Holly Humphries
Holly Humphries (1999) is a Bristol based artist working across painting, illustration and installation. In her work she merges imagery of organic natural forms with the sensual human body to design fictional conformations. Curvaceous, blossoming, floral shapes amalgamate into seemingly figurative details of fleshy, erotic features which often have a strong female presence. In this way Humphries alludes to the universal and unavoidable sensation of desire and attraction in the system of life. Working in sharp layers of flashy colours, she creates contrasts of soft and hard, flat and rounded to construct forms which refer to graphic, man-made materials such as latex and plastic.
CV
Education
2022 - 2023 East Bristol Contemporary
2019 - 2022 Fine Art BA University of the West of England
Grants & Awards
2022 Spike Island & Creative Youth Network Engagement Fellowship for Artists programme with Anna Haydock-Wilson
2022 Visual Arts Commission, Creative Youth Network, Arts Council England
2022 James Norman Award, University of the West of England
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Ooo, The Arts Mansion, Bristol
2022 Seducing Humans, The Station, Bristol
2021 Anatomy Banana, Spike Island UWE Studios, Bristol
Group Exhibitions
2024 Exhibition of the Arts, Strange Brew, Bristol
2024 Symbiosis, St Dunstans House, Brsitol
2024 Biology, Cloak, Bristol
2024 Cellar Door Valentines, The Louisiana, Bristol
2023 Place Portrait, Spike Island, Bristol
2023 Let Them Eat Fake, Brushes With Greatness Gallery, London
2023 EBC Big Summer Blow Out, Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft, Bristol
2023 EBC WIP, St Annes House, Bristol
2022 Grason Perry's Museums at Night, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol
2022 A Cowboy Looks into a Cage, F Block, Bower Ashton Campus, Bristol