Artist Biography
John L. Holmes
MAJOR GROUP JURIED EXHIBITIONS
1973-76 San Francisco Art Institute , Sculpture,
Painting.
1978 Northwest Regional Exhibition, Carnegie
Art Center, Walla Walla, Wa. Sculpture.
1984 19th Annual Int’l. Competition, Sumi-e
Society of America, Salmagundi Club,New York,
N.Y. Painting.
1984 VOLM in Tokyo, Kid ai Luck Collection
Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, Painting.
1986 West Coast Works on Paper, The Ink People,
Eureka, Ca. Pastels.
1988 S.F.. Art Institute Alumni Exhibition, Sculpture
1991 Amnesty Int’l.L.Clyde & Mary Harris Gallery,
Walla Walla College, College Place, Wa. sculpture
and paintings
MAJOR GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1978 4 Northwest Artists, Olin Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wa. Sculpture
1980 Eastern Oregon Regional Invitational, E.O.
State College, LaGrande. Ore. Sculpture &
Painting.
198l John L. Holmes/ Alan Silver, VOLM Gallery
San Francisco, Ca. Sculpture & Painting.
1982 VOLM Show (Amorphous Mollusk), Somer-
sault Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. Sculpture&
Painting.
1983 VOLM III, Ancient Existentialism, Ancient Cur-
rents Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. Sculpture &
Painting.
1983 Washington State Arts Commission Invita-
tional Competition, Sculpture & Painting.
1983 VOLM in Japan, Art Space (Gutai Group),
Kobe, Japan, Painting 1984 VOLM Group Show, Space to Space, Nagoya,
Japan, Painting.
1986-9 Cherry Blossom Festival, Voyages Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. Pastel.
1989 Blue Mountain Artists, Whitman College,
Sculpture & Painting.
1990 “Universal Morphosis, Simulacra &Essentialism”, Holmes/ Nakayoshi, Voyages
Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. Sculpture & Painting.
1990 “Cervantes,” Whitman College, Walla Walla,
Wa. Sculpture & Painting.
1990 Quietude Garden Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
Sculpture.
1991 Blue Mtn. Artists, Whitman College Walla Walla, Wa. Sculpture &Painting.
199l Mad Mollusk Invitational, Hoski Architectural
Studio, San Francisco, Ca. Sculpture & Painting.
1993 Amorphous Mollusk III, EBA School of Art, San Francisco, Ca. Painting.
1993 Holmes, Warnock & Kapela, 14 Sculptors Gallery, New York, N.Y.Sculpture.
1994 Montserrat Gallery, New York, N.Y. Sculpture & Painting.
1994 14 Sculptors Gallery, New York, N.Y. draowings 1995 Material Presences, 14 Sculptors Gallery, New York N.Y. curator,Guttierez-Solano, Sculpture.
1996 Holmes, Kapela, Lane, 14 Sculptors Gallery, New York, N.Y.,sculptures
1997 Holiday Show, Pleiades Gallery, New York, N.Y. sculptures
MAJOR ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1976 2nd Annual Open Studio Exhibit, San Fran-
cisco, Ca. Sculpture & Painting.
1978 Clyde and Mary Harris Gallery, Walla Walla,
Wa. Sculpture & Painting.
1985 Carnegie Art Center, Walla Walla, Wa. Sculp-
ture & Painting.
1986 14 Sculptors Gallery, New York, N.Y. Sculp-
ture & Painting.
1994 14 Sculptors Gallery, New York, NY, Sculpture & Painting
1997 Pleiades Gallery, New York, N.Y. sculpture
MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS, COLLECTIONS, AWARDS
1981 All-People’s Day Parade, San Francisco, Ca.
Sculpture.
1981 Installation, Ancient Currents Gallery, San
Francisco, Ca. Sculpture.
1984 Washington State Arts Commision Purchase
Sculpture & Painting.
1987 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental
Gallery Collection, Sculpture & Painting.
1989 M.A.N. Television Broadcast, Interview and
slide presentation, Sculpture & Painting.
1989 Art Horizon Certificate of Merit, New York,
Sculpture.
1991 Amnesty Int’l. Invitational, Walla Walla, Col-
lege, Merit Award.
EDUCATION
1968-71 Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wa.
1974-5 Pratt Art Institute, Brooklyn, New York.
1972-6 San Francisco Art Institute, Ca.
DEGREE 1976 BFA S . F. Art Institute
PUBLICATIONS
1989 Sculpture Magazine, Portfolio Photo &
Sculpture, May-June.
1989 California Artists, Biography & Photos. Francisco, Ca. Painting.
1993 Holmes, Warnock & Kapela, 14 Sculptors Gallery, New York, N.Y.Sculpture.
