Holly Andres
ABOUT IMAGES
bio
Holly Andres, a Portland-based photographer and director has made waves on the art scene for over a decade. Her portraiture is cinematic in feel and often depicts young girls in activities, haloed in childhood innocence and yet has a darker, more poignant meaning when looked at with a fixed eye. She uses photography to examine the complexities of childhood, the fleeting nature of memory, and female introspection.
Holly named her inspiration as her two older sisters for her critically acclaimed The Fallen Fawn series. They once found a suitcase full of women's items and fashions by a riverside where they played as young girls. While the suitcase led to nights of mystery flavored dress-up, Holly said she came to wonder about this unseen woman and her fate. She has also said that she admired how a single still image could provide entire theatrical stories, which is evident in her work’s complexities and operatic costuming.
Holly takes editorial and commercial assignments. However, when she depicts animals in her work, it is apparent that she has a profound respect for their lives and contributions to the human economy. It is possible that this is due to her unique upbringing, as Holly and her nine siblings grew up on a farm in Montana.
Holly Andres’ photography can also be found on Instagram, another outlet for her creativity in this digital, plugged-in age, which often features her two Persian cats. On the platform, she has gained over eleven thousand followers who engage with her work, both personal and professional. No matter what the outlet is, whether an online social media platform or a print series in The New Yorker, she has an easily recognizable signature style. Actress Maya Rudolph and author Cheryl Strayed have both sought after her dark fairytale aesthetic.
Holly has been featured in several exhibitions and media powerhouses such as TIME, Vanity Fair, and ESPN to name only a few. In Art Lt. she was profiled as one of 15 emerging West Coast artists under the age of 35. Holly Andres has also taught up-and-coming artists at both Portland State University and the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Holly has had solo exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, Seattle, Istanbul, Turkey and her home base of Portland Oregon.
In 2021, Holly Andres diversified again, showcasing her talent for elaborate scene creation when she directed the music video for M. Ward’s “Violets for Your Furs.” The song was written in 1941 and that aesthetic can be seen throughout the glitchy images that make up the shoot. Always dedicated to the perfect moment, Holly torched a couch, doused its remains in water, and hauled the thing home to make sure the setting for the video had the appropriate feel to match the nostalgic song. Her creative drive inspires many and her work will forever be remembered.
BIRTHPLACE
Missoula, Montana, 1977
EDUCATION
2004
M.F.A. Portland State University, Oregon
2002
B.F.A. The University of Montana, Missoula
1998
The Art Institute of Seattle, Washington
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Wings, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Rad Dad and the Family Tree, The University of Montana Gallery of Visual Arts, Missoula, MT
2019
Inner Feminine, Women’s History Month Exhibition, Wieden & Kennedy, Portland, OR
2018
Holly Andres: The Homecoming, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
Dreamers of Oregon: Out of the Shadows, Projected, International Center of Photography, New York City, NY; Pacific University, Hillsboro Campus, OR; Hillsboro Civic Center, OR; Pacific University, Forest Grove Campus, OR; Portland City Hall, OR; Portland Mercado, OR; Walters Center, Portland, OR
2016
Holly Andres: The Homecoming, The Missoula Art Museum, MT
The Fallen Fawn, Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, Portland, OR
The Yellow Wallpaper, CoHo Productions, Portland, OR
2015
Holly Andres: The Fallen Fawn, Robert Mann Gallery, NY
2014
Holly Andres, Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR
2013
Holly Andres: The Homecoming, Hallie Ford Museum, Salem, OR
Holly Andres: The Homecoming, Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA
Holy Andres: Strange and Familiar, Din Din Supper Club, Portland, OR
2012
Holly Andres: The Fall of Spring Hill, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Holly Andres: The Fall of Spring Hill, Robert Mann Gallery, NY
2011
The Trail of Sparrow Lane, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta GA
Holly Andres: The Fall of Spring Hill, Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, Portland, OR
2010
Holly Andres, Casa dell'Arte, Istanbul, Turkey
Holly Andres, Northview Gallery, Portland Community College, Portland, OR
2009
Sparrow Lane, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Sparrow Lane, DNJ Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Sparrow Lane, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
Sparrow Lane, Quality Pictures Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Stories From a Short Street, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
2004
You Are Now Becoming Who You Are to Be, MK Gallery, Portland State University, OR
2001
The Pink Dress, Multimedia Performance, Eating Cake Gallery, Missoula, MT
2000
Her Time, My Time, Second Thought, Missoula, MT
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Dear Mom (An Online Exhibition), Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
Omnipresent: Photographs From The MAM Collection, The Missoula Art Museum, MT
2022
Celebrating Women’s History Month, Robert Mann Gallery, NY
At the Threshold, Gold/Scopophilia Gallery, Montclair, NJ
2021
The Dog Days of Summer, Robert Mann Gallery, NY
Love in the Time of Covid, Robert Mann Gallery, New York City, NY
MOP (Month of Photography) Photography Biennial, Visions West Contemporary, Denver, CO
2020
30 Years of Women, curated by Jane Jackson & Anna Walker Skillman, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Examining the American Dream, Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA Private Consignment Salon and Sale, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2019
Life is a Highway: Art & American Car Culture, Toledo Museum of Arts, OH Toughened to the Wind and Sun: Women Photographing the Landscape, Portland Art Museum, OR
2018
Winter Group Show, Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, WA
2017
The Unreliable Narrator, Sun Valley Center of the Arts, Haley, ID
Fast Forward // Rewind, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia Objects, Manner, Means, Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT Visual Chronicle of Portland, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR
2016
Just Visiting, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015
Fotografica Bogota, Bogoto, Colombia
Pacific Northwest 2.0, Institute of Visual Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Object Stories, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Winter Coat, Powells Books, Portland, OR
It's Raining Cats and Dogs, Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, Portland, OR
4th Floor Contemporary Collection Exhibition, Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Northwest Art, The Portland Art Museum, OR
Winter Group, Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, Portland, OR Stilleven: Contemporary Still Life, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, OR
2014
Winter Coat, Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR
OFFF Barcelona Opening Party, The Folio Club!, Barcelona, Spain
Shine: Winter Group Exhibition, Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, Portland, OR
Notions of Beauty: NW Fashion Photography NOW, The Steven Goldman Company, Portland, OR
OPB Art Beat 15 Year Anniversary Group Exhibition, Portland, OR
2013
Selections Four: Recently Acquired Paintings & Photographs, Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, Portland, OR
2012
Emerging: New Photography Acquisitions, The Portland Art Museum, OR
Inside/Outside, Robert Koch Gallery San Francisco, CA
2011
Food For Thought, Robert Mann Gallery, New York City, NY
2010
Epilogues 2, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
If These Walls Could Talk, Polyester Gallery, Omaha, NE
Fashion and Fiction, Linfield Fine Art Gallery, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR
Portland 2010, Disjecta Interdisciplinary Art Center, Portland, OR
Pedaling: Bicycle Photographs from Then to Now, Hartman Fine Art, Portland, OR
2009
Portraits, Work/Sound Gallery, Portland, OR
The Still Life Show, Five Thirty Five Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Between History and Memory, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Select Contemporary Photography from the Collection of Lucille and Richard Spagnuolo, Spagnuolo Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
2008
Age of Innocence, DNJ Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Deep Play: Joyful Revelry and Subversive Whimsy in the MAM Collections, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
25 Objects x 25 Photographers, Nemo, Portland, OR
Girl Machine, Honfluer Gallery, Washington DC
Hey, Hot Shot! Jen Bekman Gallery, New York City, NY
Private Contemplations/Private Conversations, Salem Art Association, WA
POW! (Pictures of Women), Quality Pictures Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Portland Art Museum Oregon Biennial, Portland, OR
Annual Juried Exhibition, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
Stories From a Short Street, Ogle Gallery, Portland, OR
2006
Current Photography: New Directions, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
History and Identity, Alexander Gallery, Clackamas Community College, Portland, OR
Out of Sync, Rake Gallery, Portland, OR
Stories From a Short Street, Ogle Gallery, Portland, OR
Confections, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
2004
Recent Grads 2004, Black Fish Gallery, Portland, OR
2001
Eat Your Words, Eating Cake Gallery, Missoula, MT
2001
Friends of the West, Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara, CA
The Mural As Muse, Deutsche Bank Gallery, New York, NY