SD Holman
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S.D. Holman (1963) is a Vancouver-based photographer, they were born in Hollywood, California. They graduated ECUAD in 1990.[1] They are an award-winning artist and curator whose work has toured internationally. A laureate of the prestigious YWCA Women of Distinction Award 2014,[2] Holman is known for their engagement with themes of sex, death, and identity within their works. They are also known for their work as the Artistic Director of Vancouver's Queer Arts Festival until 2022.
Education[edit]
Holman received their MFA in Photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design, and a Diploma from the Emily Carr College of Art & Design in 1991.
Queer Art Festival[edit]
Holman co-founded Vancouver's Queer Arts Festival, in 2004, and the SUM Gallery, Canada's only queer-mandated transdisciplinary gallery in 2018. Holman remained the artistic director until 2021 when they were succeeded by Mark Takeshi McGregor.[3]
BUTCH: Not Like the Other Girls[edit]
BUTCH features a series of black and white portraits of women who identify as butch, meaning masculine in appearance or behaviour. The idea for the project came Holman's desire to show people that they could be beautiful as themselves.[4] Holman wanted to show straight society, in particular, that women exist outside the culture's narrow definition of what it means to be female. In an article in Georgia Straight, Holman stated that they are “really interested in the liminal space, the spaces in between that don’t occupy the binary of gender,” The exhibition travelled across North America and has been published by Shooting Gallery Publications. The photographs were shown in galleries across Canada and the US, as well as 20 bus shelters in Vancouver.
Selected Curation[edit]
2022 – Sovereignty, solo exhibition by Duane Isaac, SUM gallery, Vancouver[5]
2021 – It's Not Easy Being Green, co-curated with Jeffrey McNeil-Seymour, Pride in Art, SUM gallery, Vancouver[6]
2021 – Trauma Clown, solo exhibition by Vivek Shraya, SUM gallery, Vancouver[7]
2020 – Time-lapse: Posthumous conversations — A Geoff McMurchy retrospective, co-curated with Persimmon Blackbridge and Yuri Arajs, SUM gallery, Vancouver[8][9]
2018 – Naked Napi, solo exhibition by Adrian Stimson, SUM gallery, Vancouver[10]
2018 – QueerSUM ? solo exhibition by Karin Lee, co-curated with Paul Wong, SUM gallery, Vancouver
2015 – TRIGGER: Drawing the Line in 2015, Pride in Art, The Roundhouse Gallery, Vancouver[11]
2012 – Random Acts of Queerness, Pride in Art, The Roundhouse Gallery, Vancouver[12]
2011 – Games People Play, Pride In Art, The Roundhouse Gallery, Vancouver[13]
2010 – Queertopia: The Best Place on Earth, Pride in Art, The Roundhouse Gallery, Vancouver[14]
2009 – Faerie Tales: Telling Our Stories, Pride in Art, The Roundhouse Gallery, Vancouver
Selected Awards[edit]
2014 – YWCA Women of Distinction Award, Arts and Culture[15]
Selected Reviews and Interviews[edit]
Mic.com, “9 Stunning Photos of ‘Butches’ That Shatter Society's Stereotypes About Masculinity” by Marcie Bianco (December 2014)
Xtra Toronto, “Butch-itude: SD Holman is not like the other girls” (November 2014)[1]
Common Ground (San Francisco). “Butch: Not like the other girls” 8-page pictorial (October 2014)
Plenitude Magazine, “SD Holman: Not like the other girls.” Interview with Leah Horlick (August 2014)[16]
Beautiful Decay, “SD Holman’s Portraits Of Female Masculinity In BUTCH: Not Like The Other Girls” by Leslie Tane (July 2014)
Xtra, “Queer Arts Fest Director Wins YWCA Award” (June 2014)[15]
Vancouver Sun, “YWCA announces women of distinction: SD Holman, a photographic artist and a driving force behind Vancouver’s Queer Arts Festival, accepted a YWCA Women of Distinction award Tuesday for her work at the trans-disciplinary arts festival.” (June 2014)
Georgia Straight, “Artist SD Holman nominated for YWCA Women of Distinction award” (May, 2014)
Xtra, “Queer Arts Fest Artistic Director Nominated for YWCA Award ” by Natasha Barsotti (May 2014)
The Rainbow Times (New England), “Butch: Not like the other girls” (February 2014)
Queering Gender in the Arts “Butch: Not Like the Other Girls” (April 2013)
Co-op Radio, Interview with Helen Polychronakos on The F-Word (April 2013)
Georgia Straight, “SD Holman’s BUTCH: Not like the other girls challenges traditional gender roles” (March 2013)
Xtra Newspaper, “Butches on Bus Shelters: SD Holman’s project showcases women out of the mainstream” (March 2013)[17]
CBC Radio, Interview on North by Northwest (March 2013)
Georgia Straight, “SD Holman: Stealing Masculinity at Gallery Gachet” (Straight Pick, September 2009)[18]
Resources[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "SD Holman's BUTCH: Not like the other girls challenges traditional gender roles". The Georgia Straight. 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ↑ "Artist Shaira Holman nominated for YWCA Women of Distinction award". The Georgia Straight. 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ↑ "Mark Takeshi McGregor will succeed SD Holman as artistic director of Vancouver's Queer Arts Festival". The Georgia Straight. 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ↑ "SD Holman's BUTCH: Not like the other girls challenges traditional gender roles". The Georgia Straight. 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ↑ tempadmin (2022-01-11). "Sovereignty—Duane Isaac". SUM GALLERY. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ↑ "Queer Arts Festival's visual-art exhibition turns apocalyptic dread into artworks for change". Stir. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ↑ tanya (2021-04-14). "Vivek Shraya's Trauma Clown photo series probes the commodification of personal pain". SUM GALLERY. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ↑ prideinart (2019-03-22). "Adrian Stimson: Naked Napi". SUM GALLERY. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ↑ Time-lapse : posthumous conversations : a Geoff McMurchy retrospective. Yuri Arajs, SD Holman, Persimmon Blackbridge, SUM Gallery, Pride in Art Society. Vancouver, BC. 2020. ISBN 978-0-9937185-7-1. OCLC 1220873568. Search this book on
- ↑ "Adrian Stimson solo Exhibition "Naked Napi" at SUM gallery - GlobalNews Events". Global News. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ↑ "StackPath". xtramagazine.com. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ↑ "Queer Arts Festival's art exhibit at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre". The Georgia Straight. 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ↑ "Games People Play at the Roundhouse". The Georgia Straight. 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ↑ "Queer Arts Festival's Queertopia is open to wide interpretation". The Georgia Straight. 2010-07-20. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "StackPath". xtramagazine.com. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ↑ "SD Holman: Not like the other girls – Plenitude Magazine". plenitudemagazine.ca. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ↑ "StackPath". xtramagazine.com. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ↑ "SD Holman: Stealing Masculinity at Gallery Gachet". The Georgia Straight. 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
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