John Holdway is an independent artist practicing primarily as a painter. He exhibits his work all over the world and extensively in the Pacific Northwest. Holdway grew up in College Park Maryland and studied Painting at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore where he earned a BFA. He has lived in Eugene since 1997 and has steadily created and exhibited his work. He is popular art instructor and taught at many venues including Maude Kerns Art Center, Emerald Art Center and Pacific Northwest College of Art. Holdway is also active in the art community serving on the Exhibition Committee for Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts. He helped create the Teach Arts Program at Emerald Art Center and served as the first director. Currently he is working as a committee member for the Creative Sector Strategy group. He is a director/curator for the community-building project Moss Hollow Gallery.
Exhibitions
2019 Group Show, Moss Hollow Gallery, Eugene, OR
2018 Cross Roads, Capella, Eugene, OR
Group Show, Moss Hollow Gallery, Eugene, OR
Eugene Biennial, Karin Clark Gallery, Eugene, OR Juried
2017 I love Local, David Joyce Gallery, Eugene, OR Juried
Bodies of Work, Hope Abbey, Eugene, OR Invitational
2016 Eugene Biennial, Karin Clark Gallery, Eugene, OR Juried
2015 Small Pleasures Invitational, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR
Taking Flight: A Visual Journey, David Joyce Gallery, Eugene, OR Juried
Mayor’s Art Show, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR Juried
2014 Farm to Table, David Joyce Gallery, Eugene, OR Juried
Delicious Atmosphere, Stellaria Gallery, Eugene, OR Solo
2013 6x6x2013, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2012 John Holdway, Gallery at Confluence Clinic, Portland, OR Solo
2011 John Holdway, Gallery at Confluence Clinic, Portland, OR Solo
2010 Fresh, David Joyce Gallery, Eugene, OR Solo
2009 Gallery Artists, Brian Marki Gallery, Portland, OR
Shrines and Reliquaries, The Art Center, Corvallis, OR
Consuming Vision, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR Juried
John Holdway, Bella Perla Gallery, Portland, OR Solo
2008 Oregon’s Beautiful Bounty, David Joyce Gallery, LCC, Eugene, OR
Group Show, Opus6ix Gallery, Eugene, OR
Artist a Educators, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
2007 Group Show, Opus6ix Gallery, Eugene, OR
Zone for All, New Zone Gallery, Eugene, OR
15 x 15, Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Mini Print Annual, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria Juried
2006 Group Show, Opus6ix Gallery, Eugene, OR
15 x 15, Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Shelf Life, Opus6ix Gallery, Eugene, OR Solo
2005 Bella Perla Gallery, Portland, OR
Mayors’ Art Show, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR Juried
Opus6ix Gallery, Eugene, OR
Beauty Revisited, Mt. Scott Art Center, Portland, OR Juried
John Holdway, Downtown Initiative for the Arts, Eugene, OR
2004 Pacific Northwest Art Annual, Adell McMillan Gallery, Eugene, OR Juried
Center for Arts and History, Lewiston, ID Juried
John Holdway, OTWAU Gallery, Portland, OR Solo
2003 New Paintings, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Solo
Mayor’s Art Show, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR Juried
West Wind Gallery, Portland, OR
John Holdway, OTWAU, Portland, OR Solo
2002 John Holdway, OTWAU, Portland, OR Solo
Submerging, West Wind Gallery, Portland, OR
2001 West Wind Gallery, Portland, OR
Faculty Show, Feldman Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
1999 Circle of Hands Gallery, Eugene, OR
1998 Art for All Seasons, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
1997 art for All Seasons, Maude Kerns Arts Center, Eugene, OR
1996 The Maryland Federation of the Arts, Annapolis, MD Juried
Fox Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD Solo
Education
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, BFA in Painting, 1997
Publications
Walter Siti, La voce vertical, 2015, cover art
Amy Hungerford, Postmodern Belief: American Literature and Religion since 1960,
Princeton University Press, 2010, cover art
ZYZZYVA the journal of west coast writers & artists, Spring 2010 • #88
ZYZZYVA the journal of west coast writers & artists, Winter 2006 • #78
Awards and Honors
Francis Harvey Burns Scholarship 1995
Peoples Choice Award, Pacific Northwest Art Annual, 2004
Bibliography
Brandon Branham, “Fresh fruit, ripe for the painting”, The Torch, February 25, 2010.
Lewis Taylor, “Art on the ‘Net”, Register Guard, G1, March 9, 2008.
Volunteer
Gallery Director/ Curator – Moss Hollow Gallery, Eugene, OR
Art Instructor- Oregon Rehabilitation Center, Peace Health, Eugene, OR
Exhibition Committee member – Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts Eugene, OR
Teach Arts Committee member – Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR
Teaching
OASIS Center
Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts
Emerald Art Center
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Lane Arts Council
Maude Kerns Art Center
Johns Hopkins University