Fish on Paper, After Dark
2017
Oil on linen
28 x 34 inches, 71.12 x 86.36 centimeters

Papayas and Plant, 6am
2017
Oil on linen
32 x 27 inches, 81.28 x 68.58 centimeters

Mountains, Pears and Beets
2017
Oil on linen
23.63 x 35.75 inches, 60.02 x 90.81 centimeters

Smoke and Steam
2017
Oil on linen
28 x 34 inches, 71.12 x 86.36 centimeters

Water at Night
2017
Oil on linen
22 x 19 inches, 55.88 x 48.26 centimeters

Born 1968 in Toronto, Canada
Lives and works in Athens, GA

EDUCATION

1998      MFA in Fine Arts, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1995      BFA in Fine Arts, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018
Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada

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

2016
Dishes and Fruits, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA

2015
Holly Coulis, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Holly Coulis, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA

2014
Holly Coulis - PITCHERS, Sardine, Brooklyn, NY

2012
Holly Coulis, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
Inside Out, 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, Canada

2003
Happenstance, LFL Gallery, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018
Group show, Pablo's Birthday, New York, NY

2017
Sitting Still, BravinLee, New York, NY
Oliver Twist, Rental Gallery, East Hamprton, NY

2016
Taymour Grahne, New York, NY
Postcard from New York - Part 1, Anna Marra Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
A Change of Heart, Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
If Only Bella Abzug Were Here, Marc Strauss Gallery, New York, NY
No Empty Vessels, Gildar Gallery, Denver, CO
All Tomorrow's Parties, Hathaway David Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
Dream Song 386, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2015
PaintersNYC, Paramó, Guadalajara, MX; Traveled to El Museo de los Pintores Oaxaqueños, Oaxaca, MX
Tomorrow is Yesterday, Mikiko Sato Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
Suddenly, Last Summer, Longhouse Projects, New York, NY
Don't Shoot the Painter: Paintings from the UBS Art Collection, Galleria d'Art Moderna, Milan, Italy

2014
Sargent's Daughters, Sargent's Daughters, New York, NY
Salad, Jeff Bailey Hudson, New York, NY. Curated by Jennifer Coates.
The Last Brucennial, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY

2013
Aliza Nisenmaum & Holly Coulis, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Ferndale, MI
Fiction/Non-Fiction, Storefront Gallery, Bushwick, NY
1000 Little Deaths, Bravin Lee Projects, New York, NY. Curated by Tom Sanford.
Hot Fun in the Summertime, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia

2012   
En Plein Air, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
BigSkyMind, Bull and Ram, New York, NY
i glove you, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
Leave it to 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
Bushwick Schlacht!, Fortress to Solitude, Brooklyn, NY
Animal Companions, CCA Andratx, Andratx, Spain

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, MS
Admirer, 31 Grand, curated by Maureen Cavanaugh, 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, Gallery 4000, curated by Ann Toebbe, Chicago, IL
Ben Butler, Holly Coulis, Ridley Howard, Galerie Glance, Turin, Italy
El Dorado: Holly Coulis, Alison Fox, Angelina Gualdoni, Portia Hein, Cherry and Martin, 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

2004
Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?, 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
Holly Coulis/Dana Schutz, LFL Gallery, New York, NY 
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, The Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, curated by Shelly Bancroft, Boston, MA

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Days and Nights, Lemons
March 11 - April 22, 2017

Holly Coulis
May 9 - June 6, 2015

Holly Coulis
March 3 - April 28, 2012

FIRST SHOW
April 18 - May 16, 2009

Brian Bress, Holly Coulis, Daniel Dove, Nathan Mabry, Antonio Puleo and Amanda Ross-Ho

Men
November 8 - December 20, 2008

El Dorado: Holly Coulis, Alison Fox, Angelina Gualdoni, Portia Hein
May 13 - June 17, 2006

Holly Coulis
January 7 - February 11, 2006

Mihalovic, Cayla. “Holly Coulis,” Flaunt Magazine. October 22, 2018.