holly halkes

CV - HOLLY HALKES (b. 1993)

education

2019-2022 BA (Hons) Fine Art, City & Guilds of London Art School (First Class Honours)

2012-2016 BA (Hons) Fashion, Arts University Bournemouth

solo exhibitions

April 2024 (Upcoming) Better Go South, Berlin, Germany

December 2023 “All The Things You Said, Running Through My Head” Albert Contemporary, Denmark,

group exhibitions

February 2024 Grand 2.0 Opening, Albert Contemporary, Denmark,

October 2023 “Delphian Open Call”, Unit 1, London, UK

September 2023 SuperKraut curated by Tim Bengal at StadPalais, Stuttgart, Germany

September, 2023 “Papier” Delphian Gallery, France

September 2023 Art on a Postcard

June 2023 ‘The Last Slice” Badr El Judi, Madrid, Spain

June 2023 “Cross Breeze” One Room Gallery, curated by Domenico De Chirico, London, UK

June 2023 “I Like It What Is It?” Albert Contemporary, curated by Claus Risvig, Denmark,

March 2023 ‘And They Lived Sadly Ever After” Tube Culture Hall, Milan, Italy

March 2023 ‘Fantastic Figures” Better Go South, Stuttgart, Germany

January 2023 London Art Fair, Artistellar Gallery, London, UK

November 2022 ‘Spectrum’ The Paperwork Show, Better Go South, Stuttgart, Germany

August 2022, Koppel Project Open Studios, London, UK

July 2022, ‘Sickly Sweet’ City & Guilds of London Art School Degree Show, London, UK

July 2022 ‘Life In Colour’ Hew Hood Gallery London, UK

May 2022 ‘Return To Flesh’ Hew Hood Gallery, London, UK

August 2021 1st & 2nd Year Interim Show - Intersection AMP Studios, London, UK

holly halkes’s paintings engage with the values of the carnivalesque circulating around themes of free interaction, breaking down barriers and playing on eccentric behaviours through her own experiences of what it feels like to live in the 21st century. halkes is interested in creating an alternate social space characterised by freedom and abundance to explore human behaviours and social interactions that border between real life and fantasy.

the work often centres around humour and the relationship we have with it to question self- identity and our surroundings . this is often seen through the artist’s gusto in the way paint is applied which allows for fun moments and ribald laughter. underneath the surface the paintings touch upon internal and external conflicts of sense of self and the world around us, projecting both a vulnerability and a level of anxiety.

source: hollyhalkes.com