LSU's Glassell Gallery. Holder has received recognition for her work, in scholarships, awards and nominations, with an exhibition record which includes shows across the US, Canada and the Caribbean.
