Artist Statement:
Holly performs as a way to challenge and understand her place in this world. She uses performance as a way of connecting to others and confronting issues related to gender, intimacy and beauty. The themes of trust, power and control resonate within her work. These themes are approached from a personal perspective combined with research collected from within community. Holly seeks to communicate femininity, sex, sexuality and identity and creates strong images that transmute the space, public and herself into a new awareness.
Holly took part in the EMERGE residency in Massachusetts this February and was invited to perform at Link in Pin in Montreal. Most recently, she is returning from a two month stay in Berlin where she performed in the final addition on Month of Performance Berlin, at SOMA gallery and at Art Von Frei Gallery. Holly is also preparing for a performative installation that she has been invited to create with Jack Bride at the Stride Gallery in Calgary.