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Born in Buffalo, NY and raised in Wellesley Hills and Duxbury, Massachusetts, Juliet Holland (1937-2017) moved on from her life as a suburban wife, mother, and social hostess and began her Art practice in the 1960s. Holland’s adult life was spent between two chosen homes; for more than 35 years, she lived between a loft at Bleeker and Broadway in New York City and a tiny fisherman’s cottage in Saugatuck Shores, Connecticut. Her technique mirrored her dual landscapes and incorporated rich layers of sand, paints, clay, powders, metallics, and natural found elements, which were built up, then scratched and scraped back down, creating layers — evoking time. 

Holland showed in over one hundred one-person and group exhibitions between 1981 and 2018. Her work is held in museums such as the San Antonio Museum of Modern Art, Reading Public Museum, as well as a number of corporate and private collections. Holland was a co-founder of Art Bridge, a program that established an artist exchange between Japan and the United States for twelve years. In addition to being an artist and businesswoman, she worked as a curator of several exhibitions and was on the board of directors of Lamia Ink!, a non-profit organization dedicated to the arts.

Her many cats were an important part of her life. She was a voracious reader; there was always a stack of library books on her table. She listened to a very diverse palette of music while she worked: world music, especially reggae, African and Sufi; ambient, especially Brian Eno; new age, indie and college rock, as well as classical.


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OJO CALIENTE VIII

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This body of work was created between 1991 and 1992. These works on paper were mounted on foam core to give stability to the deep layers of plaster, sand, paint, metallics, and other materials.  She scratched, marred and layered the surfaces creating natural erosion, decay depicting the passage of time. 

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