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Artist
Bio: Holly Van Hart
Awards
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Awarded "2009
Artist
of the Year" by the Los Gatos Art Association
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1st
place, November 2009, Los Gatos Art Association Peer Group Judging
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"Award of Merit",
2009 California State Fair, Juror: Jack Ogden
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Blue Ribbon "Award
of Excellence", 2009 Artfest in the Park,
Juror: Dale Laitinen
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1st
place, June 2009, Los Gatos Art Association Peer Group Judging
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1st place, May
2009, Los Gatos Art Association Peer Group Judging
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1st place, March
2009 Los Gatos Art Assocation Peer Group Judging
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1st place,
February 2009 Fine Arts League of Cupertino Peer Group Judging
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1st place, January
2009 Los Gatos Art Assocation Peer Group Judging
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3rd
Place in Oils, 2008 Menlo Art League Annual Exhibit,
Juror: George Rivera, Executive Director of the
Triton Museum of Art
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Finalist, 2008
University Art Open Competition, Juror: George
Rivera, Executive Director of the Triton Museum of Art
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3rd
Place Award, 2007 Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society Annual
Exhibit, Juror: Dr. Nancy Canter, Dean of Creative
Arts at De Anza College
Exhibits
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2009 California
State Fair, Juror: Jack Ogden
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Holly Van Hart solo
show, Atherton Library, July-August 2009
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2009 Artfest in the
Park,
Juror: Dale Laitinen
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Open Studio, Holly
Van
Hart solo show, April 2009
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2008 Menlo Art
League Annual
Exhibit,
Juror: George Rivera, Executive Director of the
Triton Museum of Art
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Menlo Art League
Group
Exhibit, Plantation Cafe, 2008
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2008
University Art Open Competition, Juror: George
Rivera, Executive Director of the Triton Museum of Art
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2007 Santa Clara
Valley Watercolor Society Annual
Exhibit, Juror: Dr. Nancy Canter, Dean of Creative
Arts at De Anza College
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Santa Clara Valley
Watercolor Society Annual Exhibit
Painting
Demonstrations by Holly Van Hart
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Demonstration of
the Palette Knife Technique to the Fine Arts League of Cupertino, May
2009
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Demonstration of
the Palette Knife Technique to the Santa Clara Art Association,
November 2009
Recent Bodies of
Work
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People In
Action Series. Oil on canvas. Ongoing
These paintings reveal the intensity of people who are totally absorbed
in what they
are doing, to the exclusion of everything else.
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Rodin
Series. Oil on canvas, and watercolor on paper.
Ongoing
These paintings
show the drama of human emotions with figures
inspired by Rodin's sculptures, using vivid colors and unusual
angles.
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Abstract
Landscapes. Oil on canvas. Ongoing
These paintings evoke specific
moods by connecting us with abstracted-yet-familiar landscapes,
oceanscapes, and cityscapes.
Affiliations
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Los Gatos Art Assocation
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Menlo Art League
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Fine Arts League of Cupertino
Other Art
Activities
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Founding member of
the Silicon Valley Painting
Critique Group
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Member of the Rive
Gauche Artists Critique Group
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"Art in Action"
volunteer at Ormondale Elementary School, Portola Valley
Travel
Traveled extensively for business and pleasure to Canada, Mexico, Costa
Rica, Venezuela, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland,
UK, Germany, Holland, France, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Yugoslavia,
Greece, Israel, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe,
Hong Kong, China, South Korea, Japan, Raratonga, Fiji, Tahiti, New
Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal,
and within the USA (46 states).
Education
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Numerous painting classes and extensive
self-study in painting
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Stanford University, Master of Science in
Operations Research
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Rutgers University, Bachelor of Science in
Industrial Engineering
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