Eavesdropping
2012
flashe & acrylic on paper
28 x 23 ¾ inches

Gallery Joe News

Chip Schwartz reviews "Further Tales of Young Marie Antoinette" on knightarts.org
Marilyn Holsing reviewed in Title Magazine
Review and Slideshow on Huffington Post
Marily Holsing reviewed on Artblog
Marilyn Holsing reviewed on Artgrind
Video produced of Marilyn Holsing's installations of Further Tales of Young Marie
Marilyn Holsing receives Fellowship In The Arts
Marilyn Holsing in The Woodmere Annual 73rd Juried Exhibition
Marilyn Holsing at The Delaware Contemporary
Marilyn Holsing at the Hudson River Museum

Please contact the gallery for a complete updated resume.

MARILYN HOLSING

b. Canton, Ohio, 1946
Lives and works in Philadelphia

Education

1973 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, MA, Drawing and Painting
1970-71 The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, graduate study with Hoyt Sherman
1969 The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, BFA, Painting, Drawing, and Graphics

Solo Exhibitions

2015
Marilyn Holsing: BFF, C.R. Ettinger Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2011
Further Tales of Young Marie Antoinette, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
2007
Marilyn Holsing, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006
Marilyn Holsing, Philadelphia International Airport, Terminal F, Philadelphia, PA
2003
Recent Works on Paper, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA
1999
The Uncanny, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
1984
Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
1981
The Bride, Eric Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1976
Women of the West and Other Tales, Marion Locks Gallery East, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2016
New Space, New Work, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Flattening the Form, Robert Brown Gallery, Washington, DC
Bye Bye Old City, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
2014
Joy!, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
14th Annual Inliquid Benefit Auction, Gallery Joe Booth, Icebox Project Space, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2013
In Front of Strangers, I Sing: 72nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2012
Transformations, Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA
All About Etchings, Chris Neptune Gallery, Washington, DC
2011
Something French, Art Gallery at City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Exhibition of Select Prints, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA 2010
Prints by Gallery Artists, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Selections from C.R. Ettinger Studio, 2000-2010, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2009
50 very small drawings, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
2008
The Figure Today, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY
The Figure Today, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Fantastical Imaginings, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
Group Show, Loyola University, Baltimore, MD
2007
Magical Realism, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
2006
Art on Paper 2006, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
2005
Telling Stories: The Narrative in Contemporary Art, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA
Collaboration As a Medium, Edison Gallery, Washington, DC (traveling Art Place, Baltimore MD and more sites)
2004
Figure Out: Drawing as Narrative, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
2002
25th Anniversary Exhibition, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
2001
Ten Contemporary Artists, 5 x 2, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
2000
Drawing With Color, Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
When Reason Dreams: Drawings Inspired By the Visionary, the Fantastic, and the Unreal, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Body Dismorphia, Hicks Art Center, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA curated by Jeanne Jaffe
Allentown Art Museum, 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Allentown, PA (Juror: Judith Tannenbaum, Curator, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI)
1999
Biographies: Philadelphia Narratives, Institute of Contemporary Art, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (catalog)
Biographies: Philadelphia Narratives, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA (Nov.-Dec.) (catalog)
1998
In Her Voice: Self-Portraits by Women, Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
Biennial ‘98, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE (catalog)
Works on Paper 1998, Beaver College, Glenside, PA (Juror: Mark Rosenthal, Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1997
Winter Group Show, The Painting Center, New York, N.Y. (Invited artist)
1996
Allentown Art Museum 25th Annual Juried Exhibition, Allentown, PA (Juror: Susan Kane, Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, High Museum, Atlanta,GA)
Tyler School of Art, Hallway Gallery, Elkins Park, PA (prints)
1995
Tyler Faculty Show of Works on Paper, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
1992
Pertaining to Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Julius Bloch Collection, Philadelphia, PA
What A Beautiful View!, Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, Philadelphia, PA
1991
Small Works, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, NY, NY
1985
Jeffrey Fuller Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
1984
Kuban Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Group Show, Jeffrey Fuller Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
A Few Fears, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
1983
Strange Stories, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (two person show with Judith Linhares)
Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA (two person show with Rochelle Toner)
1982
Selections 17, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
By The Sea, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, NY
Narrative Settings II, Josef Gallery, New York, NY
Incidents and Events, The Seagram Building, New York, NY
1980
Eccentric Representation, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, NY
1979
Eric Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (two person show with Tom Judd)
Philadelphia Artists Today, Touchstone Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, Eric Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Group Show, Barbara Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC
1977
Beauty of the Beast, Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
Group Show, Hundred Acres Gallery, New York, NY
Appalachian National Drawing Competition, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC (Juried)
1976
Summer Scene, Deson-Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL

Grants and Awards

2016
FID Prize Nominee, www.FID.org/nominees
2012
Independence Foundation, Fellowship In The Arts
2007
Philagrafika Print Portfolio, selected artist
2001
Leeway Foundation, Window of Opportunity Grant
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, SOS Grant
1997
Invited Applicant, Lila Wallace - Giverny Artists’ Residency Program, Giverny, France (I did not receive a residency)
Finalist, Pew Fellowships in the Arts, Visual Arts: 2-D
1996
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Painting Artists’ Fellowship (catalog)
NEA/Artists’ Fellowship, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Painting
1993
Pew Fellowships in the Arts, Discipline Winner, Painting
1983
Artists’ Fellowship, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Painting
1980
Finalist, National Endowment for the Arts, drawing

Selected Collections

Wellington Management Company, Boston, MA
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
University of New Mexico
Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
Brandywine Graphics Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
Appalachian State University
State Univ. College at Potsdam, NY
Library of Congress
Ballard, Spahr, Andrews, & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, PA
Rutgers, Camden, NY

Reviews and Publications

2012
Rice, Robin, "Her Majesty," Philadelphia City Paper, Jan. 12 - 18
Newhall, Edith, "Mean girls," The Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday, January 15
Arthurs, Maegan, "Transformations - Works on paper at Episcopal Cathedral," The Artblog “Marilyn Holsing Gives Marie Antoinette’s Magical Femininity A Modern Touch.” The Huffington Post. January 3, 2012.
2011
McMenaminm Alison. “Marie Antoinette returns to Gallery Joe.” The Art Blog. December 29
Kettner, Em. “Marilyn Holsing: Further Tales of Young Marie Antoinette.” Title Magazine, December 21 http://www.title-magazine.com/2011/12/763
Schwartz, Chip. “Marilyn Holsing at Gallery Joe.” Knight Arts, December 13, http://www.knightarts.org/community/philadelphia/marilyn-holsing-gallery-joe
2007
Lopez, Ruth. “Marilyn Holsing at Melanee Cooper.” ARTNews (December 2007): 165.
Fallon, Roberta. “Gray’s Anatomy: Two shows explore moral ambiguity.” Philadelphia Weekly, December 5-11, 2007.
Rosof, Libby. “Murder and excess-Matthews and Holsing at Gallery Joe.” The Art Blog. November 5, 2007
Newhall, Edith. “Ballad of murder unfolds in drawings.” Philadelphia Inquirer (November 23, 2007).
Donagrandi, Richard. “Young Marie Series work by Marilyn Holsing.” Art Scope, http://artscope.net/VAREVIEWS/MammelHolsing1007.shtml2005
Land Grant Review, commissioned to make the image for the cover and twelve title pages for this literary journal
Three Decades of American Printmaking, The Brandywine Workshop Collection, Hudson Hills Press
2004
New American Paintings, Mid-Atlantic edition.
Fallon, Roberta. Philadelphia Weekly, "A Pose by Any Other Name", May 20, 2004
Hagan, Susan. The City Paper, "Drawing Interest", May 27, 2004
Sozanski,Edward J. Philadelphia Inquirer, "Figures, for a change," June 2004
Donohoe, Victoria. Philadelphia Inquirer, “Works on Paper", Rosemont College
2002
Art In America, Jan. announcement of Leeway WOO recipients
2000
Interviewed by Tracy Tannenbaum for “Art Walk" segment on WXPN
Sozanski, Edward J. Philadelphia Inquirer, Sept. 10. “Body Dismorphia"1999
Sozanski, Edward J. Philadelphia Inquirer, March 28. “Biographies: Philadelphia Narratives
Rice, Robin. Philadelphia City Paper, Apr. 2-8. “Biographies: Philadelphia Narratives
1998
Sozanski, Edward J. Philadelphia Inquirer, April 17. “Works on Paper 1998", Beaver College
Sozanski, Edward J. Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 25, “The Uncanny", Philadelphia Art Alliance
Sozanski, Edward J. Philadelphia Inquirer, April 19. “Biennial" Delaware Art Museum
1995
Sozanski, Edward J. Philadelphia Inquirer, Sept. 24. Review of Tyler Faculty Show.
1994
Le Clair, Charles. The Art of Watercolor, Watson-Guptil, Inc.
1982
Raynor, Vivien. New York Times, June 18. “Selections 17", The Drawing Center, New York, NY

Teaching Experience

1973 - present
Temple University, Tyler School of Art, University Dept. of Art and Art Education (Studio Area), Philadelphia, Pa. Currently: Professor, Studio Art