Education
MFA Sculpture 2001, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
MA Ceramics 1994, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
Teaching Certification K-12 Art 1993, Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma
BFA Ceramics 1992, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Seen Unseen, Feb 21 – July 14, Duhesa Gallery Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
The Thread that Connects, Jan 14 – Mar 4, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin Missouri
2022
On Turtle’s Back, Pauly Friedman Art Gallery, Misericordia University, Dallas Pennsylvania
Looking for the Magic, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Bloodline, Bonner David Galleries, New York City, New York
2021
Upturned Flower That Travels, The Volland Store, Alma, Kansas
2020
Seven Sides of the Self, JRB Art at the Elms, Oklahoma City, OK
2019
Dream within a Dream, October 3 Opening, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
On Turtle’s Back, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL
Holly Wilson Solo, April 12 Opening, Bonner David Galleries, Scottsdale, Arizona
Below the Surface, March – April 30, 2019, Travois, 310 W. 19th Terrace, Kansas City, Missouri
2018
On Turtle’s Back, June 2018 – Jan 2019, Museum of Contemporary Native Art, Santa Fe, NM
Talk Story, Jan – May 2018, C. N. Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis CA
2017
I’m Still Here, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
A Foot in Two Worlds a Path of My Own, Bonner David Galleries, Scottsdale, Arizona
2015
Secrets and the Untold Stories, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
A Foot in Two Worlds, Oklahoma Contemporary, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Temporal, New Photography, JRB Art at the Elms, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2014
Intertwined, PrintWork Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Can You Hear Me Now, Main-Site Art Gallery, Norman, Oklahoma
Story Tellers, (2 person) Bonner David Galleries, Scottsdale, Arizona
2013
Pathways, JRB at the Elms, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2012
It’s A Thin Line, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, Texas
2011
Such Things, Leslie Powell Foundation & Gallery, Lawton, Oklahoma
Whispers, Secrets and Other Untold Stories, Governor’s Gallery, Oklahoma State Capital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Whispers, Secrets and Other Untold Stories, Governor’s Gallery, Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, Texas
Weight of Water, JRB at the Elms, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2010
Unguarded, @ 1614, Midwest Media & Marketing, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
What Lies Beneath, Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, Texas
2009
New Work: Holly Wilson, Main-Site Art Gallery, Norman, Oklahoma
2001
Keepers of the Dreams, Stephen F. Austin Art Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
1997
Carried on the Winds, Artables Gallery, Houston, Texas
1995
Whispers in My Dreams, Artables Gallery, Houston, Texas
Allegories, Fort Sill Arts and Crafts Center, Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Alternate Roots, Leslie Powell Foundation & Gallery, Lawton, Oklahoma
1994
MA Exhibition, Stephen F. Austin Art Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
1992
Sensuality of the Flesh, Leedy Voulkus Art Center, Kansas City, Missouri
Selected Curated and Juried Exhibitions
2024
The Future of Clay, (Oct 5 -Dec 31) The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
MADE in PA, (June 1 – Dec 1) Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State, University Park, Pennsylvania
To Take Shape and Meaning: Form and Design in Contemporary American Indian Art, (March 4 – July 28) North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina
2023
Native Futures, Sept 16, 2023 – May 17, 2024, Center for Native Futures, Chicago, Illinois
Never Broken: Visualizing Lenape Histories, (Sept -Jan, 2024) Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
EXPO Chicago 2023, (April 13-16) Center for Native Futures, Chicago Illinois
2021
Indigenous Peoples Day Pop-Up, Pauly Friedman Art Gallery, Misericordia University, Dallas, PA
Contemporary Realism, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2020
Weaving History into Art: The Enduring Legacy of Shan Goshorn, June 25, 2020 – January 31, 2021, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Art for a New Understanding: Native Voices, 1950s to Now, February 22 – May 17, 2020, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennesse
Concept, The Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, February 7 – March 22, 2020, AHHA Tulsa, Oklahoma
2019
Rural Urban Invitational Art Exhibit II, The Volland Store, October 20. 2019 – March 1, 2020, Alma, Kansas
Art for a New Understanding: Native Voices, 1950s to Now, August 22, 2019 – January 5, 2020, Nasher
Museum of Art at Duke University, North Carolina
20 Anniversary Contemporary Realism Survey, May 16, 2019, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Origins, May 30 – September 20, Orenda Art International, PARIS, FRANCE
Monarchs: Brown and Native Contemporary Artists in the Path of the Butterfly, March 7 – June 2, 2019,
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
2018
Beautiful Minds – Dyslexia and the Creative Advantage, November 9, 2018 – July 14, 2019, Science Museum, Oklahoma City Oklahoma’s smArt Space Galleries, Oklahoma City
Art for a New Understanding: Native Voices, 1950s to Now, Crystal Bridges Museum of Art
Hear My Voice, (Feb-May) Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia
Native American Contemporary, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, M0
Hear My Voice, (Oct-Jan 2019) Taubman Museum, Roanoke, Virginia
PhotoSpiva, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, Missouri
2017
Native Art Now, (Nov 2017 -Jan 2018) Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians & Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Hear My Voice, (Aug 19 -Nov) Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, Virginia
Return from Exile, Traveling Exhibition, (May) Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
National Contemporary Realism, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2016
Four by Four 2016: Midwest Invitational Exhibition, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
SFA Alumni Exhibition, The Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, Texas
Lions and Tigers and Bears, The Vendue Charleston’s Art Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina
Return from Exile, Traveling Exhibition, Hardesty Arts Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Return from Exile, Traveling Exhibition, John Brown University Galleries, Siloam Springs, Arkansas
Art Aspen, with Bonner David Galleries, Scottsdale, Arizona, in Aspen, Colorado
Return from Exile, Traveling Exhibition, Pryor Art Gallery, Columbia State Community College, Columbia, Tennessee
Encaustic Art in the 21st Century, Encaustic Art Institute Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
National Contemporary Realism, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Outliers, Three-Person Exhibition, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina
Return from Exile, Traveling Exhibition, Dr. J.W. Wiggins Gallery, Sequoyah National Research Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
2015
Eiteljorg Group Fellow Exhibition, Nov 14- Feb 14, 2016, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians & Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Return from Exile, Traveling Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, Georgia
Return from Exile, Traveling Exhibition, Collier County Museum, Naples, Florida
Silver vs Gold, The Vendue Charleston’s Art Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina
35th Anniversary Show, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, Texas
Contemporary Spirit, Encaustic Art Institute Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Summer Show, PrintWorks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Fluent, The Vendue Charleston’s Art Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina
Art Santa Fe, With Bonner David Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ, in Santa Fe, New Mexico
National Contemporary Realism 2014, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Hope Project: “What Does Hope Look Like to You”, Dreamer Concepts, Norman, Oklahoma
Women Artists: Anonymous No More, Bonner David Galleries, Scottsdale, Arizona
Sculpture Invitational Exhibition, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, California
Valentine’s Group Show, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
2014
Here and Now: Contemporary Native American Art in Oklahoma, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Art Santa Fe, With Bonner David Galleries, Scottsdale, Arizona, in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Gifts Worth Giving, Bonner David Galleries, Scottsdale, Arizona
Here Now, The Vendue Charleston’s Art Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina
Concept Me, Main-Site Art Gallery, Norman, Oklahoma
National Contemporary Realism 2014, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Valentine’s Group Show, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Art Now: Shine, Oklahoma Contemporary, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
White, JRB at the Elms, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2013
North vs. South, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina
Annual Celebration of Contemporary Native American Art, Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
SWAIA 92nd Annual Santa Fe Indian Market 2013, Santa Fe, New Mexico
42nd Annual Trail of Tears Exhibition, Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Blue Rain’s Invitational Show, Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
55th Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market 2013, Heard Museum Phoenix, Arizona
Annual Celebration of Contemporary Native American Art, Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2012
Crafting Ritual and Identity, The Brady Craft Alliance, Living Arts Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Autumn Group Show, Joseph Gierek Fine Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
100 Degrees, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, Texas
Oklahoma Centerfold, Juror Kristy Deetz, Leslie Powell Foundation & Gallery, Lawton, Oklahoma
Art Now 2012, Curator Romy Owens, Eleanor Kirkpatrick Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Second National Juried Exhibition, Curators Mark Di Prima & Ellen Koment, Encaustic Art Institute, Cerrillos, New Mexico
2011
After Dark, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, Texas
Texas National 2011, Juror James Drake, The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, Nacogdoches, Texas
Summer Show, PrintWorks, Chicago, Illinois
OAG National Juried Show 2011, Juror Nancy Anderson Director Leslie Powell Foundation & Gallery, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
18th Annual Café City Arts – Café Go, Curator Clint Stone, Eleanor Kirkpatrick Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2010
Small Works, JRB Art at the Elms Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Urban Indian 5, Red Earth Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Biting the Apple, Cirque Fantastique”, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
OAG National Juried Show 2010, Juror Mitch Lyons, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Group Show, Line Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Urban Indian 5, Southern Plains Indian Museum, Anadarko, Oklahoma
2010 TX/OK Art Prize, Juror Janis Goodman, Wichita Falls, Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, Texas
2009
The Mission, Norick Art Center, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Urban Indian 5, Chi Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Urban Indian 5, Simply Oklahoma Gallery, Guthrie, Oklahoma
IAO Birthday Bash Circa 1979, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
60 Artist: 60 Minutes, Invited Artist Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Small Works OAG Member Show, Gallery One, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Photo Fest On Paseo, Curator Romy Owens, Paseo Art Space, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
54th Annual OAG Juried Fall Show, Juror Rick Fry, 50 Penn Place, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
OAG National Juried Show 2009, Juror Jim Keffer, City Art Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2007
International Visions, Mainsite Gallery, Norman, Oklahoma
2002
Sugar and Spice, Reed Art Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, Maine
1999
Heart And Soul Of The Great Plains, Museum of the Great Plains and Leslie Powell Foundation & Gallery, Lawton, Oklahoma
1998
The Not-Quite Doll Show, O’Kane Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
1996
Texas National 96, Juror Faith Ringgold, Professor of Art University of California, SFA Gallery, SFA State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
Women’s Work: On and Off Paper, Leslie Powell Foundation & Gallery, Lawton, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Centerfold, Juror Kristy Deetz, Leslie Powell Foundation & Gallery, Lawton, Oklahoma
1995
Art Alliance Show, Juror Kerry Inman, SFA Art Gallery, SFASU, Nacogdoches, Texas
Women’s Work: On and Off Paper, Leslie Powell Foundation & Gallery, Lawton, Oklahoma
1994
Expressions of Spirit, Juror Lynette Miller & Joe Feddersen, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Oklahoma: Native American Art Passing on the Tradition, Leslie Powell Foundation & Gallery, Lawton, Oklahoma
Found Collemblage, Thunder Hill Studios, Nacogdoches, Texas
Women’s Work: On and Off Paper, Leslie Powell Foundation & Gallery, Lawton, Oklahoma
Art Alliance, Juror Eleanor McMurtrey, SFA Art Gallery, SFASU, Nacogdoches, Texas
1992
Ceramic Group Exhibit, Community Christian Church, Kansas City, Missouri
Ceramic Group Exhibit, Stephens College, Kansas City, Missouri
1990
Oklahoma Landscape, Juror DJ Lafon, Leslie Powell Foundation & Gallery Lawton, Oklahoma
American Indian Heritage Month, Department of the Treasury, Kansas City, Missouri
ARTISTS RESIDENCIES
2024
IAIA Artist in Residence, Jan 22 – March 4, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2022
The Momentary at Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, March 28 – April 30 Bentonville Arkansas
FELLOWSHIPS
2017
SWAIA Discovery Fellowship, Santa Fe Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM
2015
Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellow, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, IN
2013
Artist INC Fellow, Oklahoma City, OK
AWARDS | GRANTS
2018
Second Place Mixed Media, Sculpture: SWAIA 98th Annual Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM
2017
Juror Shortlist 3-D category: Art Prize 9, Grand Rapids, MI
Best of Division Representational Painting/Graphics: SWAIA 97th Annual Indian, Market, Santa Fe, NM
First Place Mixed Media, 2-D Art: SWAIA 97th Annual Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM
Second Place Mixed Media, Sculpture: SWAIA 97th Annual Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM
Honorable Mention Annual Photography Contest-Portraits, Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe, NM
O. Gail Poole Travel Award, Norman Arts Council, Norman, OK
2015
Creative Project Grant, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK
2014
Paseo FEAST, #9 Grant Project, Paseo Arts Association, Oklahoma City, OK
2013
Second Place Sculpture, Mixed Media, SWAIA 92nd Annual Santa Fe Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM
Judge’s Choice Award and Honorable Mention Sculpture, Bronze, 55th Annual Heard Museum
Guild Indian Fair and Market, Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Honorable Mention Sculpture, 42nd Annual Trail of Tears Art Show, Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, OK
Honorable Mention Painting, 42nd Annual Trail of Tears Art Show, Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, OK
Creative Project Grant, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK
2012
Award of Excellence, Second National Juried Exhibition, Encaustic Art Institute, Cerrillos, NM Jurors: Mark Di Prima and Ellen Koment
Scholarship Creative Capital Core Weekend Workshop Scholarship, OVAC, Oklahoma City, OK
Creative Project Grant, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK
2011
Pioneer Spirit, OAG National Juried Show, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK Juror: Nancy Anderson
2010
Creative Project Grant, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK
Honorable Mention, Oklahoma Art Guild National Juried Show, IAO, Oklahoma City, OK Juror: Mitch Lyons
2009
Best in Show, PhotoFest on Paseo, Paseo Art Space, Oklahoma City, OK, Juror: Romy Owens
Second Place Figurative, 54th OAG Juried Fall Show, 50 Penn Place, Oklahoma City, OK Juror: Rick Fry
1995
Honorable Mention: 1995 Art Alliance Spring Show Exhibition, SFA Art Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State
University, Nacogdoches, TX Juror, Kerry Inman
1994
Honorable Mention: 1994 Art Alliance, SFA Art Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
The Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School
C.N. Gorman Museum
The Heritage Trust, Oklahoma City OK
Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, Missouri
College of Saint Mary, Omaha, NE
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, IN
Tulsa Public Library (Downtown), Tulsa, OK
Pauly Friedman Art Gallery, Misericordia University, Dallas, Pennsylvania
Little Axe Health Center, Norman, OK
Fine Arts Department, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
SELECTED TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS
2018-2020
Group Exhibition: Art for a New Understanding: Native Voices, 1950s to Now,
Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville Arkansas
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennesse
2017-2018
Group Exhibition: Hear My Voice
Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, VA
Taubman Museum, Roanoke, VA
2015-2017
Group Exhibition: Return from Exile
Fine Art Museum, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
Seminole National Museum, Wewoka, OK
Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, OK
Hardesty Arts Center (AHHA), co-sponsored with Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
John Brown University Galleries, Siloam Springs, AR
Pryor Art Gallery, Columbia State Community College, Columbia, TN
Dr. J.W. Wiggins Gallery, Sequoyah National Research Center, Little Rock, AR
Collier County Museum, Naples FL
Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA
2011
Solo Exhibition: Whispers, Secrets, and Other Untold Stories
Governor’s Gallery, Oklahoma State Capital, Oklahoma City, OK
Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, TX
2007-2011
Group Exhibition: Urban Indian 5
Red Earth Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
Southern Plains Indian Museum, Anadarko, OK
Chi Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
Simply Oklahoma Gallery, Guthrie, OK
Publications | Blogs | Press
2024
“To Take Shape and Meaning: Form and Design in Contemporary American Indian Art,” Book by Nancy Strickland Fields with Rose B. Simpson and Stephen Fadden, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, p 76-77, 96-97, 172
2023
“Never Broken: Visualizing Native American Histories,” Book by Joe Baker and Laura Turner Igor, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania; p 2-3, 40, 45, 86-87
“We are here and present’ says co-curator of Lenape exhibit at the Michener Art Museum,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, by Massarah Mikati
2022
“Roar: The Fearless Art of Holly Wilson” by E.J. Guarino, King Galleries, Collector’s Corner (July 29, 2022)
2021
“Cause & Effect” by Kristin Gentry, Native American Art (August/September 2021); p 116-119
“The Volland Store: Urbane Expansion of the Field”, KC Studio (November/December 21, 2021); p 98-101
2020
“Feminine Mystique” by Meg Rossman, Oklahoma Today (July/August 2020); p 3, 56, 57,
“Curator Karen Kramer Picks Five Artists to Watch from Indian Market”, Hyperallergic (May 21, 2020)
2019
“Extended interviews, photos and video: Artists demystify dyslexia in Science Museum Oklahoma exhibit ‘Beautiful Minds’”, by Brandy McDonnell, The Oklahoman, (June 11, 2019)
2018
“Art for a New Understanding”, book by Mindy N. Besaw, Candice Hopkins, Manuela Well-Off-Man, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, p 182-183
2017
“Good Fellows, SWAIA awards artistic explorers, 2017 SWAIA Fellowship Recipients,” by Debra Utacia Krol (Xolon Salinan), SWAIA Indian Market Guide (Aug 19, 2017); p 60-61
“Thousands Cast, Mustang-based artist Holly Wilson’s diminutive sculptures tell large-scale stories” by George Lang, Writer, Oklahoman Gazette, (April 19, 2017); p
“Tiny Figures,” Gallery Preview: Bonner David Galleries, Native American Art (February – March); p 96-97
2016
“Encaustic Art in the 21st Century,” book by Anne Lee and Ashley Rooney; p 214-217
“Sensational Storytelling,” Preview, American Art Collector (March 2016); p 128-129
2015
“One of a Kind,” Tulsa World, by James Watts Jr.; p D3 and D6
“Truth Between Worlds,” ArtDesk, by Brendan Hoover (Issue 04, Sumer 2015); p 14
“Showcase in Santa Fe,” Preview, American Art Collector (July 2015); p 152-153
“Sculpture, photography mark ‘Two Worlds’ of artists show,” by John Brandenburg, Art Reviewer, The Oklahoman (June 28, 2015); p 4D
“Experience Holly Wilson’s A Foot in Two Worlds, now on display at Oklahoma Contemporary,” by Greg Horton, Writer, Oklahoman Gazette, (June 17, 2015); p 39
“Highly Original, Dually Significant,” by Jeffrey Carlson Reporting Contributing Editor, Fine Art Today (June 18, 2015), Fine Art Connoisseur
“Little People, Big Stories,” by Brandy McDonnell, Entertainment Reporter, The Oklahoman (May 24, 2015); p 1D – 2D
“Of Drums, Dreams & Art”, by Taté Walker, Native Peoples (May/Jun 2015); p 42
“JRB exhibit mixes abstract realistic, photographic works” by John Brandenburg, Art Reviewer, The Oklahoman,(May 6, 2015); p 7D
“Temporal Impressions: Holly Wilson and Sallyann Paschall,” by Lindsey Allgood, OVAC Art Focus Oklahoma (Vol 30, No. 3 May/June 2015); p 14. issuu.com
2014
“Eiteljorg Announces 2015 Contemporary Art Fellows”, Red Lake Nation News, Nov 17, 2014, redlakenationnews.com
“Holly Wilson: Intertwined,” by Jeffrey Carlson Reporting Contributing Editor, Fine Art Today, (October 23, 2014), Fine Art Connoisseur, fineartconnoisseur.com
“Shared Emotions” Preview, by Michelle Towne, American Art Collector (July 2014); p 118-119.
for PDF: Holly Wilson-July 2014 American Art Collector Review
“Galleries: Bonner David Galleries”, by Russ Tall Chief, Native Peoples (Jan/Feb 2014); p 29.
“Holly Wilson: Behind the Mask,” by Jeffrey Carlson Reporting Contributing Editor, Fine Art Today, (January 16, 2014), Fine Art Connoisseur, fineartconnoisseur.com
2013
“Four-person exhibit at JRB Art at the Elms in Oklahoma City has autumn feel” by John Brandenburg, Art Reviewer, The Oklahoman,(October 8, 2013) NewsOK,
“Black Book: The Creative Class” by Rachel Curtis, Oklahoma Today (July/August 2013); p 73,77,81.
“First Invitational” by Joshua Rose, American Art Collector (April 2013); p 142.
“The 55th Annual Heard Guild Indian Fair and Market” by Clay South, The Indian Trader Volume 44, Number 5, pg 14 (May 2013).
“Creating With Intent, An interview with the Urban Indian 5”, by Chelsea Wesner, (February 27, 2013) American Indian Institute Blog: Wellness in Native America
2012
“Holly Wilson brings unique bronze sculpture to Austin,” by Esther Robards-Forbes, Reporter for the Westlake Picayune, Austin American-Statesman, (April 6, 2012); D2
“Crafting Ritual and Identity: Oklahoma Invitational Exhibition” by Brady Craft Alliance, Livings Arts of Tulsa, (August 3, 2012)
“BCA intern Grace Bercier interviews “Crafting Ritual & Identity” artist Holly Wilson,” Brady Craft Alliance Blog, (June 21, 2012)
2011
“5 Things to See at the Oklahoma State Capitol,” by Ann Waller Curtis, Art Works, The National Endowment for the Arts official Blog, (Aug 29, 2011)
“Thoughtful Efforts by Two Artist on Display at JRB Gallery,” by John Brandenburg, Art Reviewer, The Oklahoman, (April 17, 2011); 6D
“Thomas Batista and Holly Wilson,” OKGazette (April 01/2011)
“Oklahoma Friendly’ Show Gives Look at Sooner State,” by John Brandenburg, Art Reviewer, The Oklahoman, (March 27, 2011); 6D
“6th Annual Red Feather Gala 2010: Attracts Large and Diverse Crowd” by Steve Barse, Oklahoma City Indian Clinic Horizons (Winter 2011)
“Goldesberry Gallery” Art Galleries & Artists of the South, (October 2011); Vol 8, Iss 2.
2010
“Oklahoma City Artist Tells Stories Through Art,” by Melissa Howell, Mood Online Editor, The Oklahoman, Mood (August 26); 4D
“Visual Arts Reviews, Holly Wilson,” by Charles Martin, OKGazette, (August 11/2010); p71.
“IHCRC Employees Recognized by the Indian Health Service” by Edward E. Rogers, Healthy Spirit; Publication of Indian Health Care Resource Center of Tulsa (Fall 2010).
“Urban Indian 5: The Beat Goes On,” by Steve Barse, Healthy Spirit; Publication of Indian Health Care Resource Center of Tulsa (Fall 2010).
“The Beat Goes On: Urban Indian 5,” by Steve Barse, American Indian Horizons, (Fall 2010), pg 48.
“Little Worlds,” by James T. Lambertus, Dreamcatcher: Oklahoma Indian Nations Culture & Events (October 2010).
“Inspiring Wellness,” by Rita Wright Burkhalter, American Indian Horizons, (Fall 2010), pg 10.
“Holly Wilson: What Lies Beneath,” by Romy Owens, OVAC Art Focus Oklahoma (Vol 25, No. 2 March/April 2010); p 4.
2009
“Oklahoma City Indian Clinic Gets Booster Shot From Group of Artists Known as Urban Indian 5,” by Charles Martin, OKGazette, (November 12/2009); p71.
“Southern Plains Museum will host Urban Indian 5 art show,” by Oklahoma Indian Arts and Crafts Cooperative, The Anadarko Daily News, (September 18, 2010) Vol. 110, Number 29, pg 1.
“Urban Indian 5,” by Oklahoma Indian Arts and Crafts Cooperative, The Anadarko Daily News, (September 22, 2010) Vol. 110, Number 32, pg 1.
1995
“Expressions Of Spirit: Contemporary American Indian Art,” The Messenger (Spring); p 1.
“Lawton native displays her work at the Arts and Craft Center,” by Amanda Wyatt, The Cannoneer (May 11).
“Reception to open sculpture & photography show Sat.,” by Rob Weaver, The Lawton Constitution (Jan 13):1B.
1994
“Elders,” Pondscapes, The Magazine of the National Pond Society (October / November): p55.
“Black Moon among noted Indian artist to show at Powell Gallery,” by Rob Weaver, The Lawton Constitution (Nov 6): 2C
1992
“It takes more than education to be an artist,” by Pearson Deanne, Pitch (May 6); p22.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023
Panelist: Go Figure Panel, Mid-South Sculpture Alliance Confab, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Artist Talk: Never Broken: Visualizing Native American Histories, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Artist Talk: The Thread that Connects, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, Missouri
2022
Guest Artist: Oklahoma Arts Institute Quartz Mountain, Quartz Mountain, Oklahoma
2021
Panelist: SEMC Session: Shifting Voices in Permanent Collection Galleries
Artist Studio Visit: 2021 NAASA virtual conference, Native American Art Studies Association
Artist Talk: Indigenous Peoples Day Pop-Up, online, Misericordia University, Dallas, PA
Artist Talk: Creative Spaces, Carter Art Center Gallery, online, Metropolitan Community College, Kansas City, MO
2020
Panelist: Weaving History into Art: Key Themes, online, Hosted by Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa OK
Panelist: Enduring Traditions from Sacred Landscapes in the Ancestral Americas, online, The Department of Art and Art History and the Luce Gallery at Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA
Artist Talk: Native Thoughts in Contemporary Art OCU, With Holly Wilson, Oklahoma City, OK
Artist Talk: On Turtle’s Back, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL
Panelist: Rural-Urban Invitational Art Exhibit II, The Volland Store, Alma, Kansas,
2019
Artist Talk: On Turtle’s Back, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL
Panelist: Visiting Artists Presentation, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
Artist Talk: Below the Surface, Travois, 310 W. 19th Terrace, Kansas City, Missouri
2018
Panelist: Allan Houser Art Park-Panel, Museum of Contemporary Native Art, Santa Fe, NM
Artist Talk: Talk Story, On the Back of Turtle, Museum of Contemporary Native Art, Santa Fe, NM
Artist Talk: Talk Story, C.N. Gorman Museum, University of Davis, CA
Artist Talk: exchange: Generations, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2017
Artist Talk and Instructor: Bronze Casting Workshop, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA
2016
Artist Talk: Del Mar College Cultural Programs, Corpus Christi, TX
Panelist: Four by Four 2016: Midwest Invitational, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
Instructor: 3D Encaustic and Mold Making Summer Workshop, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA
Instructor: Small Scale Bronze Casting Summer Workshop, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA
2015
Instructor: Small Scale Bronze Casting Summer Workshop, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA
Artist Talk: Hope Project: “What Does Hope Look Like to You,” Norman, OK
2014
Artist Talk and Instructor: Bronze Casting Workshop, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA
2013
Panelist: Business of Art class, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Panelist: Artist Survival Kit-Spaces: Art Venues, By Oklahoma Visual Artists Coalition, Mainsite Gallery, Norman, OK
2012
Visiting Artist and Artist Talk: University of Central Oklahoma Art Department, Edmond, OK
2011
Artist Talk and Demo: Oklahoma Sculpture Society, City Arts Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Artist Talk and Demo: JRB Art at the Elms Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
Artist Talk: Oklahoma City Art Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
2009-10
Instructor: Completing the Circle, “Spirit of the Self” Mask workshop for American Indian Foster Children, Oklahoma Art Guild
2002
Instructor: Photography, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
1999-2000
Instructor: Digital Imaging and 3D Animation, James E. Taylor High School, Katy, TX
1998-99
Instructor: Fine Art, Louie Welch Middle School, Houston, TX
1997
Instructor: Jewelry Design, Marwen Foundation, Chicago, IL
1995
Instructor: Summer Art Academy K-12, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
1994–95
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX