b. 1968, Toronto, Canada
lives and works in Athens, GA

Education

1998
M.F.A., School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1995
B.F.A., Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON, Canada

Solo Exhibitions
2026
Whereabouts, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY

2025
Song, Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2024
Rubber Band, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY

2023
Holly Coulis: Turn, Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sun Shift, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada

2022
Eyes and Yous, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY

2021
Orbit, Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2019
Counter Space, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
Stilly, Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
At Rest, SOCO Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2018
Holly Coulis, Simon Lee Gallery, London, England
Island, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Holly Coulis, Tennis Elbow, Brooklyn, NY

2017
Days and Nights, Lemons, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
Table Studies, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY

2016
Dishes and Fruits, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA

2015
Holly Coulis, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
Holly Coulis, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY

2014
PITCHERS, Sardine, Brooklyn, NY

2012
Holly Coulis, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
Inside Out, curated by Jeffrey Whittle, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

2010
Small Paintings, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA

2009
Rosa, Rosa, Claudia Groeflin Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

2008
Men, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
Some People, Lamontagne Gallery, Boston, MA

2006
Groeflin Maag Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
Holly Coulis, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA

2004
Stories for Georgia, Groeflin Maag Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
Selves, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON, Canada

2003
Happenstance, LFL Gallery, New York, NY

Two-Person Exhibitions

2024
In a Wave, with Clare Grill, SOCO Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2018
Holly Coulis / Ridley Howard, Rental Gallery, East Hampton, NY

2013
Holly Coulis and Aliza Nisenbaum, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit, MI

2002
Holly Coulis/Dana Schutz, LFL Gallery, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions

2025
Better Living, Cooper Cole, Toronto, CA
Friends, Main Projects, Richmond, VA
Paper Room, Halsey McKay Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2024
Slow Looking, Dinner Gallery, New York, NY
A Cup is a Cup, a Tree is a Tree, Deanna Evans Projects, New York, NY

2023
Chromazones, Analog Diary, Beacon, NY
Glen Baldridge, Holly Coulis, Alex Dodge, Keisuke Shirota, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
Pocket Universe, Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Highlighting Contemporary Art in Georgia: Picture This, Lagrange Art Museum, Lagrange, GA
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
2022
Holly Coulis, Jackie Gendel, Pamela Jorden, Yoora Lee, Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
87 Franklin Inaugural, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY

2021
Thailand Biennal, Pimamthip Art Gallery, Pak Ching District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province
Sculptures by Painters, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Interior Constructs, Projekt 105, New York, NY
Eau de Vallotton, Tif Sigfrids, Athens, GA
North by Northeast: Contemporary Canadian Painting, Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Indoor Dining, Marinaro Gallery, New York, NY
Evocations: Celebrating the Museum’s Collection, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
Nature Morte, The Hole, New York, NY

2020
Good Painting, curated by Austin Lee, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, New York, NY
Brathwaite, Cheng, Coulis, Cowan, Dodge, Dove, Glabush, Huckaby, Jorden, Luck, O’Neill and Petit-Frère, Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Animal Crossing, organized by Dana Frankfort and Jackie Gendel, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
Summer Group Show I, Tif Sigfrids, Athens, GA

2019
Holly Coulis, Nevine Mahmoud, and Christina Ramberg, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong
En Plein Air, Simon Lee Gallery, London, England
The Thousand and One Nights, Artual Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

2018
Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose, curated by Nikki Maloof and Louis Fratino, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY
Gangs of New York, curated by Essex Flowers and Owen Duffy, Adds Donna, Chicago, IL
Set Adrift on Memory Bliss, curated by Tessa Perutz, Pablo’s Birthday, New York, NY
Do Something To It. Do Something Else To It, Phillip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Housewarming, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, Third Floor, New York, NY
Double Feature, Diet Laborotories, Brooklyn, NY
Line and Verse, curated by Ridley Howard, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden

2017
Sitting Still, BravinLee, New York, NY
Indian Summer, Disturb the Neighbors, New York, NY
Oliver Twist, Rental Gallery, East Hampton, NY

2016
A Change of Heart, curated by Chris Sharp, Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Aftermodernism in the Hamptons, curated by Belinda Neumann and Alison Wolfson, Nicole Ripka Gallery, Watermill, NY
Postcard from New York – Part I, curated by Serena Trizzino,  Anna Marra Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
A Verdant Summer, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, NY
If Only Bella Abzug Were Here, Marc Straus Gallery, New York, NY
All Tomorrow’s Parties, Hathaway David Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
Dream Song 386, curated by Keith Varadi, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
No Empty Vessels, Gildar Gallery, Denver, CO
The Other Side, Monya Rowe Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
PaintersNYC, Museo de los Pintores Oaxaqueños (MUPO), Oaxaca, Mexico

2015
PaintersNYC, curated by Maureen Cavanaugh and Meaghan Kent, Páramo Gallery, Guadalajara, Mexico
Tomorrow is Yesterday, curated by Nina Venus, Mikiko Sato Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
Around Flat, curated by William Staples, Knockdown Center, Maspeth, Queens
The Earth is All I Know of Wonder: Contemporary Responses to Hartley, curated by Jacob Rhodes, Driscoll Babcock: Project Space, New York, NY
Swingers/WKND, Tribble Mancenido, Brooklyn, NY
Suddenly, Last Summer, Longhouse Projects, New York, NY
Around Flat, curated by William Staples, Knockdown Center, Queens, NY
Greenhouse, curated by Janet Hicks, One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY

2014
The Last Brucennial, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY
Sargent’s Daughters, Sargent’s Daughters, New York, NY
TOSSED, organized by Jennifer Coates and Rachel Schmidhofer, Jeff Bailey Hudson, New York, NY
Quiet Please, curated by Matthew Fisher, Rare Gallery, New York, NY

2013
Fiction/Non-Fiction, Storefront Gallery, Bushwick, NY
1000 Little Deaths, curated by Tom Sanford, Bravin Lee Projects, New York, NY
Hot Fun in the Summertime, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA

2012
En Plein Air, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
BigSkyMind, curated by Jon Lutz, Bull and Ram, New York, NY
I glove you, curated by Ridley Howard and Ester Partegas, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
Leave it to Beavers, curated by Gina Beavers, Gallery Diet, Miami, FL

2011
Drawn, Storefront Gallery, Bushwick, NY
Fresh Paint, Standpipe Gallery, New York, NY
Russ and Liz’s Ultimate Playlist, Four Eleven Studio, Provincetown, MA

2010
Long, Long Gone, Leo Koenig Gallery, New York, NY
Big Picture, Priska Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY
Last Thursday, Lamontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
Animal Companions, CCA Andratx, Andratx, Spain
Bushwick Schlacht!, Fortress to Solitude, Brooklyn, NY

2009
Figuratively Seeing, Massachussetts College of Art and Design, New York, NY
From Yarn to Yucca – A Continuation in the Dialogue between Abstraction and Figuration, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY
First Show, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
After the Goldrush, 106 Green, Brooklyn, NY

2008
New York, New Work: The Object Direct in Recent Art, Mississippi State University Department of Art Gallery, Mississippi State, MI
Admirer,curated by Maureen Cavanaugh, 31 Grand, New York, NY
In Your Face, BUIA Gallery, New York, NY
The Drawing Narrative, Jenny Jaskey Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2007
Rearview, Frieght & Volume, New York, NY
NeoIntegrity, curated by Keith Mayerson, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
carel, coulis, pfefferkorn, Theirry Goldberg Projects, New York, NY

2006
Stiff,curated by Ann Toebbe, Gallery 4000, Chicago, IL
Ben Butler, Holly Coulis, Ridley Howard, Galerie Glance, Turin, Italy
El Dorado, curated by Portia Hein, Cherry and Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2005
Interesting Painting, Gallery 400, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Summer Pleasures, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Séance, Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Boston, MA
Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit, MI

2004
Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?,curated by Katherine Bernhardt, Champion Fine Art, Culver City, CA
She’s Come Undone, Artemis Greenberg VanDoren Gallery, New York, NY
Marilyn, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
Autumn, Sixtyseven Gallery, New York, NY

2003
Sandroni Rey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2002
Emerging New York Artists, Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield State College, MA
DNA at DAN, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
International Contemporary and Emerging Art, Lawson Menzies Flynn, Sydney, Australia

2001
I See You 2, Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York, NY
Passing Through: Women Artists in Brooklyn, Shaqab College of Design Arts,Doha, Qatar
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Open, LFL Gallery, New York, NY

2000
Winter Paper, Catherine Moore Fine Art, New York, NY
The Pierogi Flatfiles, H & R Block Art Space, Kansas City, MO

1999
Go Figure!, Clifford-Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
Escape, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA

1998
Emblem, curated by Shelly Bancroft, The Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA

Bibliography

2024
Miah, Riad, “Tension on the Table: Holly Coulis and the Philosophy of Still Life,” Whitehot Magazine

2022
Juhn, Mina, “Holly Coulis Shows Us How to Look Closer,” Whitewall, Febrary 24, 2022
Mac Adam, Alfred, “Holly Coulis: Eyes and Yous”, The Brooklyn Rail, February 2022
Heinrich, Will, “What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now,” The New York Times, January 19, 2022

2020
Paloma, Ninette, “Living with the Artists: A peek inside Jacquelyn Klein-Brown’s contemporary art haven,” Santa Barbara Magazine, Winter 2020, pp. 96-107
Cohen, Alina, “17 Contemporary Artists Reimagining the Still Life,” Artsy, August 7

2019
Fateman, Johanna, “Holly Coulis”, The New Yorker, November 18
Pagel, David, “In Holly Coulis’ clever paintings, that avocado is more than an avocado”, Los Angeles Times, May 28

2018
Mihalovic, Cayla, “The Beautiful Fruits Of Artist Holly Coulis”, Flaunt Magazine, October 22
Tatiana, Berg, “Must-See art Guide: London”, Artnet, June 28
Editors, “Abstracting the Everyday: Holly Coulis at Simon Lee Gallery, London”, Blouin Art Info, June 6

2017
Editors, “Goings on About Town”, The New Yorker, October 23
Kazakina, Katya, “These are the Young Female Artists to Watch”, Bloomberg, October 19
Colvin, Rob, “A Playful Take on the Still Life,” Hyperallergic, October 14
Rosenfeld, Jason, “Holly Coulis: Table Studies,” The Brooklyn Rail, October 5
Schwendener, Martha, “Holly Coulis,” New York Times, October 4

2016
Tarmy, James, “Investing in Art? Here are 10 Young Artists to watch in 2017”, Bloomberg, December 16
Kinsella, Eileen, “9 Must-See Summer Group Gallery Shows”, Artnet, June 30
Cohen, David, “If Only Bella Abzug Were Here” at Marc Strauss, Artcritical, June 28
Steadman, Ryan, “10 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before July 4th”, New York Observer, June 27
Indrisek, Scott, “5 Can’t Miss Gallery Shows in New York”, Artinfo, June 24

2015
Smith, Roberta, “Galleries Shift Shape to Survive in a Changing Art World”, The New York Times, June 23
Smith, Roberta, “At NADA Art Fair, Collecting for Pleasure, Not Status”, New York Times, May 14

2014
Zevitas, Steven, “Must See Painting Shows: February”, New American Paintings, February

2013
Vartanian, Hrag, “Pattern Recognition: Seven Bushwick/Ridgewood Shows”, Hyperallergic, February 12

2012
Hodges, Michael. H, “Painters find emotional depth and offbeat beauty in figurative works”, Detroit News, May 16
Nathan, Emily, “Gallery Shows LA: Holly Coulis”, Artnet, April 12
Zevitas, Steven, “12 Must See Painting Shows”, Huffington Post, March
“Publisher’s Pick”, New American Paintings, March

2010
Ed. Earle, David, The Open Daybook, p. 9
Westfall, Charles A., “Holly Coulis and David Humphrey at Solomon Projects”, Burnaway, June 21

2009
Asper, Colleen, “Recession Era: Three Non-Profit Responses”, Art in America, August 24

2008
Miller, Francine Koshow, “Holly Coulis”, Artforum, March
McQuaid, Cate, “Critics Pick”, Boston Globe, January 27

2006
Ed., “Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern”, Issue 20, June
Taft, Catherine, Seeing Stars: Paintings by Holly Coulis, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles and Groeflin Maag, Basel, 92pp
Mullins, Charlotte, Painting People: Figure Painting Today, Thames & Hudson, 192pp
“Holly Coulis and Max Maslansky”, Flavor Pill LA, issue 149, January 3-9
Vona,Luca, “II New Folk”, Exibart.onpaper, No. 32, Turin, Italy, September
Dürst, Renate, “Frontal, Hautnah: Holly Coulis in der Galerie Groeflin & Maag, Basier Zeitung”, Agenda, Basel, Switzerland, November 16

2005
Vassallo, Christina, “A Story Being Told”, Ducts.org, Issue 14, Winter
Miro, Marsha, “Brushes with Greatness”, Metro Times, December 14
Mullins, Charlotte, “False sense of security”, Financial Times, August 13

2004
Gerig, Karen N., “Hirsch und Hündchen, human; Die kanadische Künstlerin Holly Coulis in der Galerie Groeflin/Maag”, Basler Zeitung, September 9

2003
Pagel, David, “From Perky to Unsettling”, Los Angeles Times, July 4
Smith, Roberta, “Holly Coulis”, The New York Times, March 28

2002
Cattelan, Gioni and Subotnick, “Charley 02”, Les Presses du Reel, Dijon, France
Levin, Kim, “Holly Coulis/Dana Schutz”, The Village Voice, February 12
Smith, Roberta, “Holly Coulis/Dana Schutz”, The New York Times, February 8

1999
McQuaid, Cate, “Striking Portraits”, The Boston Globe, July 22

1998
Perrott, Jeffrey, “Emblem”, Arts Media, October
Silver, Joanne, “Beyond Recognition: Mills Gallery Exhibit Tests the Limits of Familiarity”, The Boston Herald, September 4

Selected Public and Private Collections
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
The Cleveland Clinic, Beachwood, OH
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
The Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH
Rollins College, Orlando, FL
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX