Andrew Holmquist
Cabrillo Highway 1, 2021
Oil on canvas
18 x 21 inches
Andrew Holmquist
Tree 9, 2022
Colored pencil, wax pastel, spray paint, oil paint, on paper
44 x 30.25 in.
Andrew Holmquist
Strong LQQKS (Slip), 2018
Graphite on paper
Framed: 15.25 x 12.5 in
Andrew Holmquist
Tree 2, 2019
colored pencil, wax pastel, and oil on paper
44 x 30.25 in.
Specter, 2018 Glazed ceramic 36 x 17 x 15 inches
Muguet, 2018 Glazed ceramic 28 x 17 x 20 inches
Cinch, 2018
Glazed ceramic
15 x 11 x 9 inches
Slink, 2018 Glazed ceramic 30 x 12 x 7.5 inches
Strong LQQks 51, 2017
Colored pencil and spray paint on paper
25 x 19 inches (31.5 x 25.5 inches framed)
NINE STRONG LQQKS, 2017
Portfolio of 10 three-color lithographic prints
19 x 12.5 inches (20.75 x 14.25 inches, framed) each
Edition of 18
Printed by Keystone Editions | Berlin
Abs, 2017
Glazed ceramic
21 × 11 1/4 × 6 inches
Tracksuit, 2017
Glazed ceramic
26 1/2 × 11 1/4 × 8 1/2 inches
Champion, 2017
Glazed ceramic
11 3/4 × 8 3/4 × 4 3/4 inches
Quetzal, 2017
Glazed ceramic
9 1/2 × 7 × 7 inches
Magic Hands, 2015
Digitally transferred 16mm film
6:15 minutes
Edition of 3
Andrew Holmquist: NEW SUCCULENCE Installation view, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago. March 16 – April 27, 2019. Photo by Nathan Keay.
Andrew Holmquist: NEW SUCCULENCE Installation view, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago. March 16 – April 27, 2019. Photo by Nathan Keay.
Andrew Holmquist: NEW SUCCULENCE Installation view, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago. March 16 – April 27, 2019. Photo by Nathan Keay.
Andrew Holmquist: ALTER EGO Installation view, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago. January 20 – March 10, 2018. Photo by RCH
Andrew Holmquist: ALTER EGO Installation view, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago. January 20 – March 10, 2018. Photo by RCH
Andrew Holmquist: STAGE LEFT Installation view, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago January 29 – March 12, 2016 Photo by RCH | EKH
Andrew Holmquist: STAGE LEFT Installation view, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago January 29 – March 12, 2016 Photo by RCH | EKH
Andrew Holmquist: STAGE LEFT Installation view, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago January 29 – March 12, 2016 Photo by RCH | EKH

Bio

www.andrewholmquist.com

EDUCATION
2014   Master of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2008   Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2006   Academy of Fine Arts Prague, Painting atelier. Prague, Czech Republic

SELECTED SOLO, TWO & THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2020 Andrew Holmquist, HQME, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019 Andrew Holmquist NEW SUCCULENCE, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019 Andrew Holmquist, ABOVE GROUND POOL, Johannes Vogt Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017 Andrew Holmquist, ALTER EGO, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016 Andrew Holmquist, Stage Left, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014   Andrew Holmquist, Video and Editioned Artist’s Books, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013   Andrew Holmquist, Marco [Polo], Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012   Andrew Holmquist, Project Room, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012   Temporal Figuration, LVL3, Chicago, IL
2011   Andrew Holmquist: WORLDS COLLIDE!, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011   Featured Artist, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011   3.2..1…GO! New Paintings by Andrew Holmquist, David Brian Dobbs & Ben Moore, Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2011   Andrew Holmquist: Recent Work, The Center on Halsted, Chicago, IL
2010 Daniel Bruttig, Andrew Holmquist, New Paintings, GOLDEN Auxiliary Space, Chicago, IL
2010   Andrews, Miller, Holmquist, Jolie Laide Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Ject [sub, ob, ab, in, inter, pro, re], Slow, Chicago, IL
2009   Big Mess, GOLDEN Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008   The Cheesiest, Green Bicycle Organization, Chicago, IL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 Angel of Repose, Poker Flats, Williamstown, Mass
2021 Plain Air, Carrie Secrist Gallery
2018 A Strong Desire, PS120, Berlin
2017 25 Years: Carrie Secrist Gallery
2017 Eternal Youth, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2016 Drama Queer, Queer Arts Festival, Vancouver, Canada
2014   Chicago Abstraction, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2014   Burn It Down, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014   Fruit/Flowers/Appliances, LVL3, Chicago, IL
2014   Under The Radar, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
2013   Carrie Secrist Celebrates 20 years, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012   The Magic Flute, Golden Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Euphemize, Slow, Chicago, IL
2012   MDW Fair, Slow, Chicago, IL
2012   Small Packages, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
2012   Extended, Hairpin Lofts, Chicago, IL
2011 Head, Slow, Chicago, IL
2011 The Ghost Show Part II, Small Space, Milwaukee, WI
2011 hArts for Art, LVL3, Chicago, IL
2010 Exhibition 6.04102010, MVSEUM, Chicago, IL
2010 Tough Guy, Subbasement, Baltimore, MD
2010 Booze and Bacon, Slow, Chicago, IL
2009 To Face, Lloyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 Paul Who?, Slow, Chicago, IL
2009 Of Infinite Light, Eight Oh One, Milwaukee, WI
2008 SAIC Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2007 Big Sky, LG Space, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2006 2 + 2, Galleria Doubner, Prague, Czech Republic

HONORS AND AWARDS
Carrie Ellen Tuttle Fellowship SAIC Grant

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Rachofsky Collection, The Warehouse, Dallas, TX
University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL
Illinois State Museum, Chicago, IL
The Progressive Art Collection, Mayfield Village, Ohio
BMO Harris Art Collection, Chicago, IL

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Picard, Caroline, “Andrew Holmquist-Carrie Secrist Gallery”, February 2016
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Reaves, Kelly, – Breakout Artist: Andrew Holmquist, NewCity, May 1, 2016
Picard, Caroline – Andrew Holmquist, The SEEN, February 2016
Reaves, Kelly, – NewCity: Andrew Holmquist: STAGE LEFT, February 2016
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