Project Type: Studio Works

Coyote and the Anguish of Mortality-detail-Holly Wilson

Coyote and the Anguish of Mortality

“Coyote and the Anguish of Mortality”
Unique Cast Bronze with Patina, Cedar, 12” x 13.5”x 4.5”

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The Studio
Mustang, OK 73064 | 405.308.0239

Coyote and the Anguish of Mortality-Holly Wilson
Coyote and the Anguish of Mortality-shadow-Holly Wilson
Coyote and the Anguish of Mortality-sv 2-Holly Wilson
Coyote and the Anguish of Mortality-sv 2-Holly Wilson
Coyote and the Anguish of Mortality-sv 3- Holly Wilson
Coyote and the Anguish of Mortality-sv 3- Holly Wilson
Im Still Here-Holly Wilson

I’M STILL HERE

I’m Still Here

2017, 29”x 27”x 24”, Unique Cast Bronze with Patina, and flex cord

The boarding schools cut the hair and stole the language of Native American children. But inside, they were still there. My sister lost her hair to cancer and people stopped making eye contact, leaving her to feel invisible. But she was still there. The old tree was cut down, but its power to lead to the spirit world is still there. Through everything, they whisper, “I’m still here.”

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The Studio
Mustang, OK 73064 | 405.308.0239

Exhibition History

  • The Thread that Connects, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin Missouri (January 14 – March 4)
  • On Turtle’s Back, Pauly Friedman Art Gallery, Misericordia University, Dallas, Pennsylvania (September 8 – October 11, 2022)
  • Upturned Flower that Travels, The Volland Store, 24098 Volland Road, Alma, KS (Nov 6, – Dec 5, 2021)
  • Weaving History into Art: The Enduring Legacy of Shan Goshorn, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK (October 9, 2020 – March 28, 2021)
  • On Turtle’s Back, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL (Sept 13, 2019 – December 23, 2019)
  • On Turtle’s Back, Museum of Contemporary Native Art, Santa Fe NM (May 25, 2018 – January 27, 2019)
  • Holly Wilson: Talk Story, C.N. Gorman Museum, University of California-Davis (January 9 – March 16, 2018)

I'm Still Here-Detail-Holly Wilson

 

 

Two Sides of the Self-sm-Holly Wilson

Two Sides of the Self: Yellow and Blue

Two Sides of the Self: Yellow and Blue

Crayola Crayons on Panel, 8” x 8” x 2”, 2022

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Currently on view in a Solo Exhibition
“On Turtle’s Back”
September 8 – October 11, 2022
Pauly Friedman Art Gallery
Misericordia University
301 Lake Street
Dallas, PA 18612
1.570.674.8420

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The Studio
Mustang, OK 73064 | 405.308.0239

IN THE COLLECTION OF

  • Pauly Friedman Art Gallery, Misericordia University, Dallas, Pennsylvania

Exhibition History

  • On Turtle’s Back, Pauly Friedman Art Gallery, Misericordia University, Dallas, Pennsylvania (September 8 – October 11, 2022)
Carried in the Wind-Holly Wilson

Carried in the Wind

Carried in the Wind

2019, Unique Cast Bronze with Patina, 19” x  32” x 3”

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MA Doran Gallery
3509 S. Peoria Avenue | Tulsa, OK 74105 | 918.748.8700

Carried in the Wind-detail 2-Holly Wilson
Carried in the Wind

 

Carried in the Wind-detail-Holly Wilson
Carried in the Wind

 

Sense of Self-view 2-Holly Wilson

Sense of Self

Sense of Self

2020, Unique Cast Bronze with Patina and Geode
14” x 9.5” x 9” (set), 8” x 6” x 7.5” (boy), 8” x 6” x 9” (girl)

The sense of self is your perception of oneself and an awareness of who you truly are: your beliefs, purpose, values, and ideals. Your sense of self grounds you on your path within the world, grounding us whether in a place or our oneself. This girl and boy are not two people but oneself, two halves of a whole, a whole self. The geode reflects the same and when broken open reveals its two sides and the secrets hidden within. Here I have a girl and a boy; I see them as the feminine and masculine in us all. The figures are fitted to this one geode when they are still in wax; they are not glued but keyed to the rock that they belong to, two sides of the self, two halves of a whole. They balance in their place much like we do in our life.

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EXHIBITION HISTORY

  • The Thread that Connects, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin Missouri (January 14 – March 4)
  • On Turtle’s Back, Pauly Friedman Art Gallery, Misericordia University, Dallas, Pennsylvania (September 8 – October 11, 2022)
  • Weaving History into Art: The Enduring Legacy of Shan Goshorn, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK (October 9, 2020 – March 28, 2021)

 

Sense of Self-view 3-Holly Wilson
Sense of Self

 

We Need A Hero-Holly Wilson

We Need A Hero

WE NEED A HERO

2015-21, 100” x 144” x 8.5”, (site sets size), Unique Cast Bronze with Patina

This boy stands tall ready to defend his world. He represents all our children, the children we are to protect and care for in our world. The airplanes are their messages going out into the world. These messages both large and small are their stories, some will survive, and some will not go very far. The bombs represent messages that are incoming from both people and society on a daily basis. The blue bombs are called “Dumb Dumbs” and used just for practice and have no explosives while the white ones with a yellow ring indicate that they are highly explosive and may cause much destruction. What comes at our children in our society can be very devastating like an explosive tearing at their innocence.

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For inquiries, please contact:
The Studio
Mustang, OK 73064 | 405.308.0239

EXHIBITION HISTORY

    • The Thread that Connects, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin Missouri (January 14 – March 4)
    • On Turtle’s Back, Pauly Friedman Art Gallery, Misericordia University, Dallas, Pennsylvania (September 8 – October 11, 2022)
    • Upturned Flower That Travels, The Volland Store, Alma, Kansas (November 6 – December 5, 2021 )
    • On Turtle’s Back, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL (Sept 13, 2019 -December 23, 2019)
    • On Turtle’s Back, Museum of Contemporary Native Art, Santa Fe NM (May 25, 2018-January 27, 2019)
    • Holly Wilson: Talk Story, C.N. Gorman Museum, University of California-Davis (January 9-March 16, 2018)
    • Four by Four 2016: Midwest Invitational Exhibition, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri (September 10 – December 4, 2016)
    • A Foot in Two Worlds, Oklahoma Contemporary, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (June 18 – August 21, 2015)

 

We Need a Hero-v2-Holly Wilson
We Need a Hero

We Need A Hero-Holly Wilson

 

 

 

We Need A Hero-Holly Wilson
We Need A Hero
Springfield Art Museum “We Need a Hero” by Holly Wilson
Seven Sides of the Self-2mg-Holly Wilson

Seven Sides of the Self

Seven Sides of the Self

2020, 60″ x 48″ x 4″, Crayola Crayon, Birch Panel

The way we see others and how one is seen has been a subject that I have had in my life since I was small. I am both Native American and Caucasian but growing up I felt more times than I care to count that I was not enough of one or the other and that pull made me question all parts of myself. If I did not look like _____ could I be ______? Where did I fit if I was not a part of this or that group? I have had conversations with many that are from other races and that too was a struggle as well. Is my skin too dark or not dark enough, the texture of my hair or the accent that I speak with?

All of this history, this past came to a head one day while getting my children ready for school we were pulling together pencils, folders, colored pencils, and crayons. They had to have 4 sets of 24 crayons each and we had leftovers from sets of the past years, some colors had never been used, and we were combining them together so we’d know how many new boxes would be required. The kids were talking about their friends at the new school and friends from their past school. In the conversation, they were describing the children “the girl with the yellow hair, the boy with the brown skin”, in a very casual descriptive manner with no malice to the differences.

This made me think more about how we see people and how one is judged. The smell of the crayons, the vivid colors, and the thoughts of my youth brought me to the crayon project. How we change in our viewpoints of people, and how we judge people based on race and color. We are all one below that surface, that surface of the skin, no matter the color, the shape, or the origin. I think if we could see ourselves as all the colors in the crayon box in all the shades we would be kinder we would be able to feel if just for a moment another’s life and our world could change in such a way that kids don’t worry about if they are too light or too dark or if their hair is the right texture to belong and they could feel accepted as the person they are. There are 7 girls and each girl is made from 7 colors in a Crayola Crayon box making a total of 49 girls.

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For inquiries, please contact:
MA Doran Gallery
3509 S. Peoria Avenue | Tulsa, OK 74105 | 918.748.8700

Seven Sides of the Self

 

Seven Sides of the Self-detail 2-2mg-Holly Wilson
Seven Sides of the Self