CAROLINE HOLDER
ARTIST & TEACHER
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
Inter|sectionality: Diaspora Art from the Creole City
"beginnings", The Brighton Storeroom, Barbados, 2019
Exposure 2018, Ceres Gallery, NY NY 2018
Arrivants, Barbados Museum and Historical Society, 2018
Me, Myself and I, Clay Art Center, Portchester, NY 2018
Carifesta XIII, Barbados National Visual Art Exhibition, “The Impression”, Barbados 2017
Art in Clay, Origins: BWAC 3rd Annual National Juried Ceramic Sculpture Show, Brooklyn, NY 2015
Its All About Me, Cupcakes at Gallery Page and Strange, Halifax, NS, 2014
Hunger, Crafthaus.com, online exhibition, 2014
Exposure 2013, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY, 2013
Reawakening, Kingsborough College, Brooklyn, NY, 2013
Some-where/No-where: You Can Live in Paradise Forever, Queen’s Park Art Gallery, B’dos, 2011
Black Visual Arts Diaspora, Frank Collymore Hall, Barbados, 2009
Clay & Fiber, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2008
Diaspora, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA, 2007
Live Free or Die, Rhonda Schaller Studio, NY, NY, 2007
Brave New World, (artist & curator), DVG, Miami, FL/ ALG. Halifax, NS, 2006
3 Generations: Contemporary Barbadian Art, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL, 2006
Art Miami: 16th Annual Int’l Modern & Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, FL, 2006
Out castes: Crossing the Line to the Model Majority, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL, 2005
Art Off the Main, Puck Building, New York, NY, 2005
Tea, Glorious Tea, Revolution Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica, 2005
The Distill Cup, Distill Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 2005
Honoring Our Roots, NCECA, Eubie Blake Cultural Center, Baltimore, MD, 2005
Art Basel Miami Beach, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL, 2004
Pre-Shrunk, Argyle Fine Art Gallery, Halifax, NS, 2004
Fine Contemporary Craft, Artspace, Raleigh, NC, 2004
La Petite XII, Alder Gallery, Coburg OR, 2004
Art Off the Main, Puck Building, New York, NY, 2004
The Female Perspective, Shorin Studio, NYU/Consulate General of Barbados, 2004
Crossovers, Argyle Fine Art Gallery, Halifax, NS, 2003
NSCAD at the American Consulate, Halifax, NS, 2003
Grad(e) School, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, 2003
Commemoration: Works from the collection of Paul Greenhalgh, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, 2002
Loose Collective, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, 2002
SOLO SHOWS
Conflict of Interest, Gallery Page & Strange. Halifax, NS, 2009
Clay: New Works, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL, 2009
Belly and the Beast, African American Museum of Nassau County, NY, 2009
Tea, Glorious Tea, Revolution Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica, 2006
Constructing Memory, Thesis exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, 2003
COLLECTIONS
Barbados National Art Gallery Committee
Foreign Affairs, Amman, Jordan, Trade and Development Canada
RESIDENCIES
International Cultural Exchange with Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Barbados, 2011
International Cultural Exchange with Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Aruba, 2005
EDUCATION
Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Master of Fine Arts,, Halifax, NS, 2003
McGill University, Diploma of Education in Visual Art, Montreal, Quebec, 1991
York University, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons.), Toronto, Ontario, 1987
Queen’s College, Barbados, 1983
WORK EXPERIENCE
Professional Children’s School, New York, NY
Contractual Educator, Education Department: school outreach, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 2001
Arts in August, Art Workshop for Children, New York, NY, 1999
Studio Assistant, Artworks Pottery, New York, NY, 1995 – 2000
Glazorama, Glaze Workshop, New York, NY, 1995, 1996
Freelance Designer/ Illustrator, Executive Promotions, Montreal, PQ, 1991 - 1992
Instructor, Explorations ‘91, Printmaking workshop, McGill University, Montreal, 1991
Graphic Designer, Ciaraldi & Rosen Consultants Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, 1989 - 1990
Graphic Designer, Smith & Oxley Advertising Ltd., Barbados, 1987 - 1988
PRESENTATIONS
Artist’s Talk, Kingsborough College, NY, 2010
Artist’s Talk, NSCAD, Halifax, NS, 2006
Artist’s Talk, RISD, Providence, RI, 2005
Artist’s Talk, NSCAD, Halifax, NS, 2005
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
Best of Show, Tea, Glorious Tea, Revolution Gallery, Kinston, Jamaica, 2005
Joseph Beuys Memorial Scholarship, NSCAD, Halifax, NS, 2002
MFA Scholarship Award, NSCAD, Halifax, NS, 2002
MFA Scholarship Award, NSCAD, Halifax, NS, 2001
Arts Education Fellowship, Council for Basic Education, New York, NY, 1996
Barbados Government Exhibition, Queen’s College, B’dos, 1983
PUBLICATIONS
Inter|Sectionality, WETA, Dec 14, 2019
Area Codes|Art from the Creole City, Datil, Ariane. WUSA9, published 7:29pm EST, November 18, 2019
De Jesus, Carlos Suarez, Miami Newtimes, “Aldous Huxley, Meet George W.: Diaspora Vibe takes a dystopic look at post 9/11 America”, Sept 7-13, 2006
Suzanne Tourtillott (ed), 500 Pitchers: Contemporary Expressions of a Classic Form, 1st ed., Lark Books, NY 2006, p.273
Sten, Lillian, The Sunday Sun Easy Magazine, “Fruits of the Festive Season”, December 18, 2005
Ancrum, Nancy, Miami Herald, “The Cultural Kitchen: A Colonial Past in Clay,” 15 December, 2005
Miami Herald, “Caribbean Artists Bring Fresh Insights to Fair”, December 3, 2005
Gallery Catalog, Gallery Page and Strange, September 2005
Jamaica Gleaner (Kinston, Jamaica) “What a Brew! Tea, Glorious Tea, 2005” 14 August, 2005
The News, (Aruba) “‘What is home?’: Lecture by Rosie Gordon-Wallace & DVG Artists.” 27 April, 2005
Bon Dia, Aruba, (local) “Dialogo di Arte internacional cu arte local”, 29 April, 2005
Pederson, Sylvie, Eugene Weekly “Small But Excellent”, 16 December, 2004
Best, Tony, Sunday Sun, (Barbados) “Seen Up North”, 15 August, 2004
Visual Arts News Volume 24, #2, summer 2003, NS (photograph)
Barnard, E., Sunday Herald, (Halifax) "Show a study in pottery", 22 Dec, 2002, NS (photograph)
Bennett, Krista, “Commemoration: Works from the collection of Paul Greenhalgh”, Exhibition Catalog, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2002
ARTIST & TEACHER
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
Inter|sectionality: Diaspora Art from the Creole City
- Corcoran School of the Arts, Washington, DC 2019-2020
- Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts and Culture 2020-2021
- Moore Building, Miami Design District 2021
"beginnings", The Brighton Storeroom, Barbados, 2019
Exposure 2018, Ceres Gallery, NY NY 2018
Arrivants, Barbados Museum and Historical Society, 2018
Me, Myself and I, Clay Art Center, Portchester, NY 2018
Carifesta XIII, Barbados National Visual Art Exhibition, “The Impression”, Barbados 2017
Art in Clay, Origins: BWAC 3rd Annual National Juried Ceramic Sculpture Show, Brooklyn, NY 2015
Its All About Me, Cupcakes at Gallery Page and Strange, Halifax, NS, 2014
Hunger, Crafthaus.com, online exhibition, 2014
Exposure 2013, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY, 2013
Reawakening, Kingsborough College, Brooklyn, NY, 2013
Some-where/No-where: You Can Live in Paradise Forever, Queen’s Park Art Gallery, B’dos, 2011
Black Visual Arts Diaspora, Frank Collymore Hall, Barbados, 2009
Clay & Fiber, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2008
Diaspora, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA, 2007
Live Free or Die, Rhonda Schaller Studio, NY, NY, 2007
Brave New World, (artist & curator), DVG, Miami, FL/ ALG. Halifax, NS, 2006
3 Generations: Contemporary Barbadian Art, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL, 2006
Art Miami: 16th Annual Int’l Modern & Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, FL, 2006
Out castes: Crossing the Line to the Model Majority, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL, 2005
Art Off the Main, Puck Building, New York, NY, 2005
Tea, Glorious Tea, Revolution Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica, 2005
The Distill Cup, Distill Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 2005
Honoring Our Roots, NCECA, Eubie Blake Cultural Center, Baltimore, MD, 2005
Art Basel Miami Beach, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL, 2004
Pre-Shrunk, Argyle Fine Art Gallery, Halifax, NS, 2004
Fine Contemporary Craft, Artspace, Raleigh, NC, 2004
La Petite XII, Alder Gallery, Coburg OR, 2004
Art Off the Main, Puck Building, New York, NY, 2004
The Female Perspective, Shorin Studio, NYU/Consulate General of Barbados, 2004
Crossovers, Argyle Fine Art Gallery, Halifax, NS, 2003
NSCAD at the American Consulate, Halifax, NS, 2003
Grad(e) School, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, 2003
Commemoration: Works from the collection of Paul Greenhalgh, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, 2002
Loose Collective, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, 2002
SOLO SHOWS
Conflict of Interest, Gallery Page & Strange. Halifax, NS, 2009
Clay: New Works, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL, 2009
Belly and the Beast, African American Museum of Nassau County, NY, 2009
Tea, Glorious Tea, Revolution Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica, 2006
Constructing Memory, Thesis exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, 2003
COLLECTIONS
Barbados National Art Gallery Committee
Foreign Affairs, Amman, Jordan, Trade and Development Canada
RESIDENCIES
International Cultural Exchange with Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Barbados, 2011
International Cultural Exchange with Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Aruba, 2005
EDUCATION
Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Master of Fine Arts,, Halifax, NS, 2003
McGill University, Diploma of Education in Visual Art, Montreal, Quebec, 1991
York University, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons.), Toronto, Ontario, 1987
Queen’s College, Barbados, 1983
WORK EXPERIENCE
Professional Children’s School, New York, NY
- Art Teacher, Grades 6–12, 2003 - present,
- Co-chair, Equity and Diversity Committee, 2016 - present
- 10th Grade Advisor, 2012 – 2014
- Art Teacher, Grades 4–12, 1993-2000
- Drawing Instructor: “Cityscapes”, Continuing Ed., Summer 2003
- Department Technician, Ceramics, Summer 2003
- Teaching Assistant, Drawing, 2001,
- Teaching Assistant, Ceramics, 2002
Contractual Educator, Education Department: school outreach, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 2001
Arts in August, Art Workshop for Children, New York, NY, 1999
Studio Assistant, Artworks Pottery, New York, NY, 1995 – 2000
Glazorama, Glaze Workshop, New York, NY, 1995, 1996
Freelance Designer/ Illustrator, Executive Promotions, Montreal, PQ, 1991 - 1992
Instructor, Explorations ‘91, Printmaking workshop, McGill University, Montreal, 1991
Graphic Designer, Ciaraldi & Rosen Consultants Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, 1989 - 1990
Graphic Designer, Smith & Oxley Advertising Ltd., Barbados, 1987 - 1988
PRESENTATIONS
Artist’s Talk, Kingsborough College, NY, 2010
Artist’s Talk, NSCAD, Halifax, NS, 2006
Artist’s Talk, RISD, Providence, RI, 2005
Artist’s Talk, NSCAD, Halifax, NS, 2005
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
Best of Show, Tea, Glorious Tea, Revolution Gallery, Kinston, Jamaica, 2005
Joseph Beuys Memorial Scholarship, NSCAD, Halifax, NS, 2002
MFA Scholarship Award, NSCAD, Halifax, NS, 2002
MFA Scholarship Award, NSCAD, Halifax, NS, 2001
Arts Education Fellowship, Council for Basic Education, New York, NY, 1996
Barbados Government Exhibition, Queen’s College, B’dos, 1983
PUBLICATIONS
Inter|Sectionality, WETA, Dec 14, 2019
Area Codes|Art from the Creole City, Datil, Ariane. WUSA9, published 7:29pm EST, November 18, 2019
De Jesus, Carlos Suarez, Miami Newtimes, “Aldous Huxley, Meet George W.: Diaspora Vibe takes a dystopic look at post 9/11 America”, Sept 7-13, 2006
Suzanne Tourtillott (ed), 500 Pitchers: Contemporary Expressions of a Classic Form, 1st ed., Lark Books, NY 2006, p.273
Sten, Lillian, The Sunday Sun Easy Magazine, “Fruits of the Festive Season”, December 18, 2005
Ancrum, Nancy, Miami Herald, “The Cultural Kitchen: A Colonial Past in Clay,” 15 December, 2005
Miami Herald, “Caribbean Artists Bring Fresh Insights to Fair”, December 3, 2005
Gallery Catalog, Gallery Page and Strange, September 2005
Jamaica Gleaner (Kinston, Jamaica) “What a Brew! Tea, Glorious Tea, 2005” 14 August, 2005
The News, (Aruba) “‘What is home?’: Lecture by Rosie Gordon-Wallace & DVG Artists.” 27 April, 2005
Bon Dia, Aruba, (local) “Dialogo di Arte internacional cu arte local”, 29 April, 2005
Pederson, Sylvie, Eugene Weekly “Small But Excellent”, 16 December, 2004
Best, Tony, Sunday Sun, (Barbados) “Seen Up North”, 15 August, 2004
Visual Arts News Volume 24, #2, summer 2003, NS (photograph)
Barnard, E., Sunday Herald, (Halifax) "Show a study in pottery", 22 Dec, 2002, NS (photograph)
Bennett, Krista, “Commemoration: Works from the collection of Paul Greenhalgh”, Exhibition Catalog, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2002
