Sarah Francis Hollis 338 Taylor Avenue Bellevue, KY 41073 sarahfrancishollis@gmail.com Education 2007 MFA, 2D-Drawing/Painting, University of Cincinnati 2004 BFA, Studio Art/Painting, Art Academy of Cincinnati Areas of Specialization: Drawing, Painting, Foundations, Installation Art, New Media Professional Experience 2010-present Adjunct Professor, Community Education Instructor, Art Academy of Cincinnati 2009-present Adjunct Professor, The Art Institute of Ohio-Cincinnati 2007-2009 Admissions, The American Academy of Art, Chicago, Illinois 2006-2007 Graduate Assistant-Instructor of Record, Gallery Assistant, Adjunct Professor, University of Cincinnati Awards & Honors 2013 Community Service Award, Art Institute of Ohio-Cincinnati 2005-2007 University Graduate Scholarship, University of Cincinnati 2003 4 th Place, Minumental Competition, Art Academy of Cincinnati 2002-2003 Painting Scholarship, Cincinnati Women s Club 2000-2004 Entrance Scholarship, Art Academy of Cincinnati Exhibition Record 2013 *Sarah Francis Hollis: A Retrospective in Multiples, Thomas More College, Crestview Hills, KY Exquisite Corpses, Art Institute of Ohio-Cincinnati, Mason, OH Minumental 26, Pearlman Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 2012 Minumental 25, Pearlman Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Multiples, Chidlaw Gallery, Cincinnati, OH To Collect, semantics gallery, Cincinnati, OH Get Real, Pop Revolution Gallery, Mason, OH 2011 Hail Satan! Contemporary Images and Writing from Hell, Co-Curated by Matt Hart & Ken Henson, CS13 Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, August Abstraction, Mockbee Gallery, Cincinnati, OH Benefit Show, Mockbee Gallery, Curated by Ethan Schultz, Cincinnati, OH Community Ed Faculty Show, Chidlaw Gallery, Cincinnati, OH Minumental 24, Pearlman Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 2010 Artworks Secret Show, Westin Hotel, Cincinnati, OH Minumental 23, Pearlman Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 2009 Minumental 22, Pearlman Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio Artworks Secret Show, Westin Hotel, Cincinnati, OH Rain or Shine, Sarah Hollis/Ryan Mulligan/Stacy Searcy/Kate Bingaman-Burt, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA The Sketchbook Project Exhibition, Art House Gallery, Atlanta, GA; Museum of Contemporary Art DC, Washington DC; Chris Jazz Café, Philadelphia, PA; Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA; Antena Gallery, Chicago, IL; Soulard Art Market, St. Louis, MO; 3 rd Ward Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Museum of Design Atlanta, Atlanta, GA Atomic Sketch Event, Evil Olive, Chicago, IL Mortified Show, performance, Beat Kitchen, Chicago, IL 2008 Atomic Sketch Event, Evil Olive, Chicago, IL 2007 Ryan Mulligan/Sarah Hollis, The Basement Gallery, Knoxville, TN *Coverings, University Galleries on Sycamore, Cincinnati, OH The Constant, Episode Gallery, Cincinnati, OH Open Source, Meyer Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH UC-OSU, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2006 Episode [Multimedia Collection], Episode Gallery Cincinnati, OH Something From Nothing, Manifest Creative Research Gallery & Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH Opening Doors, Nicholas Gallery, Cincinnati, OH I mean c mon, fluff my pillow, Inns of Virginia, Richmond, VA Bad Drawing: mistaken, misbehaving, malevolent, awful, University Galleries on Sycamore, Curated by Mark Harris, Cincinnati, OH 2004 Student Union, Chidlaw Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 2003 Home Movies [our company enjoys your company], Warsaw Project Space, Cincinnati, OH Minumental 16, Chidlaw Gallery, Cincinnati, OH Bibliography VCU, Esterknows.com, Richmond, VA 2009 The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH 2004 City Beat, Cincinnati, OH 2004 Publications Collected Writings 2000-06, no. 8 (2006). Collected Writings of Sarah Hollis, Miser & Now, June 2006, 32-37. Cover design, Forklift Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking & Light Industrial Safety 2004. National Journal of Poetry and Poetics Cincinnati, OH Collected Writings/Drawings, Incliner Fall 2003. National Magazine of Literary and Visual Art Cincinnati, OH Visiting Artist Lectures 2013 Thomas More College, Crestview Hills, KY 2008 American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL 2007-2008 DAAP, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 2004-2009 Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Professional Service 2013 Mural, Tender Mercies Homeless Shelter, Cincinnati, OH Mural, Krohn Conservatory, Cincinnati, OH 2009-present Studio Tutor, Art Academy of Cincinnati & AiOH-C, Cinti, OH Year-End Reviews, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 2012 Poetry Workshop 2010-2012 Team Leader, Streetscapes, Clifton, OH 2010-2011 Volunteer, Catholic Charities, Covington, KY Professional Advisory Committee, AiOH-C, Mason, OH 2010 The Art of Teaching Art at Ai, AiOH-C, Mason, OH 2009 Brown Bag Lunch Series, Classroom Management, AiOH-C, Mason, OH Lightbourne Lecture Series, Hank Willis Thomas, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH 2007-2008 Summer Studio, American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL Art in Your Community, Competition Judge, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2007 Grant Writing Workshop, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 2005-2007 Foundations Review Panel, DAAP, Cincinnati, OH Technical Abilities Drawing, Painting, Figurative Work and Anatomy, Color Theory, Foundations, Screenprinting, Book Arts (Artist Books), Photoshop, Illustrator, Stained Glass fabrication Professional Organizations College Art Association Exhibitions Juried 2011-2012 Juried Student Exhibition, Thomas More College, Crestview Hills, KY 2007-2008 Hispanic Art Scholarship Competition, American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL
Exhibitions Curated 2012 Phenomenomics, Co-Curator, semantics gallery 2011 distance between., Co-Curator, semantics gallery 2010 Drawing IV Exhibition, Co-Curator, semantics gallery 2007 Anteriority, Co-Curated with Amanda Parker: Focus Gallery, University Galleries on Sycamore, Cincinnati, OH Collections Tamara Harkavy, private, Cincinnati, OH Jeremy Flick, private, Washington Park, MD University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH Commissions Healing Therapy Associates Jay Sebastion Genesis Engineering Website www.facebook.com/francis.was.a.hamster www.contemporarysfhollis-drawingiv.blogspot.com