Holly Coulis

Holly Coulis (b. 1968, Toronto, Canada) received her BFA from Ontario College of Art and Design (Toronto, Canada) in 1995 and her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA) in 1998. Her work will be the subject of a solo-exhibition at Philip Martin Gallery (Los Angeles, CA) in May 2021. Coulis has had recent solo and group exhibitions at Philip Martin Gallery (Los Angeles, CA); Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery (New York, NY); Cooper Cole (Toronto, Canada); University of Georgia (Athens, GA); Atlanta Contemporary (Atlanta, GA); Massachusetts College of Art and Design (Boston, MA); Sardine (Brooklyn, NY); Paramó (Guadalajara, Mexico); El Museo de los Pintores Oaxaqueños (Oaxaca, Mexico); Galleria d'Art Moderna (Milan, Italy); The Bruce High Quality Foundation (New York, NY); and Leo Koenig (New York, NY. Her work has been reviewed in publications such as Artforum, Art in America, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Flaunt Magazine, Hyperallergic, and FT Magazine. Coulis lives and works in Athens, GA.

Holly Coulis’ playful paintings address selected objects in a confined space. Evolving from layers and layers of paint, each work focuses on not just the objects, but the space found between each object. With bit of humor, Coulis is able to precisely distort and flatten the plane by highlighting each object with her unique dark edgings and shadows. Her deep focus on each object suggests a greater, deeper meaning lingering beneath the canvas.

EXHIBITION:
A Cup is a Cup, a Tree is a Tree
DOMESTIC