Artist Bio
Holly Scoggins was born and raised in a rural abandoned cotton mill town in Western North Carolina. She comes from a heritage of mill workers, child brides, and deeply religious broken homes. As a child she spent hours looking out through old lace curtains viewing the graveyard only two blocks from her house. The pattern of the curtains overlaid an uncertain reality. This screening or double exposure element shows up in much of her paintings and prints. The patterns in her work are also inspired by the Victorian Short story The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Her artwork has been described as a Southern Gothic memoir, leaving the viewer with something “Beautifully Haunted.”
Scoggins received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing from East Carolina University. She received a Master of Fine Arts in Figurative Art in Painting and Printmaking from the New York Academy of Art. Scoggins also studied at Savannah College of Art and Design, Penland School of Crafts, Lamar Dodd School of Art in Cortona Italy, and the Liepzig International Artist program in Germany. Her paintings and prints are included in the permanent collection of The University of Georgia, Chanel Fine Art for Boutiques and the BMW and LIA International Artist Collection. Her work has been exhibited regionally and internationally including a solo exhibition at Berkeley Gallery in NYC in 2010, and most recently at Polk Museum of Art in 2018. Scoggins currently sits as full-time faculty of Fine Art teaching foundations and figurative studies at Polk State College.
Professional History
Education:
2012 New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Master of Fine Art, Painting and Printmaking
Summa Cum Laude, Scholarship
2009 East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Bachelor of Fine Art, Painting and Drawing
Magna Cum Laude, Scholarship
2008 University of Georgia, Study Abroad Cortona, Italy
John D. Kehoe full Scholarship in Printmaking, Art History & Painting
2004 Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah GA
Summer Scholarship in oil painting and life drawing
Select Permanent Collections:
Museum of Florida Art & Culture, South Florida State College, Dominican University, O’Conner Art Gallery, Sotheby’s Vice-President, Senior Specialist in Contemporary Art -Gabriela Palmieri private collection, LIA Traces Permanent Collection Printmaking, Leipzig Germany, Chanel Fine Artfor Boutiques, Chanel S.A. NYC, New York Academy of Art Library, Ex Libris in Printmaking NYC, BMW Leipzig International ArtistPermanent Collection- Painting, Leipzig Germany, University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art Permanent Collection Printmaking, University of Georgia
Select Solo Exhibitions:
2018 Fearful Symmetry, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland FL
2015 Eyelids of Dawn, Exhibition of Paintings, Amelia Center Gallery, Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, FL
2013 Vanity of Vanities,An Exhibition of Paintings Emerge Gallery & Arts Center, Greenville NC
2010 An Exhibition of PaintingsBerkeley College, Berkeley Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Patterned Idolatry, The Chapman Cultural Center & Spartanburg Museum of Art, Spartanburg SC
2009 Elaboration on the ObviousMixed Media Artworks, Ghost Fleet Gallery, Nags Head, NC
2009 Fertile Construct, Burroughs Welcome Gallery Jenkins Fine Arts Center, East Carolina University
2009 Posing for Affirmation,drawings and mixed media works, Art Room Gallery, Downtown Greenville, NC
Select Juried Exhibitions:
2023 Florida Postcards Juried exhibition, Lake Wales Art Center, Lake wales, FL
2022 The Figure in Contemporary Art; 15th Annual Figurative show, Hilliard Gallery,Kansas City, MO
2018 Tapestries Lakeland, Working Artist Studio, Lakeland FL
2016 Lore Degenstein Gallery, 8th Annual Figurative Exhibition, Selinsgrove, PA
2016 Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Instructors Exhibition, Gatlinburg, TN
2015 Oil Painters of America, National Exhibition,Cutter & Cutter Fine Art, St. Augustine FL
2012-14 Interfaith Biennial, Dominican University, River Forest, IL
2012 LIA Traces, InternationalLeipzig Trades Fair Center, Leipzig Germany
2012 Summer Exhibition,Flowers Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2012 SECACSoutheast College Art Conference Exhibition, Durham Arts Center, NC
2011 NY Society of Etchers, National Arts Club, NYC
2011 Take Home A Nude, Auction, Sotheby’s, NYC
2010 Mostra, Cortona Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, GA
2009 On the Wall ENC-Emerging North Carolina Artists, Emerge Gallery, NC
Select Professional:
2018 Study Abroad Faculty-Central Europe, Advanced Drawing Polk State College
2018 Community Based Learning Faculty Fellow- Polk State College
2017 Endowed Faculty Chair Award- Printmaking Polk State College
2016 Study Abroad Faculty-Marseille, France. Advanced Drawing . Polk State College
2015 Study Abroad Faculty- Andros Islands, Landscape Painting Polk State College
2013-present Professor of Art & Visual Arts Program Coordinator Polk State College, Winter Haven FL
2012 Graduate Teaching Assistant, New York Academy of Art, NYC. The Figure in Lithography & Still life painting
2012-13 Teaching Assistant, Advanced Printmaking, Undergraduate Level. Long Island University
2010 Printmaking Technician,,New York Academy of Art, NYC
2007-09 Art Instructor,Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge Gallery & Art Center
2003-07 Art Instructor, Private & Group Lessons, All Ages, Forest City, NC
Visiting Artist/ Residency:
2017-present Polk Museum of Art, guest lecturer
2016 Gulf Coast State College, lecturer
2014 Florida Museum of Art & Culture, South Florida State College, Avon Park, FL Lecturer
2014 East Carolina University, Greenville NC Lecture & Critique
2012 Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, Brooklyn, NY -Lecture & workshop
2011 Leipzig International Artist Program, Leipzig, Germany Full Scholarship, Summer Residency,
2010 Isothermal Community College, Forest City, NCLecture & workshop
2009 “Cancer in Our Communities” Arts in Healthcare Residency, Pitt County Memorial Hospital and surrounding hospitals, Eastern NC
Select Group Exhibitions:
2021 Alumni Exhibition, East Carolina University, Greenville NC
2018 Moth Migration Project, traveling exhibitions- 7 International locations
2018 Resurgence, Corvidae Gallery, Nashville, TN
2018 She is South, Gulf Coast State College
2016 Study Abroad Exhibition, Polk State College, Winter Haven FL
2015 Alumni Exhibition,Greenville museum of Art, Greenville, NC
2014 Polk Museum of Art, Faculty ExhibitionLakeland, FL
2014 Art Southampton International Contemporary art fair, Hamptons, NY
2014 Florida Museum of Art and Culture, Avon Park, FL
2014 Loved and Observed, Hersh Fine Art, Glen Cove, NY
2013 Redemption, Amelia Center Gallery, Panama City, FL
2013/14 Faculty Exhibition, Polk State College, Winter Haven FL
2012 Figurative Exhibition/International Trade Center Gallery, Shanghai, China
2012 Art Takes Times Square, hosted by Artist Wanted, Times Square, NYC
2012 MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, NYC
2012 Something About Her, The Cupping Room SoHo, NYC
2011 International Artist Exhibition,The Spinnerei, Leipzig Germany
2011 Leipzig Residency Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, NYC
2011 Holiday Exhibition, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2011 Single Fare 2:Sloan Fine Art, NYC
2009 Mostra,Group Exhibition, Palazzo Casali, Cortona Italy
Select Grants/Awards:
2018 Community Based Learning Fellow, Polk State College
2018 Endowed Faculty Chair, Polk State College
2016 Best in Show,Ridge Art Association, Winter Haven, FL
2011 Kate de Brienne Scholarship Award, New York Academy of Art
2011 Ex libris Design and Edition Award, Printmaking, New York Academy of Art Library NYC
2010 Penland School of Crafts Scholarship in Printmaking, Penland, NC
2010 Regional Artist Project Grant Recipient, NC Arts Council, Eastern NC
2009 NC Arts Council Community Arts Administration Grant,NC
2009 Faculty Choice in Painting,University of Georgia, Shown in Athens GA & Cortona, Italy.
2009 Excellence in Drawing, Wellington B. Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville NC
2008 Lamar Dodd School of Art Full Scholarship Recipient,Studies Abroad, University of Georgia, Cortona Italy
2008 1st Place in Drawing,Rebel 51st Literary and Arts Competition, Emerge Gallery, Greenville NC
2008 Best in Show, 35THAnnual Juried Exhibition, Artist’s Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg SC
2008 Excellence in Painting, Wellington B. Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville NC
2008 1st Place in Painting, Rebel 50thLiterary and Arts Competition, Emerge Art Gallery, Greenville NC
2008 De Ella Wade Willis Scholarship,East Carolina University School of Art and Design, Greenville NC
2005 Honors Scholarship, East Carolina University