Daphne Holland

Daphne Holland is a Texas artist who currently lives in Austin. She studied art at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY and textile design at California College of Arts & Crafts in Oakland, CA. Graduating with a BFA in Studio Art from the University of Texas in Austin, she has been painting with encaustic medium since 2007. Her paintings use this ancient technique in a modern way by layering beeswax/pigment and fusing together with a heat gun.

education
B.F.A. in Studio Art 1995, University of Texas at Austin
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

2009
New Work Gay Kelly Fine Art Gallery, Austin, Texas
History & Hot Wax Museo, Austin, Texas
Up Against the Wall Gay Kelly Fine Art Gallery, Austin, Texas
5x7 Arthouse @ Jones Center, Austin, Texas
Degrees M2 Gallery, Houston, Texas
Rewind Bay6 Gallery, Austin, Texas
2008
Holiday Show Gay Kelly Fine Art Gallery, Austin, Texas
Fused Expressions Bay6 Gallery, Austin, Texas
Fall Art Hop Georgetown Art Works, Georgetown, Texas
5x7 Arthouse @ Jones Center, Austin, Texas
Layers Butridge Gallery, Austin, Texas
2003 - 2007
5x7 Arthouse @ Jones Center, Austin, Texas
5x7 Arthouse @ Jones Center, Austin, Texas
5x7 Arthouse @ Jones Center, Austin, Texas
5x7 Arthouse @ Jones Center, Austin, Texas
2001
Red Hot, Red Dot, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
2000
Silver ACA Gallery, Austin, Texas
The Power of Feminist Art (juried) Gallery Lombardi, Austin, Texas
1999
PhotoAustin Flatbed Gallery, Austin, Texas
A Dress Speaks Gallery Lombardi, Austin, Texas
Splendid Burden of Sight II ACA Gallery, Austin, Texas
Out of the Blue Something Different Gallery, Austin, Texas
Member Show ACA Gallery, Austin, Texas
1996
Snapshots Diverse Works Gallery, Fotofest, Houston, Texas
1995
Student Exhibition Huntington Gallery, Austin, Texas
Recent Works New Gallery, Austin, Texas
1990
The Art of Science (juried) National Academy of Science, NY, NY & national tour
New Talent Search (juried) Pratt Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

publication
In Health Magazine, January/February 1991