2012-2013   Pollock-Krasner Individual Artist Grantee

 
EDUCATION

M.F.A.    Pictorial: 1988, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
B.F.A.    Painting: 1986, with Great Distinction, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
A.A.      Two Dimensional Art:  1982, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024-     NUMU, New Museum of Los Gatos, “Not Enough Time to Love the World”, Los Gatos, CA,
  2025       Curator, Helaine Glick
2022      Winfield Gallery, "Unexpected Friends by Holly Lane", Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
2018      Fresno Art Museum, "Holly Lane: Indwelling Nature", Fresno, CA, Curator, Sarah Vargas
2015      Cuesta College – Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery, "Fortuna's First Assignment and Other

                Musings, Painting and Sculpture by Holly Lane", San Luis Obispo, CA,
                Curator, David Prochaska
2013      Museum of Craft and Design, “Holly Lane: Carving Allegories”, San Francisco, CA, 
                Curator, Marc D'Estout
2009      Forum Gallery, New York, NY
2008      Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006      Forum Gallery, New York, NY, “The Benefits of Pond Wading and Other Musings” (catalog)
2003      Forum Gallery, New York, NY, “Upon Waking”
2001      Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT "Small Miracles"
   "         Schmidt Bingham Gallery, New York, NY
   "         Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
   "         Natalie & James Thompson Art Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA (catalog)
1999      Schmidt Bingham Gallery, New York, NY 
1997      Schmidt Bingham Gallery, New York, NY
1995      Schmidt Bingham Gallery, New York, NY
   "         Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX "Frames of Mind" (catalog)
1993      Schmidt Bingham Gallery, New York, NY
1992      Bingham Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
1991      Schmidt Bingham Gallery, New York, NY
1990      Rutgers Barclay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM "Nature Meditations"
1989      Ivory/Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988      San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2024      Artists & Animals, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA
             Dreams, Screams and Fantastical Things, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX,
                 curated by  Caitlin Clay
              Out of Town, Forum Gallery, NYC
2022       Contain Your Fear, Toe River Arts, Spruce Pine, NC, curated by Diane Bronstein
2020      "One Night in California", Bakersfield  Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2017      "Seeing with Our Own Eyes", Forum Gallery, New York, NY
             "Nocturnes: From Dusk till Dawn", Winfield Gallery, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
             "The Ray Ashley Collection, 35 Years of South Bay Art, Triton Museum of Art Santa Clara, CA
             "Et in Arcadia Ego", William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art, Cal Lutheran University,
                 Thousand Oaks, CA, February 3 - April 6, 2017
             "Forum Gallery Celebrates 55 Years of Modern and Comtemporary Art", Forum Gallery,
                 New York, NY Feb. 18 - March 18, 2017
2016      "Et in Arcadia Ego", NUMU, New Museum of Los Gatos, CA
2015      Metro Curates, Art Fair, NYC, Forum Gallery, Jan. 22-25
2013      Centennial Project Exhibition: SJSU Art Department, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2012      Uncommon Ground: Alternative Realities, Forum Gallery, NYC
             Five Decades: Art and Artists of Forum Gallery, Forum Gallery, NYC  

             Indy Collects, Herron Galleries, Herron School of Art and Design, Indiana University,
                Indianapolis, IN
             Finds! The Unusual Object, FoCA Curator’s Lab, Los Angeles, CA
             Past is Present: Contemporary Approaches to Historical Decorative Arts and Design, The                              Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA

2011      Peace on Earth: Art Against War, Forum Gallery, NYC
2010      Contemporary Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture: A Summer Selection, Forum Gallery, NYC
             Sacred and Profane, Portsmouth Museum of Fine Arts, Portsmouth, NH
2009      The Platonic Ideal, Forum Gallery, NYC
             Summer Selections, Forum Gallery, NYC
2008      The Impossible Dream, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL
             The Figure Revealed: Contemporary American Figurative Paintings and Drawings,
                Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI

             New Acquisitions, Forum Gallery, NYC
2007      The Contemporary Landscape, Forum Gallery, NYC
             The Feminist Figure, Forum Gallery, NYC - Curated by Marcia Yerman (catalog)
2006      Deck the Halls with Art: A Holiday Group Show, Forum Gallery, NYC
             ART20, The Park Armory, New York, NY
             Summer Selections, Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

             Selected Forum Gallery Artists, Forum Gallery, NYC
             Ray’s World: An Overwhelming Look At Ray Ashely’s Passion For Art, Works/San Jose, CA

2005      New Works by Forum Gallery Artists, New York, NY
2004      Contemporary Landscape, Forum Gallery, NYC     
2002      New Works by Forum Gallery Artists, Forum Gallery, NYC
             Doors: Image and Metaphor, The New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
             Contempo 2002 Rarities, auction exhibition, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
             Keenly Observed, Sacred Heart University, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Fairfield, CT       
2001      Re-presenting Representation, The Corning Inc. Gallery, NYC/Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
             Pay Attention…I Hope You Learned Your Lesson: Works from the Collection of Laila Twigg-
                Smith,  The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
2000      Legacy III, Contemporary Women Artists, Brevard Museum of Art and Science, Melbourne, FL
             Piecing It Together: A Visual Journal, Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, CA
             The New Art of the West 7, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN (catalog)

1999-2000  Piecing It Together: A Visual Journal, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
             Of Darkness and Light: Recent American Landscape Painting, Art Museum of

                Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA
1999      The Memphis Biennial II, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
1998      Obsession (food), Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
1997-98   Animal Tales, Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, CT (catalog)
             Re-presenting Representation III, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY 
             American Gothic, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA
1997      An Alternative Path, David Jacobs Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
1996      New Voices, New Visions: Holly Lane, Eleanor Miller and Hiro Yokose, Kennedy Museum of 

                American Art, Ohio University, Athens, OH

             The Tradition of Icons, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, NY
             Destiny Manifest: American Landscape Painting in the Nineties, Samuel P. Harn Museum of

                Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (catalog)

             Myths and Magical Fantasies, California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido, CA (catalog)
             Peep Show, Schmidt Bingham Gallery, NYC
1995      Setting the Stage: A Contemporary View from the West, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN
             The Art of Justice, Krasdale Foods Inc. White Plains, NY

             Selections from the Ray Ashley Collection, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1994      Dialogues: On and Off the Wall, Schmidt Bingham Gallery, NY

             New Old Masters, Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA, (catalog)
             Selections from the Glenn C. Janss Collection, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
1993-94  Forest of Vision, (catalog) traveling to:

                    Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
                    Tennessee Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville, TN
                    Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
1992      Group Show, In Collaboration, Santa Monica, CA

             Inauguration Celebration, In Collaboration, Santa Monica, CA

             Frame Up!, Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

             Altered by the Moon, Schmidt Bingham Gallery, New York, NY

             Dealers' Choice, In Collaboration, Santa Monica, CA                                                                              Recent Acquisitions, In Collaboration, Akron, OH
1991      Recent Acquisitions, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX
1990      ART LA90, The 5th International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
             For the Preservation of Nature: The Artist's Response: Schmidt Bingham Gallery, NYC, traveling                      to:
                    Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, Lake Charles, LA

                    Alice Bingham Gallery, Memphis,TN
             Chicago International Art Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

             California Aftershock: The Show Without A Fault, Ivory/Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989      Small and Stellar, Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY
             Ivory/Kimpton Gallery in Mendocino, Mendocino Art Center, Ukiah, CA
             Animals in Architecture, Gensler and Associates, San Francisco, CA
             Chicago International Art Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

             The Home Show, Fallkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
             Bay Area MFA Exhibition, College Art Association, SFSU, San Francisco, CA
1988      Benefit Art Auction and Exhibition, San Jose ICA, San Jose, CA
             Collector's Choice, Exhibition and Auction, San Jose Art League, San Jose, CA
             Artist's Vision:  World without War, San Jose Art League, San Jose, CA, traveling to: 

                    California State Capitol, Sacramento, CA
                    Aulkland, New Zealand
                    Singapore, Hong Kong
                    Perth, Australia

                    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

                    Hiroshima, Japan
             Valentine Invitational Exhibition and Silent Auction, San Jose ICA, San Jose, CA
1987      Death and Life @ Works, Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA
             Two Concepts of Nature and Life, San Francisco Federal Savings, San Jose, CA

             Celebrate Art, Invitational Art Auction, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
1986      Visual Arts Competition, San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo, CA
1984      Capitol Show '84, Rotunda of the Capitol Building, Sacramento, CA

1982      Morro Bay Art Association Gallery, Morro Bay, CA

 

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
 

Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX                            

The Detroit Zoological Institute, Royal Oak, MI
A.R.A. Services, Philadelphia, PA                                    

Memphis Cancer Center, Memphis, TN
Dow Jones & Co., New York, NY                                     

IDS, Financial Services, Inc. Minneapolis, MN
Principle Financial Group, Des Moines, IA                   

The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI

Seven Bridges Foundation, Greenwich, CT
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

   Over eighty private collections


HONORS AND AWARDS
                                                2023     The Sheridan Prize for Art – Honorable Mention, Sculpture
                                                2022     The Sheridan Prize for Art – Sculpture, Honorable Mention
                                        2012-2013     Pollock-Krasner Individual Artist Grant
                                                2005     SECA Award Nominee - Finalist
                                                            Who’s Who in The World, 15th to current Edition
                                                            Who’s Who in American, 52nd to current Edition
                                                            Who’s Who of American Women, 20th to current Edition 
                                                1994 -- Honorable Mention, WESTAF
                                                1992 -- Alumna of the Year, Cuesta College, CA
                                                1986 -- President's Scholar, San Jose State University, CA
                                                1981 -- Johanna Rietz Memorial Scholarship