Gloria Holden
BA hons (Art and Design)
MA (Education)
Originally from Rochdale, and now living in the riverside town of Gravesend in Kent.
I have taught Art and Design in Kent schools for over 30 years and have also led various adult education workshops.
I studied Textile Design at Loughborough College of Art and Design, and was always fascinated by the patterns and textures found in natural forms and layered
landscapes. Land forms, fossils, insects and seedpods are frequent subjects for my work.
I enjoy exploring these qualities through intaglio printmaking methods, collagraphs and through making collages, built up in layers from fragments of my own prints.
I am a member of the Printmakers Council and I regularly participate in South East Open Studios.
Exhibitions
2017
January 3 - February 28
"Pushing Boundaries" (PMC)
Dunamaise Arts Centre, Church St, Portlaoise, Co Laouse, Ireland
January 31 - February 5
"Gravesham Arts Collaborative"
Blake Gallery, Woodville Halls, Gravesend
April 29 - May 2
"Impressions" - Victoria Printmakers
St Andrew's Arts Centre, Gravesend
July 9 - 30
"The Latest Edition"
Linden Hall Studio, Deal, Kent
August 25 - September 3
Gravesend Art Group annual exhibition
St Andrew's Arts Centre, Gravesend
September 30 - October 27
Solo
Greenwich Picture House, Greenwich High Rd, London SE10 8NN
October 13 - January 7 2018
"In Print: British Landscapes"
Watts Contemporary Gallery
Compton, Surrey GU3 1DQ
October 31 - November 11
"Print City" and PMC "Mini:Print"
Morley Gallery
London SE1 7HT
2018
May 4 -7
"Impressions 4"
St Andrew's Arts Centre, Gravesend
June 7 - 27
"Spit, Scratch and Bite"
Medway Print Festival
Sun Pier House, Chatham, Kent
July 13,14,15,21,22,23
Medway Open Studios
1 Ridley Rd, Rochester
see MEOS website for times
August 24 - September 3
Gravesend Art Group annual exhibition
St Andrew's Arts Centre, Gravesend
August 28 - November 25
"Memory"
ROSL ARTS
Park Place, St James" St, London, SW1A 1LR
2019
February 1- March 1
"Life Drawing"
Rochester Adult Education Centre
February 28 - March 29
Victoria Printmakers
Strood Community Library, Kent
March 5 - March 15
"Journeys" -Printmakers Council
London Print Studio
425 Harrow Rd
London W10 4RE
March 19 -30
"Journeys"
Jack House Gallery
121 High St
Old Portsmouth
PO1 2HW